Dee Dee Sharp - Mashed Potato Time

[D]It's the latest...It's the greatest...[Bm]Mashed Potato..

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

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

([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.
Come on, [A]baby, Mashed Potato.

Mmmm. Yeah, yeah yeah yeah.

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

([D]Mashed Potato.) a-wimoweh, a-wimoweh.
([Bm]Mashed Potato.) Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
([G]It's the latest.) Ah-hahh, baby,
(It's the greatest.) Come on, [A]honey,

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

(INTERLUDE:SAX:) [D] [Bm] [G] [A] [A7]

(Ooo) [D]Now, everybody is a-doin' fine,
(Wah-[Bm]ooo.) They dance alone or in a Big Boss Line.
(Wah-[G]ooo.) Then they discovered it's the 'most', man,
(Wah-[A]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.
(It's the [G]latest.) Come on, baby,
(It's the greatest.) Come on, [A]honey,

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

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

([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,
(It's the greatest.) Come on, [A]honey,

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

A sixties smash from Kraziekhat.