If Sugar Was As Sweet Chords by Joe Tex
Tempo:
130.25 bpm
Chords used:
D
G
Bm
A
Gm
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[D]
[Bm]
Listen baby, sugar was as [G] sweet as you honey, [D] sugar just couldn't be bought.
They wouldn't sell it in the store.
Sugar [G] was as sweet as you baby, [D] sugar just couldn't be bought.
Oh no, you know [A] that you're so sweet, [G] you make sugar taste just like [D] salt.
Oh yeah,
[Bm] [D]
listen baby.
[Bm] I suffered with a complex, [G] I didn't think nobody [Bm] cared.
[D] I was going [Bm] the hours to get there, [Gm] but then my little life [Bm] was spared.
[G] Because you came along and [A] you showed me I was wrong, [G] now I think that I can carry [A] on.
Listen [G] baby, [D] sugar was [G] as sweet as you honey, [D] sugar just couldn't be bought.
Sticking your finger in my coffee, sugar was [G] as sweet as you baby, [D] sugar just couldn't be bought.
Oh no, you [A] know that you're so sweet, [G] you make sugar taste just [D] like salt.
[D]
Yeah.
[Bm]
[D] Listen baby.
Take all the sugar [Bm] cane down in Louisiana [Gm] and take it to the sugar [Bm] cane meal.
[D] And buy yourself some [Bm] of the finest sugar, [Gm] it wouldn't change the way [Bm] that I feel.
[G] Because in order to find the [A] sugar sweet as mine, [G] you'd have to search for a long time.
Oh listen.
[D] If sugar was [G] as sweet as you baby, [D] sugar just couldn't be bought.
Told you they would send it in the store.
Sugar [G] was as sweet as you baby, sugar just couldn't be bought.
I feel this when I breathe this in.
Listen baby.
You [A] know that you're so sweet, [G] you make sugar taste just [D] like salt.
Give me everybody.
Got the [G] sweetest [D] sugar honey, was as sweet as you baby, [D] sugar just couldn't be bought.
Sounding good now. Oh listen.
[G] Listen baby.
[D] There's no sugar nowhere.
I'm just so lost.
[Bm]
Listen baby, sugar was as [G] sweet as you honey, [D] sugar just couldn't be bought.
They wouldn't sell it in the store.
Sugar [G] was as sweet as you baby, [D] sugar just couldn't be bought.
Oh no, you know [A] that you're so sweet, [G] you make sugar taste just like [D] salt.
Oh yeah,
[Bm] [D]
listen baby.
[Bm] I suffered with a complex, [G] I didn't think nobody [Bm] cared.
[D] I was going [Bm] the hours to get there, [Gm] but then my little life [Bm] was spared.
[G] Because you came along and [A] you showed me I was wrong, [G] now I think that I can carry [A] on.
Listen [G] baby, [D] sugar was [G] as sweet as you honey, [D] sugar just couldn't be bought.
Sticking your finger in my coffee, sugar was [G] as sweet as you baby, [D] sugar just couldn't be bought.
Oh no, you [A] know that you're so sweet, [G] you make sugar taste just [D] like salt.
[D]
Yeah.
[Bm]
[D] Listen baby.
Take all the sugar [Bm] cane down in Louisiana [Gm] and take it to the sugar [Bm] cane meal.
[D] And buy yourself some [Bm] of the finest sugar, [Gm] it wouldn't change the way [Bm] that I feel.
[G] Because in order to find the [A] sugar sweet as mine, [G] you'd have to search for a long time.
Oh listen.
[D] If sugar was [G] as sweet as you baby, [D] sugar just couldn't be bought.
Told you they would send it in the store.
Sugar [G] was as sweet as you baby, sugar just couldn't be bought.
I feel this when I breathe this in.
Listen baby.
You [A] know that you're so sweet, [G] you make sugar taste just [D] like salt.
Give me everybody.
Got the [G] sweetest [D] sugar honey, was as sweet as you baby, [D] sugar just couldn't be bought.
Sounding good now. Oh listen.
[G] Listen baby.
[D] There's no sugar nowhere.
I'm just so lost.
