Tom: G
INTRO: G Em G Em
CHORUS:
G Em
There's a black cloud hanging over my head,
G D Em
down to my last buck.
G D Em
With that old black cloud hanging over my head,
Am D G
there ain't no such thing as good luck.
#1.
G Em
On the very first Saturday of every month I go
G Em
to town to get me some pay.
G Em
When I ask my boss man about the draw, this is
Am G
what my boss man say.
CHORUS:
G Em
There's a black cloud hanging over my head,
G D Em
down to my last buck.
G D Em
With that old black cloud hanging over my head,
Am D G
there ain't no such thing as good luck.
#2.
Em
Well, I earn my livin' by the sweat of my brow,
Am Em
I work hard at my job every day.
Em
With that old black cloud hanging over my head
Am G
that drives my dreams away.
#3.
Em D Em
And if it wasn't for the help of the one I love
Am Em
to tell my troubles to.
Em
There just ain't no tellin' what that old black
Am G
cloud might drive this poor boy to do.
CHORUS:
G Em
There's a black cloud hanging over my head,
G D Em
down to my last buck.
G D Em
With that old black cloud hanging over my head,
Am D G
there ain't no such thing as good luck.
#4.
D G Em
I put a seed in the ground for to grow me a tree,
G Em
this is what that black cloud done.
D G Em
It sent all the locusts to eat up the tree..I
Am G
tell ya, I'm not the lucky one.
#5.
D G Em
And one of these days when I'm laid away, I know
G Em
that black cloud can't wait.
G Em
It's gonna hover over me on Judgement Day to keep
Am G
me out of the Pearly Gate.
CHORUS:
G Em
There's a black cloud hanging over my head,
G D Em
down to my last buck.
G D Em
With that old black cloud hanging over my head,
Am D G
there ain't no such thing as good luck.
