Chattanooga Sugar Babe chords by Johnny Cash

• Tuning: EADGBE

Verse 1:
C                       Am                  C
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              C          G   C
Burn your nose and rot your brain, Sugar babe     Sugar babe

Verse 2:
 C                      Am                 C
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             C           G  C
Threw on my rags and walked 'downtown Sugar babe     Sugar babe

Verse 3:
C                     Am             C
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
They hauled me away for vagrancy, Sugar babe

Verse 4:
C               Am            C
Leave that red whiskey alone, Sugar babe
                              G
Leave that red whiskey alone, Sugar babe
C               C7
Leave that red whiskey alone
F                    Am          C           G   C
Gives you paulsey in your bones, Sugar babe,     Sugar babe

Verse 5:
 C                        Am              C
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               C           G   C
Standing on the corner with a mouth and a pout, Sugar babe Aw, Sugar babe

Verse 6:
C                 Am             C
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,    Sugar babe

Verse 7:
 C                       Am            C
I said 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