Chords for Ray Stevens - The Ballad Of The Blue Cyclone (Single Version)

_ _ _ _ _ [G] Ooooooooh [Am] sooooooo quiet _ [G] _ now
_ [C] _ _
_ Well the wife went out of town about a year or so [F] back
and left me at home by myself to [G] batch
and after five straight nights of TV I [C] was ready to scream
[G] _ [C] So I called up this beer drinking buddy of [D] mine
I said, Bill, I ain't having a real good [G] time
He said, why don't we go to the wrestling match
It [C] let off a little steam
The main event was the spider from parts [F] unknown
with his trusted partner the blue cyclone
[G] They were taking on a team that never [C] had been [G] beaten
Now [C] I'd never seen the matches [D] before
and the crowd was backed up plumb out the [G] door
but me and old Bill lucked out and got ringside seats
[C] Well then they rang the bell and all hell broke [F] loose
My legs were shaking like a rubber [G] goose
I'd never seen anything like this, not [C] even in the war
[G] _ [C] The cyclone put the vulture in an airplane's [D] pen
and then he body slammed him and he did it again
[G] I swear I didn't see how that old boy could [C] take much more
_ [Am] It was right about then in the thick of things
my buddy Bill threw a chair in the ring
and that's when I knew we'd better be heading for the door
_ Cause I saw the cyclone looking at us
and he's rubbing his head and starting to [D] cut
and I knew if he caught us he'd break [G] Bill's neck for sure
_ [C] Well where we parked wasn't too [F] far
and Bill ran so fast he beat me to the [G] car
he locked the doors and wasn't about to let [C] anybody in
[G] _ [C] and I turned around and the cyclone was [D] there
and he said, hey punk you forgot your [G] chair
and by the look in his eyes I knew that [C] this was the end of me
Then he body slammed me two or three [F] times
and he put his arms around me from behind
[G] and then he pile-drived me right there in the [C] hard concrete
[G] _ [C] broke both my arms, three of my ribs
[D] that's the closest I've ever come to being [G] killed
and that's the last thing I remember before he [C] put me to sleep
_ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ Blue Cyclone
_ [G] _ _ _ [Am] Blue Cyclone
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [Db] _ _
_ Well I woke up in a hospital bed just [Gb] thinking
I believe I could have took him if I hadn't been [Ab] drinking
so the next time we meet I won't be [Db] on no [Ab] bed
[Db] Cause I hadn't been the same since we had that fight
[Eb] and I seen that cyclone in my dreams at [Ab] night
I'll never be satisfied till I [Db] get revenge
_ So I called up Bill and told him my [Gb] plan
and all he said was, right on, [Ab] do the same darn thing if it'd [Db] been me
_ It all happened so quick when that car door [Eb] slammed
it must have broke something cause the door locks [Ab] jammed
and you was already down, he's gone by the time I [Db] got free
_ [Bbm] Bill said, since you're thinking about taking him again
I know two old boys that weigh 210
they'd take on a grizzly with a switch in the woods at night
_ Well we talked it over and they said they's willing
they'd stop at nothing, short of a killer
[Eb] then a horse will back you as long as [Ab] you wanna fight
_ [Db] So we all went down to the hammer lock [Gb] bar to hang out
with all the wrestling [Ab] stars and waited for the Blue Cyclone to [Db] hit the door _
_ Well after a while he finally [Eb] appeared and sat down at the bar
and ordered a beer [Ab] and he barely took a sip
before I stepped to the middle [Db] of the floor
_ _ [D] I'm _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [G] the guy you want to see
[A] only this time you can see I'm [D] not [A] alone
Ha ha, [D] you see them two big dudes over there
[E] and the Cyclone looked at over where and [A] I turned around
I'm a son of a gun, [D] they is gone
_ Well the Cyclone looked at me and grinned
[G] he said, ok punk, here we go again
[A] seems to me that some guys [D] never [A] learn
and [D] then he waded through them tables and chairs
[E] put a full Nelson on me and grabbed my hand
[A] when he threw me to the floor I started to [D] get concerned
the next thing I remember they was carrying me in
[G] and the doctor said, oh no, you again?
[A] I said, doctor, how long do you think it'll be [D] this time?
[A] He [D] said, boy, if you don't leave the Cyclone alone
[E] one of these days you ain't going home
[A] you'll need the undertaker's services, [D] not mine
_ _ [Bm] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [A] He's the meanest wrestler the ring has ever [D] known _
_ [Bm] He'll make you groan, he'll make you moan
he'll lay you prone and break your bone [A] Blue _ _ [Bm] Cyclone
_ _ [A] _ _ _ _ [D] Blue Cyclone _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ _ [N] _ _