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Don't Slay That Potato chords by
Tom Paxton
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Key: A major•
Intro 1
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Verse 1
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How can you do it? It's heartless,

it's cruel.

It's murder, cold- blooded,
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it's gross.

To slay a poor vegetable just for your stew
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Or to serve with some cheese
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sauce on toast.

Have you no decency?
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Have you no shame?
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Have you no conscience, you cad,
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To rip that poor vegetable out of the earth
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Away from it's poor
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mom and dad?
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CHORUS:

Oh, no, don't slay that potato!
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D

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Let us be merciful, please.

Don't boil it or fry it,
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don't even freeze- dry it.
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Don't slice it or flake it.
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For God's sake,

don't bake it!
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Don't she'd the poor blood

Of this poor helpless spud.

That's the worst kind
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of thing you could do.
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Oh, no, don't slay that potato
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What never done nothing
Interlude 1

to you!
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Verse 2
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Why not try picking on

something your size
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Instead of some carrot or bean?

The peas are all trembling

there in their pod
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Just because you're so
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vicious and mean.

How would you like to be
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grabbed by your hair
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And ruthlessly yanked from your bed
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And have done to you God knows
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what horrible things,
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To be eaten with full- fiber bread?
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(CHORUS)

It's no bed of roses,

this vegetable life.
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You're basically stuck in the mud.

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

see the sights
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When you're a carrot or
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celery or spud.

You're helpless when somebody's
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flea- bitten dog
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Takes a notion to pause
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for relief.
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Then somebody picks you
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and cleans you and eats you
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And causes you nothing but grief.
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(CHORUS)
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There
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ought

to be some way of saving our skins.
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They ought to be passing a law.

Just show anybody a cute little lamb
A
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And they'll all stand around
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and go "Aw!"

Well, potatoes are ugly.
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Potatoes are plain.
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We're wrinkled and lumpy to boot.
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But give me a break,
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kid. Do you mean to say
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That you'll eat us because
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we're not cute?
Outro 1

(CHORUS
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An acoustic guitar head with tuning pegs

Tuning:Standard Open Tuner
Chords

  • C

  • G

  • E

  • A

  • D

  • Em

Capo: 2

Transpose: 0

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Frequently asked questions

The original key of Don't Slay That Potato by Tom Paxton is A major.

The primary chords used in Don't Slay That Potato are D, A, F#, B, E, F#m.

To play in the original key, place your capo on the 2 fret.

Yes, this version uses open chords like D, A, F#, B, making it a great song for beginner guitarists.

The tempo of Don't Slay That Potato is approximately 100 beats per minute.

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