{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":798283,"song":"The Purple People Eater","artist":"Sheb Wooley","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11593679-the-purple-people-eater-chords-by-sheb-wooley/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/798283?type=chord","rating":4.73248,"votes":46,"content":"The Purple People Eater - Sheb Wooley\r\nNote: #1 in 1958\r\n\r\n(Original keys. Check it out on YouTube)\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nWell, I saw the thing comin' out of the sky,[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]A[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]     \r\nit had one long horn, one big eye.[/tab]\r\n[tab]                             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI commenced to shakin' and I said \"ooh-eee!\",[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]A[/ch]                                   [ch]D[/ch]\r\nIt looks like a purple people eater to me.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nIt was a one-eyed, one-horned, flyin' purple people eater.[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]A[/ch]\r\n(One-eyed, one-horned, flyin' purple people eater)[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]D[/ch]\r\nA one-eyed, one-horned, flyin' purple people eater.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                     [ch]D[/ch]\r\nSure looks strange to me. (One eye?)[/tab]\r\n\r\n(Change keys)\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab][ch]Eb[/ch]\r\nWell, he came down to earth and he lit in a tree.[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Bb[/ch]                       [ch]Eb[/ch]\r\nI said, \"Mr. Purple People Eater, don't eat me.\"[/tab]\r\n[tab]                     [ch]Ab[/ch]\r\nI heard him say in a voice so gruff:[/tab]\r\n NC\r\n\"I wouldn't eat you cause you're so tough!\"\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]Ab[/ch]       [ch]Eb[/ch]\r\nIt was a one-eyed, one-horned, flyin' purple people eater.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nOne-eyed, one-horned flyin' purple people eater.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Eb[/ch]\r\nOne-eyed, one-horned, flyin' purple people eater.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bb[/ch]                    [ch]Eb[/ch]\r\nSure looks strange to me. (One horn?)[/tab]\r\n\r\n(Change keys)\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]\r\nI said, \"Mr. Purple People Eater, what's your line?\"[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]B[/ch]                                [ch]E[/ch]\r\nHe said, \"It's eatin' purple people and it sure is fine.[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                 [ch]A[/ch]\r\nBut that's not the reason that I came to land..[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]B[/ch]                                  [ch]E[/ch]\r\nI wanna get a job in a rock and roll band.\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 4]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]\r\nWell, bless my soul, rock and roll, flyin' purple people eater.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]B[/ch]\r\nPigeon-toed, undergrowed, flyin' purple people eater.[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]E[/ch]\r\n(We wear short shorts) Flyin' purple people eater..[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]B[/ch]                     [ch]E[/ch] \r\nSure looks strange to me.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 5]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]\r\nAnd then he swung from the tree and he lit on the ground,[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]B[/ch]                       [ch]E[/ch]\r\nHe started to rock, really rockin' around.[/tab]\r\n[tab]                            [ch]A[/ch]\r\nIt was a crazy ditty with a swingin' tune..[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]B[/ch]                             [ch]E[/ch]\r\nSing A bop bop-A-boppa-loppa-lim-bam-boom.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 6]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]\r\nWell, bless my soul, rock and roll, flyin' purple people eater.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]B[/ch]\r\nPigeon-toed, undergrowed, flyin' purple people eater.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]\r\nI like short shorts!..Flyin' little people eater.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]B[/ch]                     [ch]E[/ch]\r\nSure looks strange to me. (Purple People?)[/tab]\r\n\r\n(Change keys)\r\n\r\n[Verse 7]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]           [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAnd then he went on his way, and then what do ya know?[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]C[/ch]                       [ch]F[/ch]\r\nI saw him last night on a TV show.[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nHe was blowing it out, a'really knockin' 'em dead..[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]                                           [ch]F[/ch]    [ch]Bb[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]F[/ch]\r\nPlayin' rock and roll music through the horn in his head.[/tab]\r\n\r\nF // Tequila!","plain_text":"The Purple People Eater - Sheb Wooley\nNote: #1 in 1958\n\n(Original keys. Check it out on YouTube)\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n(Change keys)\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n NC\n\"I wouldn't eat you cause you're so tough!\"\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n(Change keys)\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 4]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 5]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 6]\n\n\n\n\n\n(Change keys)\n\n[Verse 7]\n\n\n\n\n\nF // Tequila!","chords":["D","A","G","Eb","Bb","Ab","E","B","F","C"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"B":{"barres":[2],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,2,3,4,1],"frets":[-1,2,4,4,4,2]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"E":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,1,0,0]},"F":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,2,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,2,1,1]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}