Biography:
Ben Colder was a pseudonym of country singer/songwriter character actor Sheb (Shelby F.) Wooley (1921-2003). As an actor, he's best known for his performances in the film "High Noon" and the 1960s TV western, "Rawhide." (The show also introduced the world to a young Clint Eastwood.) In pop music, his "The Purple People Eater" proved a "monster" hit in 1958. Wooley created the character "Ben Colder" as a character for the TV show "Hee Haw," for which he also wrote the title tune. Colder's music consisted of solid parodies of hit country tunes.
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Almost Persuaded No.2:Ben Colder
#58 on BB Hot 100 and #6 on BB Hot Country
on MGM Records in 1966.
(Intro)
G
(Verse 1)
G C G
Last night I stumbled in to a barroom, I met
D
a girl with a pint in her purse.
G C G
She was cute as two speckled puppies, and I said,
D G
Ben, you could do worse.
(Verse 2)
G C G
Then I walked across a room full of tables, walked
D
across her table, too.
G D
And I flopped myself down in a chair and said, hi,
there.
G C D
She whispered, my name is Mabel, and all I could say,
G
was hi, there.
G
(I said, permit me to introduce myself, Ben Colder, here.
She said, it ain't been no colder here than anyplace else.)
(Chorus)
G C
I had her almost persuaded..(what happened to the doodle-
G
doodle-doo?..Piano..Thank you.) to slip..strip herself of
D
her pride.
G C G D G
Almost persuaded, to slip me a drink on the side.
(Verse 3)
Ab Db
Then we danced and we danced and we danced and we danced.
Ab Eb
That is, I thought I was dancin', somebody stepped on my hand.
Ab Db Ab Eb
Then I looked in her eyes and I saw it, the reflection of my
Ab
wedding band.
(And I thought that sure is strange, I ain't even married.
What it was it was my wrist watch.)
(Outro)
Ab Db Ab
I had her almost persuaded (once more there Argus) to come and
Eb Ab Db Ab Eb
be my own (almost persuaded) then her boyfriend came and made
Db Ab
me go home.
A Sixties smash from Kraziekhat.
#58 on BB Hot 100 and #6 on BB Hot Country
on MGM Records in 1966.
(Intro)
G
(Verse 1)
G C G
Last night I stumbled in to a barroom, I met
D
a girl with a pint in her purse.
G C G
She was cute as two speckled puppies, and I said,
D G
Ben, you could do worse.
(Verse 2)
G C G
Then I walked across a room full of tables, walked
D
across her table, too.
G D
And I flopped myself down in a chair and said, hi,
there.
G C D
She whispered, my name is Mabel, and all I could say,
G
was hi, there.
G
(I said, permit me to introduce myself, Ben Colder, here.
She said, it ain't been no colder here than anyplace else.)
(Chorus)
G C
I had her almost persuaded..(what happened to the doodle-
G
doodle-doo?..Piano..Thank you.) to slip..strip herself of
D
her pride.
G C G D G
Almost persuaded, to slip me a drink on the side.
(Verse 3)
Ab Db
Then we danced and we danced and we danced and we danced.
Ab Eb
That is, I thought I was dancin', somebody stepped on my hand.
Ab Db Ab Eb
Then I looked in her eyes and I saw it, the reflection of my
Ab
wedding band.
(And I thought that sure is strange, I ain't even married.
What it was it was my wrist watch.)
(Outro)
Ab Db Ab
I had her almost persuaded (once more there Argus) to come and
Eb Ab Db Ab Eb
be my own (almost persuaded) then her boyfriend came and made
Db Ab
me go home.
A Sixties smash from Kraziekhat.
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