Key: C
Introduction:
C Am C
1. There ain't no money to buy cocaine, sugar babe
G
there ain't no money to buy cocaine, sugar babe
C C7
there ain't no money to buy cocaine
F Am
burn your nose and rot your brain,
C G C
sugar babe, sugar babe.
C Am C
2. I woke up this morning, blues all around, sugar babe,
G
woke up this morning, blues all around, sugar babe,
C C7
woke up this morning blues all around
F Am
threw on my rags and walked downtown,
C G C
sugar babe, sugar babe.
C Am C
3. Standing on a corner, don't you see, sugar babe,
G
standing on a corner, don't you see, sugar babe,
C C7
standing on a corner, don't you see,
F Am C G C
they hauled me away for vagrancy, sugar babe.
C Am C
4. Leave that red whiskey alone, sugar babe,
G
leave that red whiskey alone, sugar babe,
C C7
leave that red whiskey alone,
F Am
gives you paulsey in your bones,
C G C
sugar babe, oh, sugar babe.
C Am C
5. Now, whatcha gonna do when the meat gives out, sugar babe?
G
whatcha gonna do when the meat gives out, sugar babe?
C C7
whatcha gonna do when the meat gives out
F Am
standing on the corner with a mouth and a pout,
C G C
sugar babe, oh, sugar babe.
C Am C
6. Chattanooga is a fine old town, sugar babe,
G
Chattanooga is a fine old town, sugar babe,
C C7
Chattanooga is a fine old town
F Am
you get a little crazy and you're bug-house bound,
C G C
sugar babe, oh, sugar babe.