Along Came Jones
1959 — Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller, Ray Stevens
Key: G (D-DUD-D-)
Version 0 (2016-07-08)
 
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Baritone
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Intro:  
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I  
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plopped down in my easy chair and turned on Channel 2.  
 
 
A bad gunslinger named a Salty Sam was a-chasin' poor Sweet Sue.  
 
 
He trapped her in the old sawmill and said with an evil laugh,  
 
 
"If you don't give me the deed to your ranch I'll saw you all in half"  
 
 
And then he  
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grabbed her (help he grabbed me, help!)  
 
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He tied her up (help, he tying me up, help!)  
 
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He turned on the buzz saw (He's turning on the buzz saw help help help!)  
 
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And then a- 
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long came Jones  
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tall thin Jones  
 
 
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Slow walkin' Jones  
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slow-talkin Jones  
 
 
 
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long came long lean lanky  
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Jones  
 
 
 
 
 
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Commercial came on so I got up to get myself a snack  
 
 
You should've seen what was goin' on by the time that I got back  
 
 
Down in the old abandoned mine Sweet Sue was a-havin' fits  
 
 
That villain said, "Give me the deed to your ranch or I'll blow you all to bits!"  
 
 
And then he  
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grabbed her (help he grabbed me, help!)  
 
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He tied her up (he tying me up again, help!)  
 
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He lit the fuse to the dynamite  
 
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(He's lighting the fuse to the dynamite, help!)  
 
 
 
 
 
 
And then a- 
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long came Jones  
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tall thin Jones  
 
 
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Slow walkin' Jones  
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slow-talkin Jones  
 
 
 
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long came long lean lanky  
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Jones  
 
 
 
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I  
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got so bugged I turned it off and turned on another show  
 
 
But there was the same old shoot-em-up and the same old rodeo  
 
 
Salty Sam a-was-a tryin' to stuff Sweet Sue in a burlap sack  
 
 
He said, "If you don't give me the deed to your ranch  
 
 
I'll throw you on the railroad tracks!"  
 
 
And then he  
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grabbed her (help he's grabbin' me again)  
 
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He tied her up (here we go again he tyin' me up, same routine)  
 
 
He  
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threw her on the railroad tracks  
 
 
(He's throwin me on the railroad tracks)  
 
 
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train started comin'  
 
 
(Oh here come the train here come the train help ... help help ...)  
 
 
 
 
 
 
And then a- 
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long came Jones  
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tall thin Jones  
 
 
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Slow walkin' Jones  
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slow-talkin Jones  
 
 
 
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long came long lean lanky  
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Jones  
 
 
 
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long came long lean lanky  
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Jones  
 
 
 
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long came long lean lanky  
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Jones  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
da da da da da da da da da dit dit (William Tell Overture bit)  
 
 
 
da da da da dat da (Laugh-in bit)