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[Verse]
D
Well, I saw the thing comin' out of the sky..
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it had one long horn, one big eye.
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I commenced to shakin' and I said "ooh-eee!
A D
it looks like a purple eater to me!"
[Chorus]
D
It was a one-eyed, one-horned, flyin' purple people eater.
A
(One-eyed, one-horned, flyin' purple people eater.)
D
A one-eyed, one-horned, flyin' purple people eater.
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Sure looks strange to me..(one eye?)
[Verse]
E
Well, he came down to earth and he lit in a tree.
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I said, 'Mr. Purple People Eater, don't eat me.'
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I heard him say in a voice so gruff.."I wouldn't eat you
E
cause you're so tough."
[Chorus]
Eb
It was a one-eyed, one-horned, flyin' purple people eater.
Bb
(One-eyed, one-horned, flyin' purple people eater.)
Eb
A one-eyed, one-horned, flyin' purple people eater.
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Sure looks strange to me..(one horn?)
[Verse]
E
I said, 'Mr. Purple People Eater, what's your line?'
B E
He said, "It's eatin' purple people and it sure is fine.
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But that's not the reason that I came to land..
B E
I wanna get a job in a rock and roll band!"
[Chorus]
E
Well, bless my soul, rock and roll, flyin' purple people eater.
B
Pigeon-toed, undergrowed, flyin' purple people eater.
E
(We wear short shorts!)
E B E
Flyin' purple people eater..sure looks strange to me.
[Verse]
E
And then he swung from the tree and he lit on the ground.
B E
He started to rock, really rockin' around.
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It was a crazy ditty with a swingin' tune..
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sing a bop bop aboppa loppa lim bam boom.
[Chorus]
E
Well, bless my soul, rock and roll, flyin' purple people eater.
B
Pigeon-toed, undergrowed, flyin' purple people eater.
E
(I like short shorts!)
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Flyin' purple people eater..what a sight to see!
[Verse]
F
And then he went on his way, and then what do ya know?
C F
I saw him last night on a TV show.
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He was blowing it out, a'really knockin' 'em dead..
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playin' rock and roll music through the horn in his head.
[Solo]
(Tequila!!!)
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