Sulfur To Sugarcane chords by Elvis Costello

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Key: C

Difficulty: Novice

Verse 1:
C                       F                  C
It's not very far from Sulfur to Sugarcane
F                                             C
Everywhere I travel the pretty girls call my name
C
I give them a squeeze and they shoot me a wink
C           F
I buy their hard-headed husbands a long cool drink
           E                                          A
You better come up smelling sweet'     Cause you're a long time stinking
            D
and it's a little too late to complain
     F                 G                   C
It's not very far from Sulfur to Sugarcane

Verse 2:
C                               F                           C
Now if you catch my eye and you find that it runs down your leg
F                                                        C
It's like striking a match pretty hard upon a powder keg
C
They tell you from the borders to the waters of the gulf
         F
If you take all the sugar, you will end up in the sulfur
               C
And you're burning, hello baby then I'm I'm pleased to meet you
  F
I wouldn't do you wrong, honey, I wouldn't cheat you, honey
    E                  A              D                G
But when can I see you again?        Wrap you up in cellophane
     F                 G                    G
It's not very far from Sulfur to Sugarcane

Bridge:
 F                                        C
It's not very far from Sulfur to Sugarcane
            Em
When your eyes fill up with brine      'Cause you're drowning in wine
              Am
It's like the last days of Rome        with the despots and divine
            F                        G
And there's no place like home For a little doll from China
         F                    G
It's a little too late to complain
       F                G                 C
It's not very far from Sulfur to Sugarcane

Verse 3:
 C
You can go west to Texas Go east to Mississippi
        F
You can run out of money You can run out of pity
      C
Throw open your purse Until you're crying for mercy
   F
Go to Alabama, escape Louisiana
   C
I'm digging like a miner North and South Carolina
  F
And then if you continue You will end up in Virginia
  C
The women in Poughkeepsie Take their clothes off when they're tipsy
      F
But in Albany, New York They love the filthy way I talk
           E                      A
Until they gargle with the finest champagne
      D                           G
They can't get the grape and the grain
   F                    G                     C
It's  not very far from Sulfur to Sugarcane

Verse 3:
C
If I could find a piano Here in Bloomington, Indiana
F
I would play it with my toes Until the girls all take their clothes off
C
Up in Syracuse, I was falsely accused
F
But I'm not here to hurt you I'm here to steal your virtue
C
Down in Bridgeport The women will kill you for sport
F
But in Worcester, Massachusetts They love my sauce
C
The women in Poughkeepsie Take their clothes off when they're tipsy
F
But I hear in Ypsilanti They don't wear any panties
E                                A
Once they gargle with the finest champagne
     D                         G
They hitch up their skirts and exclaim
F                  G
It's not very far, sugar
F                   G
It's not very far, sugar
F                          G
Pour a little sugar on me, sugar
F                        G
It's not very far from Sulfur to Sugarcane

Outro:
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