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,
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(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.
