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Chorus 1
RE
Come on boys, Potato's in the paddy wagon, gotta get her outta there,
RE
Come on boys, Potato's in the paddy wagon, mama says it just ain't fair.
SOL MIm RE
Verse 1:
RE SOL
One night mama went to fetch us up a sweet potato,
LA RE
Fell down the cellar stairs,
RE SOL
Stork dropped in while she was on the floor,
LA RE
So my sister was born down there.
Bridge 1:
LA RE
Daddy says this'n will be nothin' but a misery,
SOL RE LA
Never will be worth a damn,
RE SOL
But mama just loved her little sweet potato baby,
LA RE
With a face like a parboiled yam.
Chorus 2
RE
Come on boys, Potato's in the paddy wagon, gotta get her outta there,
RE
Come on boys, Potato's in the paddy wagon, mama says it just ain't fair.
SOL MIm RE
Verse 2:
RE SOL
Potato grew up to be as pretty as a peach,
LA RE
In her calico and honey yellow curls,
RE SOL
Went to the apple cider ball at the arm'ry
LA RE
With all the other ripe and ready girls.
Bridge 2:
LA RE
Sheriff Dan Pike, picked Po-tato for the polka,
SOL RE LA
But she spurned him with a fiddle de-dee,
RE SOL
And be-fore she could turn around and find another partner,
LA RE
Sheriff took her into custo-dy.
Chorus 3
RE
Come on boys, Potato's in the paddy wagon, gotta get her outta there,
RE
Come on boys, Potato's in the paddy wagon, mama says it just ain't fair.
Verse 3:
RE SOL
Mama'n' daddy put together quite a little posse
LA RE
Countin' me and Jack and cousin Will,
RE SOL
We all hopped into the old Chevy pickup
LA RE
And we caught 'em at the top of the hill,
Bridge 3:
LA RE
Daddy took his Remington and shot away the lock,
SOL LA
For to set his little darlin' free,
D (n.c)
But Po-tato said, "Daddy, shut the gol-dern door,
LA RE
Sheriff wants to marry me!"
Chorus 4
RE
Let's go boys, Potato's in the paddy wagon, guess we better leave her there,
RE
Let's go boys, Potato's in the paddy wagon, mama says it's more than fair,
RE
Let's go boys, Potato's in the paddy wagon, guess we better leave her there,
RE
Let's go boys, Potato's in the paddy wagon, mama says it's more than fair,
SOL LA RE
Mama says it's more than fair
SOL LA RE LA RE
Mama says it's more...than fair!
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