Tuning: E A D G B E

Black Cloud:Leroy Van Dyke. #16 on BB Hot Country on MERCURY Records in 1962. INTRO: G Em G Em CHORUS:

There's a ^Gblack cloud hanging ^Emover my head, ^Gdown to ^Dmy last ^Embuck. With that old ^Gblack ^Dcloud hanging ^Emover my head, there ain't ^Amno such ^Dthing as good ^Gluck.

#1.

^GOn the very first Saturday of ^Emevery month I go to ^Gtown to get me some ^Empay. When I ^Gask my boss man ^Emabout the draw, this is ^Amwhat my boss man ^Gsay.

CHORUS:

There's a ^Gblack cloud hanging ^Emover my head, ^Gdown to ^Dmy last ^Embuck. With that old ^Gblack ^Dcloud hanging ^Emover my head, there ain't ^Amno such ^Dthing as good ^Gluck.

#2.

Well, I ^Emearn my livin' by the sweat of my brow, I work ^Amhard at my job every ^Emday. ^EmWith that old black cloud hanging over my head that ^Amdrives my dreams ^Gaway.

#3.

And if it ^Emwasn't for the ^Dhelp of the ^Emone I love to ^Amtell my troubles ^Emto. ^EmThere just ain't no tellin' what that old black cloud might ^Amdrive this poor boy to ^Gdo.

CHORUS:

There's a ^Gblack cloud hanging ^Emover my head, ^Gdown to ^Dmy last ^Embuck. With that old ^Gblack ^Dcloud hanging ^Emover my head, there ain't ^Amno such ^Dthing as good ^Gluck.

#4.

^DI put a ^Gseed in the ground for to ^Emgrow me a tree, this is ^Gwhat that black cloud ^Emdone. ^DIt ^Gsent all the locusts to ^Emeat up the tree..I tell ya, ^AmI'm not the lucky ^Gone.

#5.

^DAnd ^Gone of these days when I'm ^Emlaid away, I know that ^Gblack cloud can't ^Emwait. It's gonna ^Ghover over me on ^EmJudgement Day to keep me ^Amout of the Pearly ^GGate.

CHORUS:

There's a ^Gblack cloud hanging ^Emover my head, ^Gdown to ^Dmy last ^Embuck. With that old ^Gblack ^Dcloud hanging ^Emover my head, there ain't ^Amno such ^Dthing as good ^Gluck.

OUTRO: D G Em G Em..(Fade.) A sixties smash from Kraziekhat.

Leroy van Dyke - Black cloud