Chords for Ben Colder (Sheb Wooley) - The Ballad Of A Mean Old Queen

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_ [Db] _ She was [Gb] mean and [Db] she was lean, got her kicks at the guillotine.
Had a castle on the hill, and it was haunted better still.
_ _ _ [Gb] Bats and [Db] rats and black cats too, lived there [Ab] with this mean old shrew.
She could make a [Db] witch's brew. _
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And then one day a handsome prince came into her province.
In his [Gb] hand he [Db] firmly clasped a little slipper made of glass. _
_ _ [Gb] On her [Db] throne the queen did sit.
The prince shook a little bit.
Said, I hope the thing don't fit.
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_ _ As [G] away he [D] rode his stud, he saw some footprints in the mud.
They were small and they were neat.
So he [A] traced his [D] little feet.
Small and he traced his little feet.
[G] Castle _ [D] wall, heard the cats begin to squall.
And his flesh begin to crawl. _
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Took a shot of paddock call, and climbed right up that castle wall.
As the [G] prince broke [D] through the tower, the mean old queen was taking a shower. _
_ _ [G] She was [D] mean but she was clean.
Leanest meanest queen I've seen.
Mean old lean old clean old queen.
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_ The [Ab] dungeon [Eb] far below, out of the steary snow.
She was covered up with grit, but the [Bb] little old [Eb] slipper fit.
_ _ [Ab] Her clothes were [Eb] torn and soiled with mud.
But she looked [Bb] good on the [Eb] big white stud.
He [Bb] took her away from [Eb] all of that crud.
Green grunt green grunt.
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[Ab] If you [Eb] like I will explain.
The mean old queen went down the drain.
Green grunt green grunt.
She was [Ab] green and the mean old queen.
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