Worried Man Blues (with Mother Maybelle Carter)

I went across the river, I lay down to sleep
 I went across the river, I lay down to sleep
 When I 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
 I'm worried now but I won't be worried long
 Twenty-one links of chain around my leg
 Twenty-one links of chain around my leg
 And on each link is initial of a man
 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
 If anyone should asked you who composed this song
 If anyone should asked you who composed this song
 Just say it was I, I'll sing it all day long
 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