Black Cadillac:Joyce Green.
Great Rockabilly on VADEN Records
in 1960.
(Intro)
B A E A Bb B
(Verse 1)
E Em E
I caught you cheatin' and runnin' round
A Em
and now I'm gonna put you in a hole in
E
the ground.
(Chorus)
A
I'm gonna ride to your funeral, Daddy, in
E
a black Cadillac.
B A
Oh, yeah, you think you are, oh, baby, but
E A Bb B
you can't come back.
(Verse 2)
E Em E
Now, I'm gonna bump you off, gonna tell you
the reason why.
E7
You're worth more to me dead, daddy, than you
is alive.
(Chorus)
A
I'm gonna ride to your funeral, Daddy, in
E
a black Cadillac.
B A
Oh, yeah, you think you are, oh, baby, but
E A Bb B
you can't come back.
(Verse 3)
E Em E
I'm gonna buy me a pistol, a great big forty-five.
E7
I'm gonna bring you back baby, dead, not alive.
(Chorus)
A
I'm gonna ride to your funeral, Daddy, in
E
a black Cadillac.
B A
Oh, yeah, you think you are, oh, baby, but
E A Bb B
you can't come back.
(Interlude)
E E7 A B E B
(Verse 4)
E Em
I'll hire a black Cadillac, to drive you to your
E
grave.
E7
I'm gonna be there, baby, throw that mud in your
face.
(Chorus)
A
I'm gonna ride to your funeral, Daddy, in
E
a black Cadillac.
B A
Oh, yeah, you think you are, oh, baby, but
E A Bb B
you can't come back.
(Verse 5)
E Em
I'll wear a black mink coat, a diamond ring on
my hand.
E
I'm gonna put you under ground, I'll find myself
E7
another man.
(Chorus)
A
I'm gonna ride to your funeral, Daddy, in
E
a black Cadillac.
B A
Oh, yeah, you think you are, oh, baby but
E A E B E
you can't come back.
A fifties smash from Kraziekhat.