Chords for Doc Watson - "The Clouds Are Gwine to Roll Away"
Tempo:
199.85 bpm
Chords used:
Bb
Eb
F
Gm
A
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
Some of you folks that might have a few of the real old time 78 records around may have heard tell of a fellow named Bill Cox
now Bill comes from West Virginia and he was a
boy that really liked to pick and sing and he's one of the fellas that I got the notion of playing the harmonica and the
guitar from at the same time
And it won't never do to do one whole program without doing at least one little fun song that kind of like the children like to
Hear you know, here's one called cloud [Bb] grinder roll away a little bit of
[Eb]
[Bb] [F]
[Bb] [Eb]
[Bb] foolishness.
I
Lightning [Eb] bug he never [Bb] knows just what he's about to find but he keeps on [Eb] flying around and [Bb] around with his little light on behind
[Eb] No, the clouds gonna roll away.
[Bb] Oh the clouds gonna roll [F] away.
[Bb] I don't care [Eb] how hard it rains [F] mother clouds gonna [Bb] roll away a
[F]
[Bb] [Eb]
[Bb]
[Eb]
[Bb] [F]
[Bb] [Eb]
[Bb] [Gm]
[Bb] Little bird [Eb] in a gilded [Bb] cage and he might have been a whistling yet
But he flew [Eb] out one rainy [Bb] night and he got his whistler wet.
[Eb] Oh the clouds gonna roll away
[Bb] Oh the clouds gonna roll [F] [A] away.
[Bb] I don't care [Eb] how hard it rains [F] mother clouds gonna [Bb] roll away
[Eb] [Bb]
[F] [Bb]
[Eb] [Bb]
[Eb]
[Bb] [C]
[Bb] [Eb]
[Bb]
a
Jaybird seen little worms that the wiggling to and fro but on the [Eb] spot where the worm was
[Bb] Well ain't no worm no more.
[Eb] Oh the clouds gonna roll [Bb] away.
Oh the clouds gonna roll away
I don't care [Eb] how hard it rains [F] mother clouds gonna [Bb] roll away.
I guess he he did
My [Eb] [Bb]
[F] [Bb]
[Eb] [Bb]
[Eb]
[Bb]
[F] [Bb]
[Eb] [Bb]
[Gm] [Bb]
gal she says [Eb] you're my little horse [Bb] and I says, oh no, you're wrong
I just couldn't be [Eb] no little old [Bb] horse for my hair has grown too long.
Oh [Eb] the clouds gonna roll away
[Bb] Oh the clouds gonna [F] roll away.
[Bb] I don't [Eb] care how hard it [Bb] rains mother clouds gonna roll away
The hen she first came from the egg.
Then they came from the hen, but I've been a [Eb] wondering all this [Bb] time
Just how it's a point again.
[Eb] Oh the car gonna roll [Bb] away.
Oh the car gonna [F] roll away
[Bb]
I don't care [Eb] how hard it [Gm] rains mother clouds gonna [Bb] roll away
[Eb] [F]
[Bb]
[Gb]
[Bb]
[N]
now Bill comes from West Virginia and he was a
boy that really liked to pick and sing and he's one of the fellas that I got the notion of playing the harmonica and the
guitar from at the same time
And it won't never do to do one whole program without doing at least one little fun song that kind of like the children like to
Hear you know, here's one called cloud [Bb] grinder roll away a little bit of
[Eb]
[Bb] [F]
[Bb] [Eb]
[Bb] foolishness.
I
Lightning [Eb] bug he never [Bb] knows just what he's about to find but he keeps on [Eb] flying around and [Bb] around with his little light on behind
[Eb] No, the clouds gonna roll away.
[Bb] Oh the clouds gonna roll [F] away.
[Bb] I don't care [Eb] how hard it rains [F] mother clouds gonna [Bb] roll away a
[F]
[Bb] [Eb]
[Bb]
[Eb]
[Bb] [F]
[Bb] [Eb]
[Bb] [Gm]
[Bb] Little bird [Eb] in a gilded [Bb] cage and he might have been a whistling yet
But he flew [Eb] out one rainy [Bb] night and he got his whistler wet.
