Sugar Marie chords by John Mellencamp

Tuning: Standard tuning

Difficulty: intermediate

Sugar Marie
John Cougar (Mellencamp)
1979

[intro]

D Dsus2 C G (X2)

[verse]

D
Well I'm all gassed up
      C
The car is waitin' outside
   G
I got three more hours on this loser's job
       D      A
And then I'll be ready to ride

   D
I got this cowboy comin' with me
          C
This guy's name is Jeffrey Jack
         G
He can shoot the eyes out of a pool ball
         D          A
He can get those young girls into the sack

      D
We'll drop down to the dance hall
        C
Locals will be kickin' up their heels
      G
They'll be drinkin' tequila sunrises
     D             A
Until the morning light fills up the window sills

[chorus 1]

       G  A        D
And then I'll be    with Sugar Marie
     G      A            D
She's the only girl I know that can make me forget about me
            G  A      D
Come on and dance with me    Sugar Marie
     G     A              D
She don't ask me any questions when it's time to leave

[break]

D Dsus2 C G (X2)

[verse]

     D
She works down at the truck stop
     C
Where she polishes the spoons
     G
She gets colas and burgers for the boys
     D        A
On those hot summer afternoons

   D
She's got this girlfriend named Linda
         C
Linda's got a tattoo that says Christ
     G
Well she ain't half bad to talk to
   D            A
And I reckon she looks pretty nice

      D
We'll drive down to the dance hall
       C
Sittin' there waitin' on me
      G
Jesus, you know it feels pretty good
           D        A
And sometimes I need some good ole company

[chorus 2]

       G  A        D
And then I'll be    with Sugar Marie
     G      A            D
She's the only girl I know that can make me forget about me
            G  A      D
Come on and dance with me    Sugar Marie
     G      A          G          A
She don't ask any questions and she don't flirt with the other boys
        D     C       G   D
She belongs to me Sugar Marie  Sugar Marie

[bridge]

  C
I never thought I needed no one
D
I can make a big enough mess myself
C
Oh, but when I finally found someone
D             A      G  A     D
She made me respect myself  dance for me   Sugar Marie

[chorus 3]

     G      A            D
She's the only girl I know that can make me forget about me
           G  A      D
Shake that thing for me    Sugar Marie
     G       A            D
She don't ask me any questions when it's time to leave
    C       G
Sugar Marie  Sugar Marie...

SPOKEN:
                 D
Hey girl I wish we could tear the heart
Out of this old town tonight

chords:

A    X02220
C    X32010
D    XX0232
Dsus2  XX0230
G    320003


18 March 2012
18 September 2014

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