Shake the Sugar Tree Lyrics

PAM TILLIS -- SHAKE THE SUGAR TREE
>From "Pam Tillis - greatest hits" - 1997, Arista Nashville
Originally on the album, "Homeward Looking Angel"
INTRO: guitar plays eight bars of E while mandolin plays recurring melody.
Love, you're gettin lazy
You're forgetting to give me
Sweet sugar, words that I want to hear
You've been neglecting me
You know jealousy, it is bitter as a green spring berry
And just like fruit from a fickle vine
You turn sweet in the nick of time
Love, you only come alive when you're losin me
And it's a childish game
I've got to shake you up, just to wake you up
To make you love me
CHORUS: E E E E
I'll shake the sugar tree 'til I feel your love falling
All.......... around me
You've got to tend to what you planted
And if you take my love for granted
Baby, I'll shake...... the sugar tree
BREAK: E E E E
Another night and you're sleeping
I'm awake and I'm dreaming
Oh honey, 'bout the way that it used to be
A little time's gone by
Do you think that I'm con-tent
With the cookin and the payin' of rent
No, I wanna know if you're love's all spent
HORUS N RK
BRIDGE: Bm\.... F#\....
I've got to raise some commotion
Bm\.... F#\.... B\ \ \ \ B\ \ \ \
Before you show me some real emotion
HORUS - RPT N
I like to play B7 instead of B in the verses. I also like to play B7 in
place of E in the last half bar of verses 2 and 3 (leading into chorus).