Chorus:
It takes a worried man to sing a worried song (X3)
I'm worried now but I won't be worried long
I went across the river and I laid down to sleep (X3)
When I woke up, there were shackles on my feet
Twenty one links of chain around my leg (X3)
And on each link, the initials of my name
I asked the judge what's gonna be my fine (X3)
Twenty one years on the Rocky Mountain Line
If anyone should ask you who composed this song (X3)
Say it was me and I sing it all day long
Chorus and Verse:
| I | I | I | I |
| IV | IV | IV | I |
| V | V | I | I |