Big Black Mariah

Appears on Rain Dogs, Big Time

Version 1 | Lyrics

Version 1

|G7| - |G7| - |G7| - |G7| 
			
Cutting through the cane break, rattling the sill 
Thunder that the rain makes when the shadow tops the hill 
Big light on the back street, hill to ever more 
Packing down the ladder with the hammer to the floor 
			
Here come the Big Black Mariah 
Here come the Big Black Mariah 
Here come the Big Black Mariah 
I see that big black Ford 
			
           C 
Well, he's all boxed up on a red belle dame 
G 
Hunted black Johnny with a blind man's cane 
C 
A yellow bullet with a rag out in the wind 
   D 
An old blind tiger, get an old bell Jim 
			
              G7 
Here come the Big Black Mariah... 
			
Sent to the skies on a Benny Jag Blue 
Off to bed without his supper like the Linda brides do 
He's got to do the story with the old widow Jones 
Got a woooden coat, this boy is never coming home 
			
Here come the Big Black Mariah... 
			
|C| - |C| - |G| - |G| - |C| - |C| - |D| - |D| 
			
Cut thought the cane break 
			
Well, he's all boxed up on a red bell dame 
Fat blue Johnny with a blind man's cane 
A hundred yellow bullets, sugar rag out in the wind 
And old blind tiger on a pair of new wings 
			
Here come the Big Black Mariah... 

Lyrics

Well cutting through the cane break, rattling the sill
Thunder that the rain makes when the shadow tops the hill
Big light on the back street, hill to ever more
Packing down the ladder with the hammer to the floor
Here come the Big Black Mariah, here come the Big Black Mariah
Here come the Big Black Mariah, I seen the big black Ford

Well he's all boxed up on a red belle dame
Hunted Black Johnny with a blind man's cane
A yellow bullet with a rag out in the wind
An old blind tiger, got an old bell Jim
Here come the Big Black Mariah, here come the Big Black Mariah
Here come the Big Black Mariah, here come the big black Ford

Sent to the skies on a Benny Jag Blue
Off to bed without his supper like a Linda brides do
He got to do the story with the old widow Jones
Got a wooden coat, this boy is never coming home
Here come the Big Black Mariah, here come the Big Black Mariah
Here come the Big Black Mariah, I seen that big black Ford
Cut through the canebrake, oh yeah

Well he's all boxed up on a red belle dame
Flat Blue Johnny with a blind man's cane
A hundred yellow bullets shook a rag out in the wind
An old blind tiger, on a bell you win
Here come the Big Black Mariah, here come the Big Black Mariah
Here come the Big Black Mariah, here come the big black Ford