Verse
B E B
It's not very far from Sulfur to Sugarcane
E B
Everywhere I travel the pretty girls call my name
B
I give them a squeeze and they shoot me a wink
B E
I buy their hard-headed husbands a long cool drink
D# G#
You better come up smelling sweet' Cause you're a long time stinking
C#
and it's a little too late to complain
E F# B
It's not very far from Sulfur to Sugarcane
[Verse 2]
B E B
Now if you catch my eye and you find that it runs down your leg
E B
It's like striking a match pretty hard upon a powder keg
B
They tell you from the borders to the waters of the gulf
E
If you take all the sugar, you will end up in the sulfur
B
And you're burning, hello baby then I'm I'm pleased to meet you
E
I wouldn't do you wrong, honey, I wouldn't cheat you, honey
D# G# C# F#
But when can I see you again? Wrap you up in cellophane
E F# F#
It's not very far from Sulfur to Sugarcane
[Bridge]
E B
It's not very far from Sulfur to Sugarcane
D#m
When your eyes fill up with brine 'Cause you're drowning in wine
G#m
It's like the last days of Rome with the despots and divine
E F#
And there's no place like home For a little doll from China
E F#
It's a little too late to complain
E F# B
It's not very far from Sulfur to Sugarcane
[Verse 3]
B
You can go west to Texas Go east to Mississippi
E
You can run out of money You can run out of pity
B
Throw open your purse Until you're crying for mercy
E
Go to Alabama, escape Louisiana
B
I'm digging like a miner North and South Carolina
E
And then if you continue You will end up in Virginia
B
The women in Poughkeepsie Take their clothes off when they're tipsy
E
But in Albany, New York They love the filthy way I talk
D# G#
Until they gargle with the finest champagne
C# F#
They can't get the grape and the grain
E F# B
It's not very far from Sulfur to Sugarcane
[Verse 3]
B
If I could find a piano Here in Bloomington, Indiana
E
I would play it with my toes Until the girls all take their clothes off
B
Up in Syracuse, I was falsely accused
E
But I'm not here to hurt you I'm here to steal your virtue
B
Down in Bridgeport The women will kill you for sport
E
But in Worcester, Massachusetts They love my sauce
B
The women in Poughkeepsie Take their clothes off when they're tipsy
E
But I hear in Ypsilanti They don't wear any panties
D# G#
Once they gargle with the finest champagne
C# F#
They hitch up their skirts and exclaim
E F#
It's not very far, sugar
E F#
It's not very far, sugar
E F#
Pour a little sugar on me, sugar
E F#
It's not very far from Sulfur to Sugarcane
[Outro]
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