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Elizabeth Cotten - Shake Sugaree Chords

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Shake Sugaree Chords

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Elizabeth Cotten
     E7 = 020100

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                            SHAKE SUGAREE
                         ** CAPO 1st FRET **

INTRO
      A                    E7                 E7                            A
  e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
  B|---2----2----2----2-----------------------------------------------------2--|
  G|---2----2----2----2-----1----1----1----1----1----1-----1----------------2--|
  D|---2----2----2----2-----0----0----0----0----0----0-----0----------------2--|
  A|-0---------0----------2-------------------2-----------------0-----------0--|
  E|------0---------0----------0----2----0---------0----2----4-----2--0--2-----|


INTRO:     A    E7    E7    A

 A                     A                       D
   Have a little song,   Won't take long,    Sing it right, Once or twice
 D                          A
   Oh Lordy me,  Didn't I shake sugaree
 A              E7                A          E7                         A
   Everything I got is done and pawned,  Everything I got is done and pawned

 A                A               D
   Pawn my watch,   Pawn my chain,  Pawn everything, That was, In my name
 D                          A
   Oh Lordy me,  Didn't I shake sugaree
 A               E7               A          E7                         A
   Everything I got is done and pawned,  Everything I got is done and pawned

 A                A               D
   Pawn my bucket,  Horse and cot, Pawn everything that was, On my lot
 D                          A
   Oh Lordy me,  Didn't I shake sugaree
 A               E7               A         E7                          A
   Everything I got is done and pawned,  Everything I got is done and pawned

 A               A                 D
   Pawn my chair,  Pawn my bed,   Ain't got nowhere, To,  Lay my head
 D                          A
   Oh Lordy me,  Didn't I shake sugaree
 A               E7               A         E7                          A
   Everything I got is done and pawned,  Everything I got is done and pawned

 A                 A              D
   Pawn my tobacco,  Pawn my pipe,  Pawn everything that was,  In my sight
 D                          A
   Oh Lordy me,  Didn't I shake sugaree
 A              E7                A         E7                          A
   Everything I got is done and pawned,  Everything I got is done and pawned

 A                      A                   D
   Have a little secret, I ain't gonna tell, Goin' to Heaven in a ground piece shell
 D                          A
   Oh Lordy me,  Didn't I shake sugaree
 A               E7               A          E7                         A
   Everything I got is done and pawned,  Everything I got is done and pawned

 A              A                D
   Pawn my farm,  Pawn my plough,  Pawn everything, Even pawn my old cow
 D                          A
   Oh Lordy me,  Didn't I shake sugaree
 A               E7               A          E7                         A
   Everything I got is done and pawned,  Everything I got is done and pawned

 A              A               D
   Pawn my hat,   Pawn my shoes,  Pawn everything, That, I could use
 D                          A
   Oh Lordy me,  Didn't I shake sugaree
 A               E7               A         E7                          A
   Everything I got is done and pawned,  Everything I got is done and pawned

 A                      A                    D
   Have a little secret,  I ain't gonna tell,  I'm goin' to Heaven, I ain't goin' to
 D                                            A
   Oh Lordy me,  Didn't I shake sugaree
 A               E7               A          E7                         A
   Everything I got is done and pawned,  Everything I got is done and pawned

 A                 A               D
   Chew my tobacco,  Spit my juice,  We raise cane, But it ain't a bit of use
 D                          A
   Oh Lordy me,  Didn't I shake sugaree
 A              E7                A         E7                          A
   Everything I got is done and pawned,  Everything I got is done and pawned
 A               E7               A         E7                          A
   Everything I got is done and pawned,  Everything I got is done and pawned            
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