Ballad of Jed Clampett
by Earl Scruggs
Key of A, 4/4, capo 2nd
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D D G Ge|---------------------------------|B|---------------------------------|G|---------0-2---2---0---0---------|D|-0-4-0-4---------4-------2-0-----|A|---------------------------------|E|---------------------------------|
G G C C#e|---------------------------------|B|-----------0---0-0-1---1-1-2-----|G|---0---0-------------------------|D|-0-------------------------------|A|---------------------------------|E|---------------------------------|
D D D Ge|---------------------------------|B|-2-3---3-3-3---3-3---------------|G|---------------------------0-----|D|-------------------0-2-4-0-------|A|---------------------------------|E|---------------------------------|
(Play G for four beats)
(Repeat 2 more times)
Lyrics:
Come n listen to my story bout a man named Jed,
a poor mountaineer who barely kept his family fed.
And then one day he was shootin at some food
when up from the ground came a bubblin crude.
Oil, that is, black gold, Texas tea.
Then the next thing you know ol Jeds a millionaire,
kin folks said its time to move away from there.
Said California is the place that you oughta be,
so they loaded up their folks and they moved to Beverly
Hills, that is, swimmin pools, and movie stars.
So now its time to say good-bye to Jed and all his kin.
They would would like to thank you folks for kindly steppin in.
Yall come back next week to this locality,
to have a heapin helpin of their hospitality!
Yall come back now ya here?