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Shake Sugaree
Bob Dylan - live June 1996
(Elizabeth Cotton Cover)
Intro:    E     E7     A     E     A     E     A     E     B     A    E  
EI got a secret, and I ain't gonna E7tell
AI'm going to Heaven in a split pea Eshell
AOh Lordy me, didn't we Eshake sugaAree
EEverything I Bhave is Adown in Epawn.
EI pawned my watch, and I pawned my E7chain
AI even tried to sell myself, but I got down so Eashamed
AOh Lordy me, didn't we Eshake sugaAree
EEverything I Bhave is Adown in Epawn.
Verse Chords -->    E     E7     A     E     A     E     A     E     B     A    E  
EI've got a song to sing, and it's not verE7y long
AI'm gonna sing it right, if it takes me all nigEht long.
AOh Lordy me, didn't we Eshake sugaAree
EEverything I Bhave is Adown in Epawn.
Verse Chords -->    E     E7     A     E     A     E     A     E     B     A    E  
EI got a secret, and I ain't gonna E7tell
AI'm going to Heaven in a split pea Eshell
AOh Lordy me, didn't we Eshake sugaAree
EEverything I Bhave is Adown in Epawn.
Verse Chords -->    E     E7     A     E     A     E     A     E     B     A   E(x2)

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Shake Sugaree

by Bob Dylan

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Shake Sugaree

Bob Dylan - live June 1996

(Elizabeth Cotton Cover)

E E7 A E A E A E B A E

Intro:

E E7

I got a secret, and I ain't gonna tell

A E

I'm going to Heaven in a split pea shell

A E A

Oh Lordy me, didn't we shake sugaree

E B A E

Everything I have is down in pawn.

E E7

I pawned my watch, and I pawned my chain

A E

I even tried to sell myself, but I got down so ashamed

A E A

Oh Lordy me, didn't we shake sugaree

E B A E

Everything I have is down in pawn.

E E7 A E A E A E B A E

Verse Chords -->

E E7

I've got a song to sing, and it's not very long

A E

I'm gonna sing it right, if it takes me all night long.

A E A

Oh Lordy me, didn't we shake sugaree

E B A E

Everything I have is down in pawn.

E E7 A E A E A E B A E

Verse Chords -->

E E7

I got a secret, and I ain't gonna tell

A E

I'm going to Heaven in a split pea shell

A E A

Oh Lordy me, didn't we shake sugaree

E B A E

Everything I have is down in pawn.

E E7 A E A E A E B A E

Verse Chords --> (x2)

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