Elvis Costello - Sulphur To Sugarcane Live Chords

[Verse 1]
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It's not very far from Sulfur to Sugarcane
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Everywhere I travel the pretty girls call my name
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I give them a squeeze and they shoot me a wink
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I buy their hard-headed husbands a long cool drink
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You better come up smelling sweet'     Cause you're a long time stinking
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and it's a little too late to complain
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It's not very far from Sulfur to Sugarcane
 
 
[Verse 2]
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Now if you catch my eye and you find that it runs down your leg
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It's like striking a match pretty hard upon a powder keg
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They tell you from the borders to the waters of the gulf
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If you take all the sugar, you will end up in the sulfur
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And you're burning, hello baby then I'm I'm pleased to meet you
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I wouldn't do you wrong, honey, I wouldn't cheat you, honey
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But when can I see you again?        Wrap you up in cellophane
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It's not very far from Sulfur to Sugarcane
 
 
[Bridge]
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It's not very far from Sulfur to Sugarcane
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When your eyes fill up with brine      'Cause you're drowning in wine
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It's like the last days of Rome        with the despots and divine
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And there's no place like home For a little doll from China
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It's a little too late to complain
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It's not very far from Sulfur to Sugarcane
 
 
[Verse 3]
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You can go west to Texas Go east to Mississippi
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You can run out of money You can run out of pity
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Throw open your purse Until you're crying for mercy
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Go to Alabama, escape Louisiana
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I'm digging like a miner North and South Carolina
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And then if you continue You will end up in Virginia
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The women in Poughkeepsie Take their clothes off when they're tipsy
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But in Albany, New York They love the filthy way I talk
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Until they gargle with the finest champagne
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They can't get the grape and the grain
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It's  not very far from Sulfur to Sugarcane
 
 
[Verse 4]
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If I could find a piano Here in Bloomington, Indiana
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I would play it with my toes Until the girls all take their clothes off
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Up in Syracuse, I was falsely accused
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But I'm not here to hurt you I'm here to steal your virtue
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Down in Bridgeport The women will kill you for sport
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But in Worcester, Massachusetts They love my sauce
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The women in Poughkeepsie Take their clothes off when they're tipsy
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But I hear in Ypsilanti They don't wear any panties
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Once they gargle with the finest champagne
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They hitch up their skirts and exclaim
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It's not very far, sugar
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It's not very far, sugar
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Pour a little sugar on me, sugar
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It's not very far from Sulfur to Sugarcane
 
 
[Outro]
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