Intro
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[Verse]
B Em6 B
I got my back to the sun ’cause the light is too intense
B Em6 B
I can see what everybody in the world is up against
G#m D#m G#m D#m
You can’t turn back—you can’t come back, sometimes we push too far
B Em6 B
One day you’ll open up your eyes and you’ll see where we are
[Chorus]
Esus4/B E/B
Sugar Baby get on down the road
Em/B B
You ain’t got no brains, no how
Esus4/B E/B
You went years without me
Em/B B
Might as well keep going now
[Interlude]
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[Verse]
B Em6 B
Some of these bootleggers, they make pretty good stuff
B Em6 B
Plenty of places to hide things here if you wanna hide ’em bad enough
G#m D#m G#m D#m
I’m staying with Aunt Sally, but you know, she’s not really my aunt
B Em6 B
Some of these memories you can learn to live with and some of them you can’t
[Chorus]
Esus4/B E/B
Sugar Baby get on down the road
Em/B B
You ain’t got no brains, no how
Esus4/B E/B
You went years without me
Em/B B
Might as well keep going now
[Interlude]
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[Verse]
B Em6 B
The ladies down in Darktown, they’re doing the Darktown Strut
B Em6 B
You always got to be prepared but you never know for what
G#m D#m G#m D#m
There ain’t no limit to the amount of trouble women bring
B Em6 B
Love is pleasing, love is teasing, love’s not an evil thing
[Chorus]
Esus4/B E/B
Sugar Baby get on down the road
Em/B B
You ain’t got no brains, no how
Esus4/B E/B
You went years without me
Em/B B
Might as well keep going now
[Interlude]
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[Verse]
B Em6 B
Every moment of existence seems like some dirty trick
B Em6 B
Happiness can come suddenly and leave just as quick
G#m D#m G#m D#m
Any minute of the day the bubble could burst
B Em6
Try to make things better for someone,
B
Sometimes, you just end up making it a thousand times worse
[Chorus]
Esus4/B E/B
Sugar Baby get on down the road
Em/B B
You ain’t got no brains, no how
Esus4/B E/B
You went years without me
Em/B B
Might as well keep going now
[Interlude]
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[Verse]
B Em6 B
Your charms have broken many a heart and mine is surely one
B Em6 B
You got a way of tearing the world apart. Love, see what you done
G#m D#m G#m D#m
Just as sure as we’re living, just as sure as you’re born
B Em6 B
Look up, look up — seek your Maker — ’fore Gabriel blows his horn
[Chorus]
Esus4/B E/B
Sugar Baby get on down the road
Em/B B
You ain’t got no brains, no how
Esus4/B E/B
You went years without me
Em/B B
Might as well keep going now
[Outro]
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