Mashed Potatoes chords by James Brown

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Yeah,  (G major)  (G minor)  (G major)  (C major)  (G minor) I am  (C major) and I'm
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 (G major) back again.  (G minor)  (G major) 
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 (G minor) I'm  (G major) gonna  (C major) mash potatoes.  (C minor)  (C major) 
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I'm  (F major) gonna  (C major) start by  (G major) going to
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New  (G minor) York City,
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 (F major) which is  (G major) number one.  (C major)  (D major) 
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I'm going to Boston.  (C major) 
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 (G minor) I'm  (F major) going  (D major) to Buffalo.
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 (G major)  (C major)  (G major) Goin'  (E minor) straight  (G major) down the road,
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 (F major) gonna stop at Cleveland
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 (D major) O 'Hire  (G major)  (F major)  (C major)  (D major)  (G major) 
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 (F major) Gonna  (G major) go to your  (C major) next door
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neighbor  (E minor)  (C major)  (G major)  (A flat major) 
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 (A minor) I'm gonna  (F major) mash potatoes
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in Detroit  (E minor)  (D major) 
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 (G major) I'm gonna swing right on down
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the freeway  (D major) 
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 (C major) Doin'  (A flat major) the mashed  (G major) potatoes,
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gonna stop at  (E minor) Chicago
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 (G major)  (E flat major)  (A flat major)  (G major) And St. Louis,
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Missouri  (D major)  (F major)  (D major) 
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 (G major) Goin' away on  (D major) one other  (G major) side
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And  (C major) stoppin' Memphis,
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Tennessee  (A minor)  (C major) 
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 (G major) While  (F major) I'm in the  (E minor) neighbor
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I'm gonna stop  (C major) in Nashville  (D major) too  (G major)  (D major) 
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 (G major) My  (C major) old good old place  (E flat major)  (C minor)  (G major)  (F major) 
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 (E minor) Where  (G major) everybody's havin'
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A mighty  (D major) good time  (G minor) 
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 (C major) In Charlotte,  (E minor) North  (D major) Carolin (G major) a   (F major)  (D major)  (G major) 
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I  (C major) believe  I'll mash potatoes  (A flat major) with a cowboy
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steak  (C minor)  (C major)  (F major)  (C major) 
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 (A minor) Of course  (C major) you know
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I'm talk (G major) in' about Dallas, Texas  (D major)  (G major) 
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 (D major) And I want  (C major) you to know
I got Houston,
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Texas on my  (E minor) mind  (C major)  (G major)  (A minor) 
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 (A flat major) Now,  (C minor) I've  (C major) been to these  (G major) places I call
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 (F major) An  (G major) d I miss your town,
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I  (D major) just  (G major) want you to know  (C major) I'm comin'
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 (A minor) Cause  (C major) I'm mashed  (G major) potato bound
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Miam (C major) i,  (F major)  (G major)  (D major) Florida,  (F major) Jacksonville  (C major) too
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 (A flat major) Columbia,  (G major) South Carolina too
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 (D major) An  (A minor)  (F major)  (G minor) d  (G major) Norfolk,
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Virginia  (G minor) too  (G major)  (G minor)  (C major)  (G minor) San Francisco  (C major)  (G major) 
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I  (C major) mash potatoes at the World Fair
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In Seattle, Washington  (G minor) 
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 (C major) Los Angeles, Cali (F major) fornia  (C major)  (G major)  (D major) 
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Goin' back over on the East Coast  (G minor) 
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I'm goin'  (D major) to Richmond,  (G major) Virginia  (G minor)  (G major) 
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 (G minor) I'm  (C major) gonna fool you
Now I'm goin' to my old hometown
I'm going to Augusta, Georgia
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