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?)