Biography:
Ben Colder was a pseudonym of country singer/songwriter character actor Sheb (Shelby F.) Wooley (1921-2003). As an actor, he's best known for his performances in the film "High Noon" and the 1960s TV western, "Rawhide." (The show also introduced the world to a young Clint Eastwood.) In pop music, his "The Purple People Eater" proved a "monster" hit in 1958. Wooley created the character "Ben Colder" as a character for the TV show "Hee Haw," for which he also wrote the title tune. Colder's music consisted of solid parodies of hit country tunes.
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[Intro]
D G D A D
D G
She wanted a mansion on Millionaire Mountain
D A
I just wanted a shack up in the hills
D G
You know what was funny, she thought I had money
D A D
I couldn't even pay her water bill
[Chorus]
G C
I gave her the ring, and she gave me the finger
G D
Said you've just been wastin' my time
G C
Yes I gave her the ring, she gave me the finger
G D G C G
So I took it back to the five-and- -dime five-and- -
D G
dime, five-and- -dime
A D
stop for about 2 seconds
D G
I thought it was cute when she held up her finger
D A
I said I think that's the wrong one
D G
She said if you dont have mon, hon, then you are the wrong one
D A D G D
I said, I'll be a son-of-a- -gun son-of-a- -gun,
A D
son-of-a- -gun Well
[Chorus]
G C
I gave her the ring, and she gave me the finger
G D
Said you've just been wastin' my time
G C
Yes I gave her the ring, she gave me the finger
G D G C G
So I took it back to the five-and- -dime five-and- -
D G
dime, five-and- -dime
A D
I gave her the ring, and she gave me the finger
A E
Said you've just been wastin' my time
A D
Yes I gave her the ring, she gave me the finger
A E A D A
So I took it back to the five-and- dime five-and-
E
dime, five-and- A-dime
D G D A D
D G
She wanted a mansion on Millionaire Mountain
D A
I just wanted a shack up in the hills
D G
You know what was funny, she thought I had money
D A D
I couldn't even pay her water bill
[Chorus]
G C
I gave her the ring, and she gave me the finger
G D
Said you've just been wastin' my time
G C
Yes I gave her the ring, she gave me the finger
G D G C G
So I took it back to the five-and- -dime five-and- -
D G
dime, five-and- -dime
A D
stop for about 2 seconds
D G
I thought it was cute when she held up her finger
D A
I said I think that's the wrong one
D G
She said if you dont have mon, hon, then you are the wrong one
D A D G D
I said, I'll be a son-of-a- -gun son-of-a- -gun,
A D
son-of-a- -gun Well
[Chorus]
G C
I gave her the ring, and she gave me the finger
G D
Said you've just been wastin' my time
G C
Yes I gave her the ring, she gave me the finger
G D G C G
So I took it back to the five-and- -dime five-and- -
D G
dime, five-and- -dime
A D
I gave her the ring, and she gave me the finger
A E
Said you've just been wastin' my time
A D
Yes I gave her the ring, she gave me the finger
A E A D A
So I took it back to the five-and- dime five-and-
E
dime, five-and- A-dime
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