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Sugar Cane by Mary Gauthier
Sugar Cane
Verse (Am C Am D)
Am C Am D
Mama said she don''''t give a damn what those people say
Am C Am D
Cane smoke can''''t be good for you day after day
Bridge (F C G Am / F C G F G)
F C G Am
Every year at harvest time when the black smoke filled the sky
F C G F G
Shed pick me up and take me home and make me stay inside
Chorus (F C G Am)
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version 2
Tuning: E A D G B E
Capo: 4th fret
Key: G#m
CAPO: 4th fret (Will then sound in the recorded key of G#m)
Chord names and fret positions are relative to the capo:
Em = 022000 Em7 = 020000 A4 = x02230 D = xx0232
G = 320033 A = x02220 C = x32010 D4 = xx0233
[Intro]
Em G Em Em7 A A4 A
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[Verse 1]
Em G Em Em7 A A4 A
Mama said she don''''t give a damn ...what those people say,
Em G Em Em7 A A4 A
Cane smoke can''''t be good for you ...day after day,
C G D Em
Every year at harvest time, when the black smoke filled the sky,
C G
She''''d pick me up and take me home,
D D4 D C D
And make me ...stay in - side------!
[Chorus]
C G D Em
Thibodaux to Raceland there''''s fire in the fields,
C G D Em
All the way up the bayou, from La - fourche to Iber - ville,
C G D Em
Dirty air, dirty laundry, dirty money, dirty rain,
C G D D4 D Em G
A dirty dark at daybreak burning ...the sugar cane------!
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Em Em7 A A4 A
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[Verse 2]
Em G Em Em7 A A4 A
Christmas on the bayou, midnight''''s come and gone,
Em G Em Em7 A A4 A
Driving past the sugar mill, all the lights are on,
C G
The parking lot is full of trucks,
D Em C G
I can see the furnace glow, everybody''''s working overtime,
D D4 D C D
It''''s a good job ...even though-------...
[Chorus]
C G D Em
...From Thibodaux to Raceland there''''s fire in the fields,
C G D Em
All the way up the bayou from La - fourche to Iber - ville,
C G D Em
Dirty air, dirty laundry, dirty money, dirty rain,
C G D D4 D Em G
A dirty dark at daybreak burning ...the sugar cane------!
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Em Em7 A A4 A Em G Em Em7 A A4 A
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[Verse 3]
Em G Em Em7 A A4 A
First came the sugar cane, then came Thibo - daux,
Em G Em Em7 A A4 A
Cane sugar built this town, cane sugar paved these roads,
C G D Em
They burn the leaves to harvest cash, money for the compan - y,
C G D D4 D C D
Money makes the world go ''''round, money, ...money, money------!
[Chorus]
C G D Em
From Thibodaux to Raceland there''''s fire in the fields,
C G D Em
All the way up the bayou from La - fourche to Iber - ville,
C G D Em
Dirty air, dirty laundry, dirty money, dirty rain,
C G D D4 D C D
A dirty dark at daybreak ...burning------, ...yeah, burning-------!
[Verse 4]
C G D Em
The soot and ash are falling like a dark and deadly snow,
C G D Em
The air is full of poison to the Gulf of Mexi - co,
C G D Em
Dirty air, dirty laundry, dirty money, dirty rain,
C G D D4 D Em G
A dirty deal with the Devil, burning ...the sugar cane--------!
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Em Em7 A A4 A Em G Em Em7 A
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