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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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G - Am D7
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D7 - - G
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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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Watch Lester Flatt and Earle Scruggs perform "The Ballad Of Jed Clampett" (youtube)
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Arranged by Jim Bottorff
Click here for 5-String Banjo Tab
 
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