C                 Am                 C
1. 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
    burn your nose and rot your brain,
     C            G     C
    sugar babe,        sugar babe.

          C                Am                 C
2. 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
    threw on my rags and walked downtown,
     C            G     C
    sugar babe,        sugar babe.

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3. 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          G C
    they hauled me away for vagrancy, sugar babe.

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4. Leave that red whiskey alone, sugar babe,
                                   G
    leave that red whiskey alone, sugar babe,
      C             C7
    leave that red whiskey alone,
     F               Am
    gives you paulsey in your bones,
     C               G       C
    sugar babe,        oh, sugar babe.

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5. Now, 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
    standing on the corner with a mouth and a pout,
     C            G        C
    sugar babe,       oh, sugar babe.

     C                    Am              C
6.       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,        oh, sugar babe.