Key:
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A
Gm
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_ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ Listen baby, sugar _ was as [G] sweet as you honey, [D] sugar just couldn't be bought.
_ They wouldn't sell it in the store.
Sugar [G] was as sweet as you baby, [D] sugar just couldn't be bought.
Oh no, _ you know [A] that you're so sweet, [G] you make sugar taste just like [D] salt.
Oh yeah, _ _ _
[Bm] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
listen baby. _ _ _
[Bm] I suffered with a complex, [G] I didn't think nobody [Bm] cared.
_ _ [D] _ I was going [Bm] the hours to get there, [Gm] but then my little life [Bm] was spared.
_ [G] Because you came along and [A] you showed me I was wrong, [G] now I think that I can carry [A] on.
Listen [G] baby, [D] sugar was [G] as sweet as you honey, [D] sugar just couldn't be bought.
Sticking your finger in my coffee, sugar was [G] as sweet as you baby, [D] sugar just couldn't be bought.
Oh no, you [A] know that you're so sweet, [G] you make sugar taste just [D] like salt.
[D] _
Yeah.
_ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ _ Listen baby.
Take all the sugar [Bm] cane down in Louisiana [Gm] and take it to the sugar [Bm] cane meal. _
[D] And buy yourself some [Bm] of the finest sugar, [Gm] it wouldn't change the way [Bm] that I feel. _
[G] Because in order to find the [A] sugar sweet as mine, [G] you'd have to search for a long time.
Oh listen.
[D] If sugar was [G] as sweet as you baby, [D] sugar just couldn't be bought.
Told you they would send it in the store.
Sugar _ [G] was as sweet as you baby, sugar just couldn't be bought.
I feel this when I breathe this in.
Listen baby.
You [A] know that you're so sweet, [G] you make sugar taste just [D] like salt.
Give me everybody.
Got the [G] sweetest [D] sugar honey, _ was as sweet as you baby, [D] sugar just couldn't be bought. _
Sounding good now. Oh listen.
[G] Listen baby. _
[D] There's no sugar nowhere.
I'm just so lost. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ Listen baby, sugar _ was as [G] sweet as you honey, [D] sugar just couldn't be bought.
_ They wouldn't sell it in the store.
Sugar [G] was as sweet as you baby, [D] sugar just couldn't be bought.
Oh no, _ you know [A] that you're so sweet, [G] you make sugar taste just like [D] salt.
Oh yeah, _ _ _
[Bm] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
listen baby. _ _ _
[Bm] I suffered with a complex, [G] I didn't think nobody [Bm] cared.
_ _ [D] _ I was going [Bm] the hours to get there, [Gm] but then my little life [Bm] was spared.
_ [G] Because you came along and [A] you showed me I was wrong, [G] now I think that I can carry [A] on.
Listen [G] baby, [D] sugar was [G] as sweet as you honey, [D] sugar just couldn't be bought.
Sticking your finger in my coffee, sugar was [G] as sweet as you baby, [D] sugar just couldn't be bought.
Oh no, you [A] know that you're so sweet, [G] you make sugar taste just [D] like salt.
[D] _
Yeah.
_ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ _ Listen baby.
Take all the sugar [Bm] cane down in Louisiana [Gm] and take it to the sugar [Bm] cane meal. _
[D] And buy yourself some [Bm] of the finest sugar, [Gm] it wouldn't change the way [Bm] that I feel. _
[G] Because in order to find the [A] sugar sweet as mine, [G] you'd have to search for a long time.
Oh listen.
[D] If sugar was [G] as sweet as you baby, [D] sugar just couldn't be bought.
Told you they would send it in the store.
Sugar _ [G] was as sweet as you baby, sugar just couldn't be bought.
I feel this when I breathe this in.
Listen baby.
You [A] know that you're so sweet, [G] you make sugar taste just [D] like salt.
Give me everybody.
Got the [G] sweetest [D] sugar honey, _ was as sweet as you baby, [D] sugar just couldn't be bought. _
Sounding good now. Oh listen.
[G] Listen baby. _
[D] There's no sugar nowhere.
I'm just so lost. _ _
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