Don't Slay That Potato
Don't Slay That Potato

Don't Slay That Potato easy guitar chords by Tom Paxton

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Guitar
Tuning

E A D G B E

Capo

Fret 2

Capo

Transpose

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Capo

  • C

  • G

  • E

  • A

  • D

  • Em

  • C

  • G

  • E

  • A

  • D

  • Em

    • Intro 1

    Verse 1
    How 
    can 
    you do 
    it? 
    It's 
    heartless, 

    it's 
    cruel. 

    It's 
    murder, 
    cold- 
    blooded, 

    it's 
    gross. 

    To slay 
    a poor 
    vegetable 
    just 
    for your 
    stew 

    Or 
    to serve 
    with some 
    cheese 

    sauce 
    on 
    toast. 

    Have 
    you 
    no decency? 

    Have 
    you no 
    shame? 

    Have 
    you 
    no conscience, 
    you 
    cad, 

    To 
    rip 
    that 
    poor 
    vegetable 
    out 
    of 
    the earth 

    Away 
    from 
    it's 
    poor 

    mom 
    and 
    dad? 

    CHORUS: 

    Oh, 
    no, 
    don't 
    slay 
    that 
    potato! 

    Let us 
    be 
    merciful, 
    please. 

    Don't 
    boil 
    it or 
    fry 
    it, 

    don't 
    even 
    freeze- 
    dry 
    it. 

    Don't 
    slice 
    it or 
    flake 
    it. 

    For 
    God's 
    sake, 

    don't 
    bake 
    it! 

    Don't she'd 
    the 
    poor 
    blood 

    Of this 
    poor 
    helpless 
    spud. 

    That's 
    the worst 
    kind 

    of thing 
    you 
    could 
    do. 

    Oh, 
    no, 
    don't 
    slay 
    that 
    potato 

    What 
    never 
    done 
    noth
    ing 

    Interlude 1
    to you! 


    Verse 2
    Why 
    not 
    try 
    picking 
    on 

    something 
    your 
    size 

    Instead 
    of 
    some 
    car
    rot 
    or 
    bean? 

    The peas 
    are all 
    trembling 

    there 
    in 
    their 
    pod 

    Just 
    be
    cause 
    you're so 

    vicious 
    and 
    mean. 

    How 
    would 
    you 
    like 
    to be 

    grabbed 
    by 
    your 
    hair 

    And 
    ruthlessly 
    yanked 
    from 
    your 
    bed 

    And 
    have 
    done 
    to you 
    God 
    knows 

    what 
    horrible 
    things, 

    To be 
    eaten 
    with 
    full- 
    fiber 
    bread? 




    (CHORUS) 

    It's 
    no 
    bed of 
    roses, 

    this 
    vegetable 
    life. 

    You're basically 
    stuck 
    in 
    the mud. 

    You don't 
    get around 
    much. 
    You don't 

    see 
    the sights 

    When you're 
    a 
    car
    rot 
    or 

    celery 
    or 
    spud. 

    You're 
    helpless 
    when 
    somebody's 

    flea- 
    bitten 
    dog 

    Takes 
    a no
    tion 
    to pause 

    for 
    re
    lief. 

    Then somebody 
    picks 
    you 

    and cleans 
    you 
    and eats 
    you 

    And 
    causes 
    you 
    nothing 
    but grief. 



    (CHORUS) 

    There 


    ought 

    to be 
    some 
    way 
    of saving 
    our 
    skins. 

    They 
    ought 
    to be 
    passing 
    a 
    law. 

    Just show 
    anybody 
    a cute 
    little 
    lamb 

    And 
    they'll 
    all stand 
    around 

    and go 
    "Aw!" 

    Well, 
    potatoes 
    are 
    ugly. 

    Pota
    toes 
    are 
    plain. 

    We're 
    wrinkled 
    and 
    lumpy 
    to boot. 

    But 
    give me 
    a break, 

    kid. 
    Do 
    you mean 
    to say 

    That 
    you'll 
    eat 
    us 
    because 

    we're not 
    cute? 

    Outro 1
    (CHORUS 






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