Worried Man Blues        Johnny Cash

|G        |         |C         |C    G     | 
|G        |         |D         |G          | 

(Chorus)
G
It takes a worried man to sing a worried song,
    C                                    G
It takes a worried man to sing a worried song,
G
It takes a worried man to sing a worried song,
            D                           G
I'm worried now, but I won't be worried long. 
 
(Verse)
  G
I went across the river, I laid down to sleep,
  C                        G
I went across the river, I laid down to sleep,
            D                           G
When I woke up, were the shackles on my feet. 
 G
Twenty-nine links of chain around my leg,
 C                      G
Twenty-nine links of chain around my leg,
             D                      G
And on each link, the initial of my name.    
 
(Chorus)
G
It takes a worried man to sing a worried song,
    C                                    G
It takes a worried man to sing a worried song,
G
It takes a worried man to sing a worried song,
            D                           G
I'm worried now, but I won't be worried long. 
 
|G        |         |C         |C    G     | 
|G        |         |D         |G          | 

 
(Verse)
  G
I asked the judge what might  be my fine,
  C                    G
I asked the judge what might be my fine,
  G
I asked the judge what might  be my fine,
             D                          G
Twenty-one years on the Rocky Mountain Line. 


  G
The train arrived, sixteen coaches long,
    C                       G
The train arrived, sixteen coaches long,
  G
The train arrived, sixteen coaches long,
                   D                  G
The girl I love is on that train and gone.  
 
(Verse)
  G
I asked the judge what might  be my fine,
  C                    G
I asked the judge what might be my fine,
  G
I asked the judge what might  be my fine,
             D                          G
Twenty-one years on the Rocky Mountain Line. 
 
(Bridge)
 G
If anyone asks you who composed this song,
 C                         G
If anyone asks you who composed this song,
 G
If anyone asks you who composed this song,
                       D                 G
Tell him ?twas I and I sing it all day long.  
 
(Verse)
  G
I asked the judge what might  be my fine,
  C                    G
I asked the judge what might be my fine,
  G
I asked the judge what might  be my fine,
             D                          G
Twenty-one years on the Rocky Mountain Line. 

(End)