Shake the Sugar Tree

PAM TILLIS -- SHAKE THE SUGAR TREE Written by Chapin Hartford (C)1992 Sony/ATV Songs LLC Tree Publishing Co.(BMI) Transcribed by Darragh Egan >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. E E Love, you're gettin lazy E E You're forgetting to give me A A E E Sweet sugar, words that I want to hear B B You've been neglecting me B B E E You know jealousy, it is bitter as a green spring berry E E And just like fruit from a fickle vine E E You turn sweet in the nick of time A A E E Love, you only come alive when you're losin me B B And it's a childish game B B I've got to shake you up, just to wake you up E E To make you love me CHORUS: E E E E I'll shake the sugar tree 'til I feel your love falling A B E E All.......... around me B B You've got to tend to what you planted B B And if you take my love for granted E B A A Baby, I'll shake...... the sugar tree BREAK: E E E E E E Another night and you're sleeping E E I'm awake and I'm dreaming A A E E Oh honey, 'bout the way that it used to be B B A little time's gone by B B Do you think that I'm con-tent B With the cookin and the payin' of rent B E E No, I wanna know if you're love's all spent CHORUS AND BREAK BRIDGE: Bm\.... F#\.... I've got to raise some commotion Bm\.... F#\.... B\ \ \ \ B\ \ \ \ Before you show me some real emotion CHORUS - REPEAT AND FADE 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).