Purple People Eater [F] - Sheb Wooley [C7] [C] [F] [F] Well, I saw the thing comin' out of the sky It had the [C] one long horn, [F] one big eye I commenced to shakin' and I [Bb] said "ooh-eee" It [C] looks like a purple eater to [F] me It was a [F] one-eyed, one-horned, flyin' purple people eater [C] One-eyed, one-horned, flyin' purple people eater A [F] one-eyed, one-horned, flyin' purple people eater [C7] Sure looks strange to [F] me (one eye? / 2nd one horn?) [F] Well he came down to earth and he lit in a tree I said [C] Mr. Purple People Eater, [F] don't eat me I [F7] heard him say in a [Bb] voice so gruff "I [C] wouldn't eat you 'cause you're so tough" I said [F] Mr. Purple People Eater, what's your line? He said “[C] eatin' purple people and it [F] sure is fine But [F7] that's not the reason that I [Bb] came to land I [C] want to get a job in a rock and roll band" Well [F] bless my soul, rock and roll, flyin' purple people eater [C] Pigeon-toed, under-growed, flyin' purple people eater [F] "We wear short shorts" friendly little people eater [C7] What a sight to [F] see ( [A] oh) And then he [G] swung from the tree and he lit on the ground And he [D] started to rock, really [G] rockin' around It was a [G7] crazy ditty with a [C] swingin' tune "Singin' [D7] bop-bop, a-boopa lopa lum bam boom" Well, [G] bless my soul, rock and roll, flyin' purple people eater [D] Pigeon-toed, under growed, flyin' purple people eater [G] "I like short shorts!" flyin' purple people eater [D7] What a sight to [G] see (purple people?) Well, he [G] went on his way, and then what do ya know? I [D] saw him last night on a [G] TV show He was [G7] blowing it out, really [C] knockin' em dead Playin' [D7] rock and roll music through the horn in his [G] head [C7] [G] [C7] [G] | [G]* "Tequila!"