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Date: 4/2/97; 11:52:10 AM
From: "Gene L. Graham" <ah827@rgfn.epcc.Edu>
Subject: THE THING


THE THING
Recorded by Phil Harris
Written by Charles Grean

[G] While I was walking down the beach one [C] bright and sunny [G] day
I saw a great big wooden box a-[A] floatin' in the [D] bay
I [G] pulled it in and opened it up and [C] much to my surprise
Oh!, [G] I discovered a (boom-boom-boom) [D] right before my [G] eyes
Oh!, I discovered a (boom-boom-boom) [D] right before my [G] eyes.

I picked it up and ran to town as happy as a king
I took it to a guy I knew who'd buy 'most anything
But this is what he hollered at me as I walked in his shop
"Oh!, get out of here with that (boom-boom-boom) before I call a cop!
Oh!, get out of here with that (boom-boom-boom) before I call a cop!"

I turned around and got right out, a-running for my life
And then I took it home with me to give it to my wife
But this is what she hollered at me as I walked in the door
"Oh!, get out of here with that (boom-boom-boom) and don't come back no more!
Oh!, get out of here with that (boom-boom-boom) and don't come back no more!"

Change to G#:
I wandered all around the town until I chanced to meet
A hobo who was looking for a handout on the street
He said he'd take 'most any old thing - he was a desperate man
But when I showed 'im the (boom-boom-boom) he turned around and ran
Oh!, when I showed 'im the (boom-boom-boom) he turned around and ran.

Change to A:
I wandered on for many years, a victim of my fate
Until one day I came upon St. Peter at the gate
And when I tried to take it inside, he told me where to go
"Get out of here with that (boom-boom-boom) and take it down below!
Oh, get out of here with that (boom-boom-boom) and take it down below!"

The moral of this story is if you're out on the beach
And you should see a great big box and it's within your reach
Don't ever stop and open it up - that's my advice to you
'Cause you'll never get rid of the (boom-boom-boom) no matter what you do
Oh, you'll never get rid of the (boom-boom-boom) no matter what you do.

Source: PHIL HARRIS-THAT'S WHAT I LIKE ABOUT THE SOUTH
        1958 RCA CAL-456