Mashed Potato Time
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A
It's the latest, it's the greatest,
F#m
Mashed Potato, ya, ya ,ya
A
A Mashed Potato started long time ago
F#m
With a guy named Sloppy Joe,
D
You'll find this dance is so cool to do,
E
Come on baby, gonna teach it to you.
A
Mashed Potato, feel it in your feet now,
F#m
Mashed Potato, come on get the beat now,
D
Baby, It's the latest,
come on baby, It's the greatest,
E
come on honey, Ya, ya, ya, ya.
A
And then they dance it through and through,
F#m
They look for records they can do it to,
D
They got a dance is outta sight,
E
Doin' the lion sleeps tonight.
A
Mashed Potato, Ya a weem o wep a weem o wep,
F#m
Mashed Potato, ya, ya, ya, ya,
D
Baby, It's the latest,
come on baby, It's the greatest,
E
come on honey, Ya, ya, ya, ya.
A F#m D E
A
Now everybody is doin' fine,
E
They dance alone or in a big boss line,
F#m
And they discovered it's the most, man,
E
The day they did it to Please Mr. Postman.
A
Mashed Potato, wait a minute, wait a minute,
F#m
Mashed Potato, deliver de letter,
D
Baby, It's the latest,
come on baby, It's the greatest,
E
come on honey, Ya, ya, ya, ya.
A
Well they got with more and more,
F#m
Ya ought to see 'em around the floor,
D
The Mashed Potato ??????????
E
They even do it to Dear Lady Twist.
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Tabbed by : Don D
(thunderstruck_666@hotmail.com)
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Can I play it on guitar or keyboard?
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