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...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.
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 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.
Come on boys, Potato's in the paddy wagon;
Mama says it just ain't fair.
Interlude:
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
Went to he 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
And be-fore she could turn around,
G A D
And find another partner; Sheriff took her into custo-dy.
Chorus 3:
D
Come on boys, Potato's in the paddy wagon;
Gotta get her outta there.
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.
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.
Let's go boys, Potato's in the paddy wagon;
G A D
Mama says it's more than fair,
G A D A D
Mama says it's more...than fair!
CHORD DIAGRAMS:
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D G Em A
EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE
xx0232 320003 022000 x02220
Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2005
(clumsyband@hotmail.com)
