Artist: | Sheb Wooley (English) |
User: | mark clarke |
Duration: | 130 seconds |
Delay: | 12 seconds |
Chord names: | Not defined |
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Comment: | - |
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1. Well I saw the thing comin' out of the sky,
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it had the one long horn, one big eye.
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I commenced to shakin' and I said "ooh-eee,
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it looks like a purple people eater to me !“
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It was a one-eyed, one-horned, flyin' purple people eater,
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(one-eyed, one-horned, flyin' purple people eater),
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a one-eyed, one-horned, flyin' purple people eater,
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sure looks strange to me. (one eye?)
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2. Well, he came down to earth and lit in a tree,
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I said, “Mr. Purple People Eater, don't eat me !”
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I heard him say in a voice so gruff,
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“I wouldn't eat you 'cos you're so tough.”
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It was a one-eyed, one-horned flyin' purple people eater,
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one-eyed, one-horned flyin' purple people eater,
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one-eyed, one-horned flyin' purple people eater,
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sure looks strange to me. (one horn?)
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3. I said, “Mr. Purple People Eater, what's your line ?”
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He said, “It's eatin' purple people and it sure is fine.
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But that's not the reason that I came to land,
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I wanna get a job in a rock and roll band”.
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Well, bless my soul, rock and roll, flying purple people eater,
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pigeon-toed, undergrowed, flying purple people eater,
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(we wear short shorts) friendly little people eater,
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what a sight to see.
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4. And then he swung from the tree and lit on the ground,
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and he started to rock, really rockin' around,
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it was a crazy little ditty with a swingin' tune
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(sing awop bop aloo bop lop bam boom).
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Well, bless my soul, rock and roll flyin' purple people eater,
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pigeon-toed, undergrowed, flyin' purple people eater,
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(I like short shorts) flyin' little people eater,
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what a sight to see ! (purple people?)
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5. And then he went on his way, and then what do you know,
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I saw him last night on a TV show.
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He was blowing it out, a 'really knockin' em dead,
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playin' rock and roll music through the horn in his head.
- G - D G - D + Tequila !
(capo 1st) (Sheb Wooley)