Johnny Cash

Chattanooga Sugar Babe

Johnny Cash


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1. There ain't no money to buy cocaine, sugar babe
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    there ain't no money to buy cocaine, sugar babe
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    there ain't no money to buy cocaine
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    burn your nose and rot your brain,
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    sugar babe,        sugar babe.

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2. I woke up this morning, blues all around, sugar babe,
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    woke up this morning, blues all around, sugar babe,
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    woke up this morning blues all around
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    threw on my rags and walked downtown,
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    sugar babe,        sugar babe.

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3. Standing on a corner, don't you see, sugar babe,
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    standing on a corner, don't you see, sugar babe,
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    standing on a corner, don't you see,
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    they hauled me away for vagrancy, sugar babe.

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4. Leave that red whiskey alone, sugar babe,
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    leave that red whiskey alone, sugar babe,
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    leave that red whiskey alone,
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    gives you paulsey in your bones,
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    sugar babe,        oh, sugar babe.

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5. Now, whatcha gonna do when the meat gives out, sugar babe?
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    whatcha gonna do when the meat gives out, sugar babe?
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    whatcha gonna do when the meat gives out
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    standing on the corner with a mouth and a pout,
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    sugar babe,       oh, sugar babe.

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6.       Chattanooga is a fine old town, sugar babe,
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    Chattanooga is a fine old town, sugar babe,
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    Chattanooga is a fine old town
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    you get a little crazy and you're bug-house bound,
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    sugar babe,        oh, sugar babe.