[Eb] Oh the clouds gonna roll away
[Bb] Oh the clouds gonna roll [F] [A] away.
[Bb] I don't care [Eb] how hard it rains [F] mother clouds gonna [Bb] roll away
[Eb] [Bb]
[F] [Bb]
[Eb] [Bb]
[Eb]
[Bb] [C]
[Bb] [Eb]
[Bb]
a
Jaybird seen little worms that the wiggling to and fro but on the [Eb] spot where the worm was
[Bb] Well ain't no worm no more.
[Eb] Oh the clouds gonna roll [Bb] away.
Oh the clouds gonna roll away
I don't care [Eb] how hard it rains [F] mother clouds gonna [Bb] roll away.
I guess he he did
My [Eb] [Bb]
[F] [Bb]
[Eb] [Bb]
[Eb]
[Bb]
[F] [Bb]
[Eb] [Bb]
[Gm] [Bb]
gal she says [Eb] you're my little horse [Bb] and I says, oh no, you're wrong
I just couldn't be [Eb] no little old [Bb] horse for my hair has grown too long.
Oh [Eb] the clouds gonna roll away
[Bb] Oh the clouds gonna [F] roll away.
[Bb] I don't [Eb] care how hard it [Bb] rains mother clouds gonna roll away
The hen she first came from the egg.
Then they came from the hen, but I've been a [Eb] wondering all this [Bb] time
Just how it's a point again.
[Eb] Oh the car gonna roll [Bb] away.
Oh the car gonna [F] roll away
[Bb]
I don't care [Eb] how hard it [Gm] rains mother clouds gonna [Bb] roll away
[Eb] [F]
[Bb]
[Gb]
[Bb]
[N]
Key:
Bb
Eb
F
Gm
A
Bb
Eb
F
_ Some of you folks that might have a few of the real old time 78 records around may have heard tell of a fellow named Bill Cox _
_ now Bill comes from West Virginia and he was a
boy that really liked to pick and sing and he's one of the fellas that I got the notion of playing the harmonica and the
guitar from at the same time
_ _ And it won't never do to do one whole program without doing at least one little fun song that kind of like the children like to
Hear you know, here's one called cloud [Bb] grinder roll away a little bit of _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Eb] _
_ _ [Bb] _ _ _ [F] _
_ _ [Bb] _ _ _ [Eb] _
_ _ [Bb] _ _ foolishness.
_ _ _ _ I
_ _ _ Lightning [Eb] bug he never [Bb] knows just what he's about to find but he keeps on [Eb] flying around and [Bb] around with his little light on behind
[Eb] No, the clouds gonna roll away.
[Bb] Oh the clouds gonna roll [F] away.
[Bb] I don't care [Eb] how hard it rains [F] mother clouds gonna [Bb] roll away _ _ _ a
_ _ _ _ [F] _
_ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [Eb] _
_ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _
_ [Eb] _ _ _ _ _
[Bb] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _
_ [Bb] _ _ _ [Eb] _ _
[Bb] _ _ _ _ _ [Gm] _
_ [Bb] _ _ _ Little bird [Eb] in a gilded [Bb] cage and he might have been a whistling yet
But he flew [Eb] out one rainy [Bb] night and he got his whistler wet.
[Eb] Oh the clouds gonna roll away
[Bb] Oh the clouds gonna roll [F] [A] away.
[Bb] I don't care [Eb] how hard it rains [F] mother clouds gonna [Bb] roll away _ _ _ _
[Eb] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
[F] _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _
[Eb] _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _
_ _ [Bb] _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ [Bb] _ _ [Eb] _
_ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ a
Jaybird seen little worms that the wiggling to and fro but on the [Eb] spot where the worm was
[Bb] Well ain't no worm no more.
[Eb] Oh the clouds gonna roll [Bb] away.
Oh the clouds gonna roll away
I don't care [Eb] how hard it rains [F] mother clouds gonna [Bb] roll away.
