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The Ballad Of Jed Clampett

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 for each cell, reading from left to right.

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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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Arranged by Jim Bottorff

 

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