Chattanooga Sugar Babe Chords
by Johnny Cash
Chattanooga Sugar Babe by Johnny Cash is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of C. It uses the chords C, Am, G, C7 and F. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
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.