Ramblin' Jack Elliott - Worried Man Blues lyrics

I went across the river and I lay down to sleep I went across the river and I lay down to sleep I went across the river and I lay down to sleep When l woke up, had shackles on my feet. It takes a worried man to sing a worried song It takes a worried man to sing a worried song It takes a worried man to sing a worried song I'm worried now but I won't be worried long. Around my leg, I've got twenty nine links of chain Around my leg, I've got twenty nine links of chain Around my leg, I've got twenty nine links of chain And on each link, an initial of my name. It takes a worried man to sing a worried song It takes a worried man to sing a worried song It takes a worried man to sing a worried song I'm worried now but I won't be worried long. I asked that judge, what's gonna be my fine I asked that judge, what's gonna be my fine I asked that judge, what's gonna be my fine Twenty one years on the Rocky Mountain line. It takes a worried man to sing a worried song It takes a worried man to sing a worried song It takes a worried man to sing a worried song I'm worried now but I won't be worried long. I looked down the track, as far as I can see I looked down the track, as far as I can see I looked down the track, as far as I can see A little bitty hand, was waving back at me. It takes a worried man to sing a worried song It takes a worried man to sing a worried song It takes a worried man to sing a worried song I'm worried now but I won't be worried long.