VERSE (main riff)
C Fm6 C C
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
e|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
B|1---1-----------|3---3---1-------|1---1-----------|----1-------1---|
G|0---0---2-0-----|1---1-----1-----|0---0---2-0-----|----0-------0---|
D|2---------------|3---------------|2---------------|----2-------2---|
A|3---------------|----------------|3---------------|3---------------|
E|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
Chorus
Fsus4/C F/C Fm/C C Fsus4/C F/C Fm/C C
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
e|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
B|----------------|----------------|----------------|--------1-------|
G|3---3---2---2---|1---1---0-------|3---3---2---2---|1---1---0-------|
D|----------------|--------2-------|3---3---3---3---|3---3---2-------|
A|--3---3---3---3-|--3---3-3-------|--3---3---3---3-|--3---3-3-------|
E|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
INTRO
| C | Fm6 | C | C |
VERSE
C Fm6 C
I got my back to the sun ’cause the light is too intense
C Fm6 C
I can see what everybody in the world is up against
Am Em Am Em
You can’t turn back—you can’t come back, sometimes we push too far
C Fm6 C
One day you’ll open up your eyes and you’ll see where we are
Chorus
Fsus4/C F/C
Sugar Baby get on down the road
Fm/C C
You ain’t got no brains, no how
Fsus4/C F/C
You went years without me
Fm/C C
Might as well keep going now
INTERLUDE
| C | Fm6 | C | C |
VERSE
C Fm6 C
Some of these bootleggers, they make pretty good stuff
C Fm6 C
Plenty of places to hide things here if you wanna hide ’em bad enough
Am Em Am Em
I’m staying with Aunt Sally, but you know, she’s not really my aunt
C Fm6 C
Some of these memories you can learn to live with and some of them you can’t
Chorus
Fsus4/C F/C
Sugar Baby get on down the road
Fm/C C
You ain’t got no brains, no how
Fsus4/C F/C
You went years without me
Fm/C C
Might as well keep going now
INTERLUDE
| C | Fm6 | C | C |
VERSE
C Fm6 C
The ladies down in Darktown, they’re doing the Darktown Strut
C Fm6 C
You always got to be prepared but you never know for what
Am Em Am Em
There ain’t no limit to the amount of trouble women bring
C Fm6 C
Love is pleasing, love is teasing, love’s not an evil thing
Chorus
Fsus4/C F/C
Sugar Baby get on down the road
Fm/C C
You ain’t got no brains, no how
Fsus4/C F/C
You went years without me
Fm/C C
Might as well keep going now
INTERLUDE
| C | Fm6 | C | C |
VERSE
C Fm6 C
Every moment of existence seems like some dirty trick
C Fm6 C
Happiness can come suddenly and leave just as quick
Am Em Am Em
Any minute of the day the bubble could burst
C Fm6
Try to make things better for someone,
C
Sometimes, you just end up making it a thousand times worse
Chorus
Fsus4/C F/C
Sugar Baby get on down the road
Fm/C C
You ain’t got no brains, no how
Fsus4/C F/C
You went years without me
Fm/C C
Might as well keep going now
INTERLUDE
| C | Fm6 | C | C |
VERSE
C Fm6 C
Your charms have broken many a heart and mine is surely one
C Fm6 C
You got a way of tearing the world apart. Love, see what you done
Am Em Am Em
Just as sure as we’re living, just as sure as you’re born
C Fm6 C
Look up, look up — seek your Maker — ’fore Gabriel blows his horn
Chorus
Fsus4/C F/C
Sugar Baby get on down the road
Fm/C C
You ain’t got no brains, no how
Fsus4/C F/C
You went years without me
Fm/C C
Might as well keep going now
OUTRO
| C | Fm6 | C | C |