Ballad of Jed Clampett 
as recorded by Roy Clark form the E true Hollywood Story 
writers Flatt & Scruggs 
 
(G) Come and listen to my story 'bout a man named (D)Jed 
Poor mountaineer, barely kept his family (G) fed 
Then one day he was shootin' at some (C) food 
And up through the ground (D) came a bubbling crude 
(Oil, that is, Texas tea, black gold) 
 
(G) First thing you know, old Jed's a (D) millionaire 
Friends said, Jed, (G) move away from here 
Said that California was the place he ought to (C) be 
(D) So he loaded up the truck and they moved to (G) Beverly 
(Hills, that is, swimming pools and movie stars) 
 
 
(G) Well, now it's time to say goodbye to Jed and all his (D) kin 
They would like to thank you folks for kindly dropping (G) in 
You're all invited back again to this (C) locality 
To have a (D) heaping helping of their (G) hospitality 
(G) (Beverly Hillbillies, that's what they call 'em now 
Nice folks, Y'all come back now, hear?)