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