I guess he he did _ _
My [Eb] _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
[F] _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _
[Eb] _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _
_ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _
[F] _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _
[Eb] _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _
_ [Gm] _ _ [Bb] _ _
gal she says [Eb] you're my little horse [Bb] and I says, oh no, you're wrong
I just couldn't be [Eb] no little old [Bb] horse for my hair has grown too long.
Oh [Eb] the clouds gonna roll away
[Bb] Oh the clouds gonna [F] roll away.
[Bb] I don't [Eb] care how hard it [Bb] rains mother clouds gonna roll away _ _
The hen she first came from the egg.
Then they came from the hen, but I've been a [Eb] wondering all this [Bb] time
Just how it's a point again. _
[Eb] Oh the car gonna roll [Bb] away.
Oh the car gonna [F] roll away
[Bb]
I don't care [Eb] how hard it [Gm] rains mother clouds gonna [Bb] roll away _
_ _ [Eb] _ _ _ [F] _
_ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Gb] _ _ _
_ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [N] _ _ _
_ now Bill comes from West Virginia and he was a
boy that really liked to pick and sing and he's one of the fellas that I got the notion of playing the harmonica and the
guitar from at the same time
_ _ And it won't never do to do one whole program without doing at least one little fun song that kind of like the children like to
Hear you know, here's one called cloud [Bb] grinder roll away a little bit of _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Eb] _
_ _ [Bb] _ _ _ [F] _
_ _ [Bb] _ _ _ [Eb] _
_ _ [Bb] _ _ foolishness.
_ _ _ _ I
_ _ _ Lightning [Eb] bug he never [Bb] knows just what he's about to find but he keeps on [Eb] flying around and [Bb] around with his little light on behind
[Eb] No, the clouds gonna roll away.
[Bb] Oh the clouds gonna roll [F] away.
[Bb] I don't care [Eb] how hard it rains [F] mother clouds gonna [Bb] roll away _ _ _ a
_ _ _ _ [F] _
_ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [Eb] _
_ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _
_ [Eb] _ _ _ _ _
[Bb] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _
_ [Bb] _ _ _ [Eb] _ _
[Bb] _ _ _ _ _ [Gm] _
_ [Bb] _ _ _ Little bird [Eb] in a gilded [Bb] cage and he might have been a whistling yet
But he flew [Eb] out one rainy [Bb] night and he got his whistler wet.
[Eb] Oh the clouds gonna roll away
[Bb] Oh the clouds gonna roll [F] [A] away.
[Bb] I don't care [Eb] how hard it rains [F] mother clouds gonna [Bb] roll away _ _ _ _
[Eb] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
[F] _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _
[Eb] _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _
_ _ [Bb] _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ [Bb] _ _ [Eb] _
_ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ a
Jaybird seen little worms that the wiggling to and fro but on the [Eb] spot where the worm was
[Bb] Well ain't no worm no more.
[Eb] Oh the clouds gonna roll [Bb] away.
Oh the clouds gonna roll away
I don't care [Eb] how hard it rains [F] mother clouds gonna [Bb] roll away.
I guess he he did _ _
My [Eb] _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
[F] _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _
[Eb] _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _
_ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _
[F] _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _
[Eb] _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _
_ [Gm] _ _ [Bb] _ _
gal she says [Eb] you're my little horse [Bb] and I says, oh no, you're wrong
I just couldn't be [Eb] no little old [Bb] horse for my hair has grown too long.
Oh [Eb] the clouds gonna roll away
[Bb] Oh the clouds gonna [F] roll away.
[Bb] I don't [Eb] care how hard it [Bb] rains mother clouds gonna roll away _ _
The hen she first came from the egg.
Then they came from the hen, but I've been a [Eb] wondering all this [Bb] time
Just how it's a point again. _
[Eb] Oh the car gonna roll [Bb] away.
Oh the car gonna [F] roll away
[Bb]
I don't care [Eb] how hard it [Gm] rains mother clouds gonna [Bb] roll away _
_ _ [Eb] _ _ _ [F] _
_ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Gb] _ _ _
_ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [N] _ _ _