Sugar Mama Lyrics

by Bonnie Raitt

Bonnie Raitt Sugar Mama Lyrics

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#From marten@sky.net Sun May 4 10:19:54 1997
#Date: Wed, 02 Apr 1997 09:57:58 -0800
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Sugar Mama (Daddy)
Delbert McClinton / Home Plate 1975
As recorded by Bonnie Raitt on the album Home Plate 1975
Sittin' here worryin'
While yer lookin' to find yourself
Somebody else
Me lovin' you and wantin' you baby
And you not knowin' what you want yourself
Why do you treat me so mean
Hurt so bad
All you wanna do is just sit around and jive
You don't even know this woman^?s alive
Sittin' here worryin'
Knowin' yer lookin' to find yourself
Ain't gonna be no sugar mama no more
You can't have love when yer keepin' score
All you pretty boys used to catch my eye
I just want a man I can satisfy
Ain't gonna be no sugar mama no more
Sittin' here...
....yourself
All you pretty boys...
...no more
Ain't...
(in A; 2=half note, 4=qrt note, 8=eighth note)
intro 88 82 | 88 8 82
gf#e- rg f#e-
rc#dd# e rc#d d#e a /c# /d /d# e
Number system for any key: in , 1=, 2=-, 3=-, etc.
ass notes are key scale numbers: in , 1=, 2=, 3=, etc.
[Number in parens = vocal notes from key scale: in C, 1=C, 2=D, 3=E,
etc.]
| = bar line; / = play same as previous chord
No bar line = chord gets entire measure's time
Within bar lines chords divide measure accordingly
/^/ = split the beat (ex.: /^G7 )

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