Purple People Eater

The Purple People Eater - Sheb Wooley
Note: #1 in 1958
 
(Original keys. Check it out on YouTube)
 
[Verse 1]
D
Well, I saw the thing comin' out of the sky,
       A              D
it had one long horn, one big eye.
                             G
I commenced to shakin' and I said "ooh-eee!",
   A                                   D
It looks like a purple people eater to me.
 
[Chorus]
D
It was a one-eyed, one-horned, flyin' purple people eater.
 A
(One-eyed, one-horned, flyin' purple people eater)
  D
A one-eyed, one-horned, flyin' purple people eater.
A                     D
Sure looks strange to me. (One eye?)
 
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[Verse 2]
Eb
Well, he came down to earth and he lit in a tree.
         Bb                       Eb
I said, "Mr. Purple People Eater, don't eat me."
                     Ab
I heard him say in a voice so gruff:
 NC
"I wouldn't eat you cause you're so tough!"
 
[Chorus]
Ab       Eb
It was a one-eyed, one-horned, flyin' purple people eater.
Bb
One-eyed, one-horned flyin' purple people eater.
Eb
One-eyed, one-horned, flyin' purple people eater.
Bb                    Eb
Sure looks strange to me. (One horn?)
 
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[Verse 3]
E
I said, "Mr. Purple People Eater, what's your line?"
          B                                E
He said, "It's eatin' purple people and it sure is fine.
                                 A
But that's not the reason that I came to land..
  B                                  E
I wanna get a job in a rock and roll band."
 
[Verse 4]
E
Well, bless my soul, rock and roll, flyin' purple people eater.
B
Pigeon-toed, undergrowed, flyin' purple people eater.
 E
(We wear short shorts) Flyin' purple people eater..
B                     E
Sure looks strange to me.
 
[Verse 5]
E
And then he swung from the tree and he lit on the ground,
   B                       E
He started to rock, really rockin' around.
                            A
It was a crazy ditty with a swingin' tune..
       B                             E
Sing A bop bop-A-boppa-loppa-lim-bam-boom.
 
[Verse 6]
E
Well, bless my soul, rock and roll, flyin' purple people eater.
B
Pigeon-toed, undergrowed, flyin' purple people eater.
E
I like short shorts!..Flyin' little people eater.
B                     E
Sure looks strange to me. (Purple People?)
 
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[Verse 7]
E           F
And then he went on his way, and then what do ya know?
  C                       F
I saw him last night on a TV show.
                                Bb
He was blowing it out, a'really knockin' 'em dead..
        C                                           F    Bb C F
Playin' rock and roll music through the horn in his head.
 
F // Tequila!