Mashed Potato Time

INTRO:
D                        
It's the latest...It's the 
             Bm
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
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.
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     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,

(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,