Misc Unsigned Bands - Dee Dee Sharp - Mashed Potato Time Chords & Tabs

 

Dee Dee Sharp - Mashed Potato Time Chords & Tabs

Misc Unsigned Bands Chords & Tabs

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Dee Dee Sharp - Mashed Potato Time Chords

   
Mashed Potato Time:Dee Dee Sharp.
#1 in 1962.

INTRO:
D                                     Bm                                     
It's the latest...It's the greatest...Mashed Potato..

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

#1.
D
(Oooo)Mashed Potato started long time ago,
     Bm
(Wah-oo) with a guy named Sloppy Joe.
     G
(Wah-oo)You'll find this dance is cool to do,
     A
(Wah-oo)come on baby, gonna teach it to you.

CHORUS:
 D
(Mashed Potato)...hear that groovy beat, now.
 Bm
(Mashed Potato)...come on and twist your feet now.
G
Baby, (it's the latest..)
         
Come on, honey..it's the greatest.
         A
Come on, baby, Mashed Potato.

Mmmm. Yeah, yeah yeah yeah.

#3.
        D
(Ooooo) And then that dance just grew and grew.
     Bm
(Wah-ooo.) They looked for records they could do it to.
     G
(Wah-ooo.) They found this dance was outta sight,
     A
(Wah-ooo.) To, 'When the Lion Sleeps Tonight.'

CHORUS:
 D
(Mashed Potato.) a-wimoweh, a-wimoweh.
 Bm
(Mashed Potato.) Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
 G
(It's the latest.) Ah-hahh, baby,
                              A
(It's the greatest.) Come on, honey,
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/m/misc_unsigned_bands/dee_dee_sharp_mashed_potato_time_crd.html ]
(Mashed Potato.) Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

(INTERLUDE:SAX:) D Bm G A A7

CHORUS:
      D
(Ooo) Now, everybody is a-doin' fine,
     Bm
(Wah-ooo.) They dance alone or in a Big Boss Line.
     G
(Wah-ooo.) Then they discovered it's the 'most', man,
     A
(Wah-ooo.) the day they did it to, 'Please Mr. Postman.'
 D
(Mashed Potato.) A-wait a minute, wait a minute.
 Bm
(Mashed Potato.) Deliver de letter.
          G
(It's the latest.) Come on, baby,
                              A
(It's the greatest.) Come on, honey,

(Mashed Potato.) Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

#4.
       D
(Ooo.) Well, they got with it more and more,
     Bm
(Wah-ooo.) You ought to see 'em around the floor.
     G
(Wah-ooo.) The Mashed Potato took on a long, long list,
     A
(Wah-ooo.) they even do it to, 'Dear Lady Twist.'

OUTRO:
 D
(Mashed Potato.) Get up from your chair, now.
 Bm
(Mashed Potato.) Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah-eh.
 G
(It's the latest.) Come on, baby,
                              A
(It's the greatest.) Come on, honey,

(Mashed Potato.) Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.(Fade.)


A sixties smash from Kraziekhat.