A Mighty Wind - Potatos In The Paddywagon chords by Soundtracks 🎦

Chorus 1:

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 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:

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 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:

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 Daddy says this'n will be nothin' but a misery;

 G                D         A
 Never will be worth a damn.

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 But mama just loved her little sweet, Potato baby,

        A                       D
With a face like a parboiled yam.


Chorus 2:

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 2:

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 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:

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 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:

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 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 pick-up,

        A                              D
And we caught 'em at the top of the hill.


Bridge 3:

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 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:

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 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's more than fair.
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'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)