Key:
Introduction:
G F
Oh, to live on Sugar Mountain,
G F
with the barkers and the colored balloons
G F
You can't be twenty on Sugar Mountain,
Dm G
though you're thinking that you're leaving there too soon
Dm G
you're leaving there too soon.
G F
It's so noisy at the fair,
G
but all your friends are there
F
And the candy floss you had,
G
and your mother and your dad.
G F
Oh, to live on Sugar Mountain,
G F
with the barkers and the colored balloons
G F
You can't be twenty on Sugar Mountain,
Dm G
though you're thinking that you're leaving there too soon
Dm G
you're leaving there too soon.
G F
There's a girl just down the aisle,
G
oh, to turn and see her smile.
F
You can hear the words she wrote,
G
as you read the hidden note.
G F
Oh, to live on Sugar Mountain
G F
with the barkers and the colored balloons
G F
You can't be twenty on Sugar Mountain,
Dm G
though you're thinking that you're leaving there too soon
Dm G
you're leaving there too soon.
G F
Now you're underneath the stairs,
G
and you're giving back some glares
F
To the people who you met,
G
and it's your first cigarette.
G F
Oh, to live on Sugar Mountain,
G F
with the barkers and the colored balloons
G F
You can't be twenty on Sugar Mountain,
Dm G
though you're thinking that you're leaving there too soon
Dm G
you're leaving there too soon.
G F
Now you say you're leaving home,
G
'cause you want to be alone.
F
Ain't it funny how you feel,
G
when you're finding out it's real?
G F
Oh, to live on Sugar Mountain,
G F
with the barkers and the colored balloons
G F
You can't be twenty on Sugar Mountain,
Dm G
though you're thinking that you're leaving there too soon
Dm G
you're leaving there too soon.
G F
Oh, to live on Sugar Mountain,
G F
with the barkers and the colored balloons
G F
You can't be twenty on Sugar Mountain,
Dm G
though you're thinking that you're leaving there too soon
D C G F D D4 C G
* Alternate:
Capo III
D B
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