Sugar Mama Chords by John Lee Hooker
Tempo:
59.3 bpm
Chords used:
A
Am
E
D
F#
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[A] [Am]
[A] You know [Am] they fighting about your sugar sugar mama, they fighting all over town
They fighting about your sugar, [A] fighting all over town
You got that right lady sugar, Lee Butter, Lee Butter ain't nobody got but you
Now sugar mama you must have got your sugar [E] way down south somewhere, [A] you must have got your sugar
sugar [D] mama way [C] down south [A] somewhere, [E] down in Louisiana, Louisiana, New Orleans, [A] all over your sugar palms
[Am] [E]
[A] You know they bragging about your sugar [F#] all [G#] over this [E] town, they bragging about your sugar all [Em] over this [F#] town
You got men fighting and killing about your sugar all over this town
Now sugar mama, sugar mama, I [A] want to know what make your sugar so sweet, I want to know, [D] I want to know what [Am] make your sugar so sweet
[A] [Am]
[A] [D] [Am]
[A]
I'm gonna leave you sugar mama, I ain't got no more to say, [Em] [E] I'm gonna leave [F#] you, I ain't got [A] no more to say, I'm crazy about your sugar sugar mama, Lord knows I don't want nobody else
Hey [Am] sugar mama, [A] na na na na
[E]
[Em] [A]
[A] You know [Am] they fighting about your sugar sugar mama, they fighting all over town
They fighting about your sugar, [A] fighting all over town
You got that right lady sugar, Lee Butter, Lee Butter ain't nobody got but you
Now sugar mama you must have got your sugar [E] way down south somewhere, [A] you must have got your sugar
sugar [D] mama way [C] down south [A] somewhere, [E] down in Louisiana, Louisiana, New Orleans, [A] all over your sugar palms
[Am] [E]
[A] You know they bragging about your sugar [F#] all [G#] over this [E] town, they bragging about your sugar all [Em] over this [F#] town
You got men fighting and killing about your sugar all over this town
Now sugar mama, sugar mama, I [A] want to know what make your sugar so sweet, I want to know, [D] I want to know what [Am] make your sugar so sweet
[A] [Am]
[A] [D] [Am]
[A]
I'm gonna leave you sugar mama, I ain't got no more to say, [Em] [E] I'm gonna leave [F#] you, I ain't got [A] no more to say, I'm crazy about your sugar sugar mama, Lord knows I don't want nobody else
Hey [Am] sugar mama, [A] na na na na
[E]
[Em] [A]
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_ _ [A] _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ You know [Am] they fighting about your sugar sugar mama, they fighting all over town _ _ _
They fighting about your sugar, [A] _ fighting all over town _ _
_ _ You got that right lady sugar, Lee Butter, _ Lee Butter ain't nobody got but you _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ Now sugar mama you must have got your sugar [E] way down south somewhere, [A] you _ _ must have got your sugar
sugar [D] mama way [C] down south [A] somewhere, _ _ _ [E] down in Louisiana, Louisiana, New Orleans, [A] all over your sugar palms _ _ _
_ [Am] _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
_ _ [A] _ You know they bragging about your sugar [F#] all [G#] over this [E] town, _ _ they bragging about your sugar _ all [Em] over this [F#] town _
You got men fighting and killing about your sugar all over this town _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Now sugar mama, sugar mama, I [A] want to know what make your sugar so sweet, _ _ I want to know, [D] I want to know what [Am] make your sugar so sweet _ _ _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ [Am] _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ [Am] _ _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _
_ I'm gonna leave you sugar mama, _ I ain't got no more to say, [Em] _ _ _ [E] I'm gonna leave [F#] you, _ I ain't got [A] no more to say, _ _ _ I'm crazy about your sugar sugar mama, Lord knows I don't want nobody else
_ Hey [Am] sugar mama, [A] _ na na na na _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
[Em] _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ You know [Am] they fighting about your sugar sugar mama, they fighting all over town _ _ _
They fighting about your sugar, [A] _ fighting all over town _ _
_ _ You got that right lady sugar, Lee Butter, _ Lee Butter ain't nobody got but you _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ Now sugar mama you must have got your sugar [E] way down south somewhere, [A] you _ _ must have got your sugar
sugar [D] mama way [C] down south [A] somewhere, _ _ _ [E] down in Louisiana, Louisiana, New Orleans, [A] all over your sugar palms _ _ _
_ [Am] _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
_ _ [A] _ You know they bragging about your sugar [F#] all [G#] over this [E] town, _ _ they bragging about your sugar _ all [Em] over this [F#] town _
You got men fighting and killing about your sugar all over this town _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Now sugar mama, sugar mama, I [A] want to know what make your sugar so sweet, _ _ I want to know, [D] I want to know what [Am] make your sugar so sweet _ _ _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ [Am] _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ [Am] _ _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _
_ I'm gonna leave you sugar mama, _ I ain't got no more to say, [Em] _ _ _ [E] I'm gonna leave [F#] you, _ I ain't got [A] no more to say, _ _ _ I'm crazy about your sugar sugar mama, Lord knows I don't want nobody else
_ Hey [Am] sugar mama, [A] _ na na na na _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
[Em] _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _