...POTATO'S IN THE PADDYWAGON... by The Main Street Singers
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*from 'A Mighty Wind Original Soundtrack' (2003)*
Chorus 1:
D
Come on boys,
Potato's in the paddy wagon,
Gotta get her outta there.
D
Come on boys,
Potato's in the paddy wagon,
Mama says it just ain't fair.
Interlude:
G Em D
Verse 1:
D G
One night mama went to fetch,
Us up a sweet potato,
A D
Fell down the cellar stairs.
D
The cellar stairs.
D
Stork dropped in,
G
While she was on the floor,
A D
So my sister was born down there.
Bridge 1:
A
Daddy says this'n,
D
Will be nothin' but a misery,
G D A
Never will be worth a damn.
D
But mama just loved,
G
Her little sweet, Potato baby,
A D
With a face like a parboiled yam.
Chorus 2:
D
Come on boys,
Potato's in the paddy wagon,
Gotta get her outta there.
D
Come on boys,
Potato's in the paddy wagon,
Mama says it just ain't fair.
Interlude:
G Em D
Verse 2:
D
Potato grew up,
G
To be as pretty as a peach,
A
In her calico and,
D
Honey yellow curls.
D
Went to he apple cider ball,
At the arm'ry,
A
With all the other,
D
Ripe and ready girls.
Bridge 2:
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A
Sheriff Dan Pike,
D
Picked Po-tato for the polka,
G
But she spurned him,
D A
With a fiddle de-dee.
D
And be-fore she,
Could turn around,
G
And find another partner,
A D
Sheriff took her into custo-dy.
Chorus 3:
D
Come on boys,
Potato's in the paddy wagon,
Gotta get her outta there.
D
Come on boys,
Potato's in the paddy wagon,
Mama says it just ain't fair.
Verse 3:
D
Mama'n' daddy put together,
G
Quite a little posse,
A
Countin' me and Jack,
D
And cousin Will.
D
We all hopped into,
G
The old Chevy pickup,
A
And we caught 'em at,
D
The top of the hill.
Bridge 3:
A
Daddy took his Remington,
D
And shot away the lock,
G A
For to set his little darlin' free.
D
But Po-tato said:
(n.c)
"Daddy, shut the gol-dern door,
A D
Sheriff wants to marry me!"
Chorus 4:
D
Let's go boys,
Potato's in the paddy wagon,
Guess we better leave her there.
D
Let's go boys,
Potato's in the paddy wagon,
Mama says it just ain't fair.
D
Let's go boys,
Potato's in the paddy wagon,
Guess we better leave her there.
D
Let's go boys,
Potato's in the paddy wagon,
G
Mama says it's,
A D
More than fair,
G A
Mama says it's more...
D A D
Than fair!
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Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2005
(clumsyband@hotmail.com)
