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- The Ballad Of
Jed Clampett
- (Theme From The
Beverly Hillbillies)
- Words and Music
by Paul Henning - 1962
- Twenty weeks on
the Billboard country singles charts, reaching a peak of number
one for three weeks.
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- 16-beat intro. Play 4-beats
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- Oh come'n listen to my story
'bout a man named Jed,
- Poor mountaineer, barely
kept his fam'ly fed.
- Then one day, he was shootin'
at some food,
- An' up thru the ground came
a bubbalin' crude,
- Oil that is! Black Gold!
Texas Tea!
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- Performer Links:
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- Watch
Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs perform "The Ballad Of Jed
Clampett" (youtube)
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- Arranged by Jim Bottorff
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here for 5-String Banjo Tab
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