{"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":880519,"song":"Along Came Jones","artist":"The Coasters","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11605181-along-came-jones-chords-by-the-coasters/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/880519?type=chord","rating":4.91184,"votes":13,"content":"Along Came Jones:The Coasters.\r\n#9 in UK and #14 in USA in 1959.\r\n\r\n#1.\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]\r\nI plopped down in my easy chair and turned on Channel 2.[/tab]\r\n\r\nA bad gunslinger called Salty Sam was chasin' poor Sweet Sue.\r\n\r\nHe trapped her in the old sawmill and said with an evil laugh,\r\n\r\n'If you don't give me the deed to your ranch,\r\n\r\nI'll saw y'all in half!'\r\n\r\nSPOKEN:(Ad lib.)\r\n[tab][ch]Bdim[/ch]\r\nAnd then he grabbed her..(and then?)[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Ddim[/ch]\r\nHe tied her up..(and then?)[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Fdim[/ch]\r\nHe turned on the buzz-saw (and then, and then...?!)[/tab]\r\n\r\nCHORUS:\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd then along came Jones.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]\r\nTall thin Jones.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                   [ch]D[/ch]\r\nSlow-walkin' Jones..slow-talkin' Jones.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]                             [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAlong came long, lean, lanky, Jones.[/tab]\r\n\r\n#2.\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]\r\nCommercial came on, so I got up to get myself a snack.[/tab]\r\n\r\nYou should've seen what was goin' on by the time\r\n\r\nthat I got back.\r\n\r\nDown in the old abandoned mine, Sweet Sue was havin' fits.\r\n\r\nThat villain said, 'Give me the deed to your ranch,\r\n\r\nor I'll blow you all to bits!'\r\n\r\nSPOKEN:(Ad lib.)\r\n[tab][ch]Bdim[/ch]\r\nAnd then he grabbed her..(and then?)[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Ddim[/ch]\r\nHe tied her up..(and then?)[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Fdim[/ch]\r\nHe lit the fuse to the dynamite..(and then, and then...?!)[/tab]\r\n\r\nCHORUS:\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd then along came Jones.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]\r\nTall thin Jones.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                   [ch]D[/ch]\r\nSlow-walkin' Jones..slow-talkin' Jones.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]                             [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAlong came long, lean, lanky, Jones.[/tab]\r\n\r\n#3.\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]\r\nI got so bugged I turned it off and turned on another show.[/tab]\r\n\r\nBut there was the same old shoot-'em-up and the same old rodeo.\r\n\r\nSalty Sam was tryin' to stuff Sweet Sue in a burlap sack.\r\n\r\nHe said, 'If you don't give me the deed to your ranch,\r\n\r\nI'm gonna throw you on the railroad tracks!'\r\n\r\nSPOKEN: (Ad lib.)\r\n[tab][ch]Bdim[/ch]\r\nAnd then he grabbed her..(and then?)[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Ddim[/ch]\r\nHe tied her up..(and then?)[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Fdim[/ch]\r\nHe threw her on the railroad tracks..(and then?)[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Abdim[/ch]\r\nA train started comin'..(and then, and then...???!)[/tab]\r\n\r\nCHORUS:\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd then along came Jones.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]\r\nTall thin Jones.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                   [ch]D[/ch]\r\nSlow-walkin' Jones..slow-talkin' Jones.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]                             [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAlong came long, lean, lanky, Jones.[/tab]\r\n\r\nOUTRO:\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]                             [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAlong came long, lean, lanky, Jones.(x2)(Fade.)[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nA fifties smash from Kraziekhat.","plain_text":"Along Came Jones:The Coasters.\n#9 in UK and #14 in USA in 1959.\n\n#1.\n\n\nA bad gunslinger called Salty Sam was chasin' poor Sweet Sue.\n\nHe trapped her in the old sawmill and said with an evil laugh,\n\n'If you don't give me the deed to your ranch,\n\nI'll saw y'all in half!'\n\nSPOKEN:(Ad lib.)\n\n\n\n\nCHORUS:\n\n\n\n\n\n#2.\n\n\nYou should've seen what was goin' on by the time\n\nthat I got back.\n\nDown in the old abandoned mine, Sweet Sue was havin' fits.\n\nThat villain said, 'Give me the deed to your ranch,\n\nor I'll blow you all to bits!'\n\nSPOKEN:(Ad lib.)\n\n\n\n\nCHORUS:\n\n\n\n\n\n#3.\n\n\nBut there was the same old shoot-'em-up and the same old rodeo.\n\nSalty Sam was tryin' to stuff Sweet Sue in a burlap sack.\n\nHe said, 'If you don't give me the deed to your ranch,\n\nI'm gonna throw you on the railroad tracks!'\n\nSPOKEN: (Ad lib.)\n\n\n\n\n\nCHORUS:\n\n\n\n\n\nOUTRO:\n\n\n\nA fifties smash from Kraziekhat.","chords":["A","Bdim","Ddim","Fdim","E","D","Abdim"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"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]}}}