...POTATO'S IN THE PADDYWAGON... by The Main Street Singers
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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.
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 G
Stork dropped in while she was on the floor,
A D
So my sister was born down there.
Bridge 1:
A D
Daddy says this'n will be nothin' but a misery,
G D A
Never will be worth a damn,
D G
But mama just loved 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.
G Em D
Verse 2:
D G
Potato grew up to be as pretty as a peach,
A D
In her calico and honey yellow curls,
D G
Went to the apple cider ball at the arm'ry
A D
With all the other ripe and ready girls.
Bridge 2:
A D
Sheriff Dan Pike, picked Po—tato for the polka,
G D A
But she spurned him with a fiddle de—dee,
D G
And be—fore she could turn around 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 G
Mama'n' daddy put together quite a little posse
A D
Countin' me and Jack and cousin Will,
D G
We all hopped into the old Chevy pickup
A D
And we caught 'em at the top of the hill,
Bridge 3:
A D
Daddy took his Remington and shot away the lock,
G A
For to set his little darlin' free,
D (n.c)
But Po—tato said, "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's more than 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, mama says it's more than fair,
G A D
Mama says it's more than fair
G A D A D
Mama says it's more...than fair!
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Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2005 (clumsyband@hotmail.com)