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  13 <h1 class="songtitle">Sugar Baby</h1>
  14
  15
  16 <p>Words by Bob Dylan. Musically a Theft from &ldquo;The Lonesome Road&rdquo; by
  17 Austin/Shilkret, sung by Gene Austin<br />
  18 Released on <a class="recordlink" href="index.htm">Love And Theft</a> (2001)<br />
  19 Tabbed by Eyolf &Oslash;strem</p>
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  21 <hr />
  22
  23 <p>The most prominent guitar (right channel) uses a re-tuned guitar, most
  24 likely in the tuning C-G-c-f-a-d' (&ldquo;Drop D&rdquo; tuning pattern, but one
  25 whole step lower than usual). Other tunings are possible &ndash; DADGAD,
  26 open D or double drop D (all tuned one step lower, to C). The only
  27 chord that seems to require a 1st string in standard tuning, is
  28 F#m7. Throughout the rest of the song, the 1st string doesn't seem to
  29 be used.</p>
  30
  31 <p>The tabs below follow the re-tuned guitar, here and there
  32 incorporating the bass figure, which is not always played on that
  33 guitar. At the bottom of the page is a version in standard tuning, for
  34 those who don't want to re-tune your guitars.</p>
  35
  36 <p>Chords (with chord names relative to standard tuning, for clarity. The
  37 sounding chords are one step lower):</p>
  38 <pre class="chords">
  39 Gm6     01203(0)     D7      xx053(5)
  40 Bm/f    xx443(2)     G/d     xx043(3)
  41 Bm(vii) xx977(7)     Gm/d    xx033(3)
  42 F#m7    xx4220
  43 F#m(vi) xx7670
  44 </pre>
  45
  46 <hr />
  47
  48 <pre class="tab">
  49   D                 Gm6               D       A7        D
  50   :   .   .   .     :   .   .   .     :   .   .   .     :   .   .   .
  51 |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
  52 |-3---3---3-------|-3---3---3-------|-3---3-----------|-3---3---3-------|
  53 |-2---2---2-------|-0---0---0-------|-2---2---0-------|-2---2---2-------|
  54 |-0---0---0-------|-2---2---0-------|-0---0--(0)------|-0---0---0-------|
  55 |-0-------2-0-----|-1---------1-----|-0---0---2-0---2-|-0---0--(2-0)----|
  56 |-0---------------|-0---------------|-0---0-----------|-0---0---0-------|
  57 </pre>
  58
  59 <pre class="verse">
  60   D           Gm6                   D        A7         D
  61 I got my back to the sun 'cause the light is too intense.
  62 D                Gm6     D               A7  D
  63 I can see what everybody in the world is up against.
  64 Bm/f       Bm(vii)   F#m7       (vi)  Bm           (vii)    F#m7  A7
  65 Can't turn back, you can't come back, sometimes we push too far
  66 D               Gm6/d                 D          A7       D
  67  One day you'll open up your eyes and you'll see where we are.
  68 D7                 G/d                      Gm/d             D
  69 Sugar baby, get on down the road, you ain't got no brains, nohow,
  70 D7                 G/d                   Gm/d       D
  71 You went years without me, might as well keep going now.
  72 </pre>
  73
  74 <hr />
  75
  76 <p>Verse tab (lyrics aren't exactly aligned with the tab):</p>
  77 <pre class="tab">
  78   D                 Gm6               D       A7        D
  79   :   .   .   .     :   .   .   .     :   .   .   .     :   .   .   .
  80 |------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
  81 |*-3---3---3-------|-3---3---3-------|-3---3-----------|--------(3)-----*|
  82 |--2---2---2-------|-0---0---0-------|-2---2---0-------|----(2)-(2)------|
  83 |--0---0---0-------|-2---2---0-------|-0---0--(0)------|-0---0---0-------|
  84 |*-0-------2-0-----|-1---------1-----|-0---0---2-0---2-|-0---0---0------*|
  85 |--0---------------|-0---------------|-0---0-----------|-0---0---0-------|
  86 I've got my back     to the sun 'cause the light is too intense
  87 I can see what       everybody         in the world is up against.
  88 </pre>
  89 <pre class="tab">
  90   Bm      (vii)     F#m7    (vi)      Bm/f    (vii)     F#m7    A7
  91   :   .   .   .     :   .   .   .     :   .   .   .     :   .   .   .
  92 |-----------------|---0---0---0---0-|-----------------|---0---0----------|
  93 |-3---3---7---7---|-2---2---7---7---|-3---3---7---7---|-2-------2--------|
  94 |---4---4---7---7-|---------6---6---|---4---4---7---7-|---------0--------|
  95 |-4---4--/9---9---|-4-------7---7---|-4---4---9---9---|-----4---2--------|
  96 |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------0-----0h2|
  97 |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
  98 Can't turn back, you can't            sometimes we push too far
  99                         come back
 100 </pre>
 101 <pre class="tab">
 102   D                 Gm6               D       A         D
 103   :   .   .   .     :   .   .   .     :   .   .   .     :   .   .   .
