Intro: (2 bars for each chord) Dm F Sugar, Sugar, mmmm (Instrumental for sax melody) Dm F Dm Dm7 F Bbmaj7/G Bb Am7 She sits alone waiting for suggestions Bbmaj7 Bb Am7 He's so nervous, avoiding all the questions Bbmaj7 Bb Am7 His lips are dry, her heart is gently pounding Bbmaj7 Bb Am7 Don't you just know exactly what they're thinking?
Dm If you want my body and you think I'm sexy F Come on sugar let me know Dm If you really need me just reach out and touch me F Come on honey tell me so, tell me so baby (Instrumental x2 for sax melody) Dm F Dm Dm7 F Bbmaj7/G Bb Am7 He's acting shy looking for an answer Bbmaj7 Bb Am7 Come on honey let's spend the night together Bbmaj7 Bb Am7 Now hold on a minute before we go much further Bbmaj7 Bb Am7 Give me a dime so I can phone my mother Bbmaj7 Bb Am7 They catch a cab to his high rise apartment Bbmaj7 Bb Am7 At last he can tell her exactly what his heart meant Dm If you want my body and you think I'm sexy F Come on honey tell me so Dm If you really need me just reach out and touch me F Come on sugar let me know (Instrumental x2 for sax melody) Dm F Dm Dm7 F Am7 D His heart's beating like a drum Am7 D 'cause at last he's got this girl home Gm Bbm Bb Relax baby, now we are all alone (Instrumental break for sax solo: 1 bar per chord, several repeats) Dm C Dm C Dm C Bbmaj7/G Bb C7 They wake at dawn 'cause all the birds are singing Bbmaj7 Bb C7 Two total strangers but that ain't what they're thinking Bbmaj7 Bb C7 Outside it's cold, misty and it's raining Bbmaj7 Bb C7 They got each other, neither one's complaining Bbmaj7 Bb C7 He says, "I'm sorry but I'm out of milk and coffee" Bbmaj7 Bb C7 Never mind sugar, we can watch the early movie Dm If you want my body and you think I'm sexy F Come on sugar let me know Dm If you really need me just reach out and touch me F Come on honey tell me so (Instrumental sax solo x2) Dm F Dm Dm7 F (Continue this chord pattern over the rest of the lyrics until fadeout) Sugar If you really need me just reach out and touch me Come on sugar let me know If you really, really, really, really need me Just let me know Just reach out and touch me If you really want me Just reach out and touch me Come on sugar let me know If you really need me j-j-just reach out and touch me Come on sugar let me know If you, if you, if you really need me Just come on and tell me so Just reach out and tell me so