Tono: D
Introducción:
D
Well, I saw the thing comin' out of the sky,
A D
it had one long horn, one big eye.
G
I commenced to shakin' and I said "ooh-eee!",
A D
It looks like a purple people eater to me.
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.
A D
Sure looks strange to me. (One eye?)
#2.(Change keys.)
Eb
Well, he came down to earth and he lit in a tree.
Bb Eb
I said, "Mr. Purple People Eater, don't eat me."
NC
Ab Eb
It was a one-eyed, one-horned, flyin' purple people eater.
Bb
One-eyed, one-horned flyin' purple people eater.
Eb
One-eyed, one-horned, flyin' purple people eater.
Bb Eb
Sure looks strange to me. (One horn?)
#3.(Change keys.)
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.
A
But that's not the reason that I came to land..
B E
I wanna get a job in a rock and roll band."
#4.
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) Flyin' purple people eater..
B E
Sure looks strange to me.
#5.
E
And then he swung from the tree and he lit on the ground,
B E
He started to rock, really rockin' around.
A
It was a crazy ditty with a swingin' tune..
B E
Sing a bop bop-a-boppa-loppa-lim-bam-boom.
#6.
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!..Flyin' little people eater.
B E
Sure looks strange to me. (Purple People?)
#7.(Change keys)
E 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.
Bb
He was blowing it out, a'really knockin' 'em dead..
C F Bb C F
Playin' rock and roll music through the horn in his head.
F//
A fifties smash from Kraziekhat.