Tombstone Shadow, stretchin' across my path.
   Tombstone Shadow, stretchin' across my path.
   Ev'ry time I get some good news, Ooh,
   There's a shadow on my back.
  
   Saw the gypsy man, 'way down in San Berdoo.
   Said, I saw the gypsy man, 'way down in San Berdoo.
   Five dollars on the table, Ooh,
   Keep me 'way from my tomb.
   Oh! Oh!
  
   Said I got thirteen months of bad luck,
   Bound to be some pain.
   Don't you do no trav'lin',
   Fly in no machines.
   Tombstone Shadow, stretchin' across my path.
   Ev'ry time I get some good news, Ooh,
   There's a shadow on my back.
  
   The man gave me a luck charm, Cost five dollars more,
   Said, "Put some on your pillow, and put some on your door."
   He said, "Take a long vacation, Ooh,
   For thirteen months or more."
   Oh, Lord!
  
   Tombstone Shadow, stretchin' across my path.
   Tombstone Shadow, stretchin' across my path.
   Ev'ry time I get some good news, Ooh,
   There's a shadow on my back.
  
   Oh, oh, Lord!
   Oh, Lord!