Mashed potato time (US 2, CAN 2, NZ 2,1962)     (video)

C - Am

It's the latest, it's the greatest, Mashed Potato..

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

C

1. (Oooo) Mashed Potato started long time ago,

Am

(Wah-oo) with a guy named Sloppy Joe.

F

(Wah-oo) You'll find this dance is cool to do,

G

(Wah-oo) come on, baby, gonna teach it to you.

C

(Mashed Potato) hear that groovy beat, now,

Am

(Mashed Potato) come on and twist your feet now !

F

Baby, (it's the latest) come on, honey (it's the greatest)

G

come on, baby, (Mashed Potato) yeah, yeah yeah yeah !

C

3. And then that dance just grew and grew,

Am

(Wah-ooo) they looked for records they could do it to.

F

(Wah-ooo) They found this dance was outta sight,

G

(Wah-ooo) to, 'When the Lion Sleeps Tonight.'

C

(Mashed Potato) a-wimoweh, a-wimoweh.

Am

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

F

(It's the latest) Ah-hahh, baby, (it's the greatest),

G

come on, honey, (Mashed Potato) yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah !

+ C - Am - F - G - G7

C

4. Now, everybody is a-doin' fine,

Am

(Wah-ooo) they dance alone or in a Big Boss Line.

F

(Wah-ooo) Then they discovered it's the 'most', man,

G

(Wah-ooo) the day they did it to, 'Please, Mr. Postman.'

C

(Mashed Potato) A-wait a minute, wait a minute,

Am

(Mashed Potato) deliver de letter.

F

(It's the latest) Come on, baby, (it's the greatest,)

G

come on, honey, (Mashed Potato.) Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah !

C

4. Well, they got with it more and more,

Am

(Wah-ooo) you ought to see 'em around the floor.

F

(Wah-ooo) The Mashed Potato took on a long, long list,

G

(Wah-ooo) they even do it to 'Dear Lady Twist.'

C

(Mashed Potato) Get up from your chair, now,

Am

(Mashed Potato) yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah-eh.

F G

(It's the latest) Come on, baby ! (It's the greatest) Come on, honey !

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

(orig. = capo 2nd) (Dee Dee Sharp)