 104 |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
 105 |-3---3---3-------|-3---3---3-------|-3---3---7-5-----|(3)------3-------|
 106 |-2---2---2-------|-0---0---0-------|-2---2-----------|(2)------2-------|
 107 |-0---0---0-------|-2---2---0-------|-0---0---7-5-----|(4)------0-------|
 108 |-0-------2-0-----|-1---------1-----|-0---0--(0)------|-0---0---0-------|
 109 |-0---------------|-0---------------|-0---0-----------|-0---0---0-------|
 110  One day you'll     open up your      you'll see        are.
 111                             eyes and          where we
 112 </pre>
 113 <pre class="tab">
 114   D7      G/d       Gm/d    D         D7      G/d       Gm/d
 115   :   .   .   .     :   .   .   .     :   .   .   .     :   .
 116 |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------|
 117 |-----3-------3---|-----3-----------|-----3-------3---|-----3---|
 118 |-5-----5-4-----4-|-3-----3-2-------|-5-----5-4-----4-|-3-----3-|
 119 |---0-------0-----|---0---------*---|---0-------0-----|---0-----| * Harmonics
 120 |-----------------|-------------*---|-----------------|---------|   5th fret
 121 |-----------------|-------------*---|-----------------|---------|
 122   Sugar Baby...
 123 </pre>
 124 <pre class="tab">
 125   D                 Gm6               D       A         D
 126   :   .   .   .     :   .   .   .     :   .   .   .     :   .   .   .
 127 |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
 128 |-3---3---3-------|-3---3---3-------|-3---3---7-5-----|(3)------3-------|
 129 |-2---2---2-------|-0---0---0-------|-2---2-----------|(2)------2-------|
 130 |-0---0---0-------|-2---2---0-------|-0---0---7-5-----|(4)------0-------|
 131 |-0-------2-0-----|-1---------1-----|-0---0--(0)------|-0---0---0-------|
 132 |-0---------------|-0---------------|-0---0-----------|-0---0---0-------|
 133 </pre>
 134
 135 <hr />
 136
 137 <pre class="verse">
 138 Some of these bootleggers, they make pretty good stuff.
 139 Plenty of places to hide things here if you want to hide them bad enough.
 140 I'm staying with Aunt Sally, but you know she's not really my Aunt
 141 Some of these mem'ries you can learn to live with and some of 'em you can't.
 142 Sugar baby, get on down the line, yeah, you ain't got no brains, nohow,
 143 You went years without me; you might as well keep going now.
 144
 145 The ladies down in Darktown, they're doing the Darktown strut
 146 You always got to be prepared, but you never know for what
 147 There ain't no limit to the amount of trouble women bring
 148 Love is pleasing, love is teasing. Love, not an evil thing.
 149 Sugar baby, get on down the road, ain't got no brains, nohow
 150 You went years without me; might as well keep going now.
 151
 152 Every moment of existence seems like some dirty trick
 153 Happiness can come suddenly and leave just as quick
 154 Any minute of the day the bubble can burst
 155 Try to make things better for someone sometimes you just end up
 156                     making it thousand times worse.
 157 Sugar baby, get on down the road, ain't got no brains, nohow
 158 You went years without me; might as well keep going now
 159
 160 Your charms have broken many a heart and mine is surely one
 161 You got a way of tearing the world apart, love, see what you've done
 162 Just as sure as we're living, just as sure as you're born,
 163 Look up, look up, seek your Maker, 'fore Gabriel blows his horn
 164 Sugar baby, get on down the line, you ain't got no sense, nohow
 165 You went years without me; might as well keep going now
 166 </pre>
 167
 168 <pre class="tab">
 169   D                 Gm6/d             D       A         D
 170   :   .   .   .     :   .   .   .     :   .   .   .     :
 171 |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------------0----||
 172 |-3---3---3-------|-3---3---3-------|-3---3---7-5-----|---------------3----||
 173 |-2---2---2-------|-0---0---0-------|-2---2-----------|---------------2----||
 174 |-0---0---0-------|-2---2---0-------|-0---0---7-5-----|-----0---2h4---4----||
 175 |-0-------2-0-----|-1---------1-----|-0---0--(0)------|---0---0-------0----||
 176 |-0---------------|-0---------------|-0---0-----------|-0-------------0----||
 177 </pre>
 178
 179 <hr />
 180
 181 <h2 class="songversion">Here's a version in standard tuning:</h2>
 182
 183 <pre class="chords">
 184 Fm6   45353x or 133131
 185 </pre>
 186 <pre class="tab">
 187   C                 Fm6     [Fmmaj7]  C       G7        C
 188   :   .   .   .     :   .   .   .     :   .   .   .     :   .   .   .
 189 |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
 190 |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
 191 |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
 192 |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
 193 |-3---3-----------|-5---5---3-------|-3---3-----------|-3---3-----------|
 194 |---------5-3-----|-----------4-----|---------5-3---5-|---------5-3-----|
 195 </pre>
 196
 197 <pre class="verse">
 198   C           Fm6                   C        G7         C
 199 I got my back to the sun 'cause the light is too intense.
 200 C              Fm6       C               G7  C
 201 I can see what everybody in the world is up against.
 202 Am                   Em               Am                    Em   G
 203 Can't turn back, you can't come back, sometimes we push too far
 204 C               Fm6                   C          G7       C
 205  One day you'll open up your eyes and you'll see where we are.
 206 C7                 C6                       Fm               C
 207 Sugar baby, get on down the road, you ain't got no brains, nohow,
 208 C7                 F                     Fm         C
 209 You went years without me, might as well keep going now.
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