Sugar Mama
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#From marten@sky.net Sun May 4 10:19:54 1997
#Date: Wed, 02 Apr 1997 09:57:58 -0800
#From: Otto Marten
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#Subject: CRD: Bonnie Raitt
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Sugar Mama (Daddy)
Delbert McClinton / Home Plate 1975
As recorded by Bonnie Raitt on the album Home Plate 1975
5
Sittin' here worryin'
1
While yer lookin' to find yourself
Somebody else
5
Me lovin' you and wantin' you baby
1
And you not knowin' what you want yourself
4
Why do you treat me so mean
Hurt so bad
1
All you wanna do is just sit around and jive
You don't even know this woman^?s alive
5
Sittin' here worryin'
1
Knowin' yer lookin' to find yourself
5 1
Ain't gonna be no sugar mama no more
5 1
You can't have love when yer keepin' score
4
All you pretty boys used to catch my eye
1
I just want a man I can satisfy
5 1
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-
88 88 | | 88 8 8 4. | 4 4 4 8 8 | 4888888
rc#dd# e rc#d d#e a /c# /d /d# e
Number system for any key: in C, 1=C, 2=D-, 3=E-, etc.
Bass notes are key scale numbers: in C, 1=C, 2=D, 3=E, 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 )
transcribed by OtMan Otto Marten marten@sky.net
More by Bonnie Raitt
Angel From Montgomery
Come to Me
Cry Like a Rainstorm
Cry on My Shoulder
Dimming of the Day
Everybody's Cryin' Mercy
Good Enough
Good Man, Good Woman
Green Lights
Guilty
Home
I Feel the Same
I Know
I Will Not Be Denied
If You Gotta Make a Fool of Somebody
Louise
Love Has No Pride
Love Me Like a Man
My Opening Farewell
Nick of Time