Sugar Montain Chords

KeyG CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays446

Sugar Montain by Neil Young is a beginner-friendly guitar song played in the key of G. It uses the chords D, C, Am and G. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
G
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D                  C
    Oh, to live on    Sugar Mountain,
D                             C
    with the barkers and the colored balloons.
D                         C
    You can't be twenty  on Sugar Mountain
Am                                                      D
    tho' you're thinkin' that you're leavin' there too soon,
Am                            D
    you're leavin' there too soon.
            D            C                               D
1. It's so noisy at the fair, but all your friends are there,
                             C                             D
    and the candy floss you had, and your mother and your dad.
+ REFRAIN   + Am - G - D       Am - G - D
              D                  C                               D
2. There's a girl just down the aisle, oh, to turn and see her smile.
                                 C                            D
    You can hear the words she wrote, as you read the hidden note.
+ REFRAIN   + Am - G - D       Am - G - D
               D               C                                  D
3. Now you're underneath the stairs and you're givin' back some glares,
    	

Chord diagrams

Guitar tuner

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Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

Click Start tuner and allow microphone access. The needle centers and turns green when a string is in tune (within 5 cents).
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Metronome

100 BPM Andante