Elvis Costello – Sulphur To Sugarcane (Guitar Live)
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Chords
Hey all, this is the chords for Sulpher to Sugarcane, may be a bit simplified as there
sound like some jazz chords in Elvis's playing of this.
This is the key for both the live and the studio version of it.
He plays it without a capo.
I use barre chords for everything.
[Verse 1]
Bb7 Eb7 Bb7 It's not very far from Sulfur to Sugarcane Eb7 Bb7 Everywhere I travel the pretty girls call my name Bb7 I give them a squeeze and they shoot me a wink Bb7 Eb7 I buy their hard-headed husbands a long cool drink D7 Gm You better come up smelling sweet' Cause you're a long time stinking Cm7 F G G# A and it's a little too late to complain Eb7 F7 Bb7 It's not very far from Sulfur to Sugarcane
[Verse 2]
Bb7 Eb7 Bb7 Now if you catch my eye and you find that it runs down your leg Eb7 Bb7 It's like striking a match pretty hard upon a powder keg Bb7 They tell you from the borders to the waters of the gulf Eb7 If you take all the sugar, you will end up in the sulfur Bb7 And you're burning, hello baby then I'm I'm pleased to meet you Bb7 I wouldn't do you wrong, honey, I wouldn't cheat you, honey D7 G7 Cm7 Bb7 F7 But when can I see you again? Wrap you up in cellophane Eb7 Bb7 G It's not very far from Sulfur to Sugarcane
[Bridge]
Eb7 Bb7 It's not very far from Sulfur to Sugarcane D7 When your eyes fill up with brine 'Cause you're drowning in wine Gm Gm7 Gm F7 Gm7 It's like the last days of Rome with the despots and divine Eb7 F7 Gm7 C7 And there's no place like home For a little doll from China C7 F It's a little too late to complain Eb7 F7 Bb7 It's not very far from Sulfur to Sugarcane
[Verse 3]
Bb7 You can go west to Texas Go east to Mississippi Eb7 You can run out of money You can run out of pity Bb7 Throw open your purse Until you're crying for mercy Eb7 Go to Alabama, escape Louisiana Bb7 I'm digging like a miner North and South Carolina Eb7 And then if you continue You will end up in Virginia Bb7 The women in Poughkeepsie Take their clothes off when they're tipsy Eb7 But in Albany, New York They love the filthy way I talk E A Until they gargle with the finest champagne D G They can't get the grape and the grain Eb7 G Bb7 It's not very far from Sulfur to Sugarcane
[Verse 4]
Bb7 If I could find a piano Here in Bloomington, Indiana Eb7 I would play it with my toes Until the girls all take their clothes off Bb7 Up in Syracuse, I was falsely accused Eb7 But I'm not here to hurt you I'm here to steal your virtue Bb7 Down in Bridgeport The women will kill you for sport Eb7 But in Worcester, Massachusetts They love my sauce Bb7 The women in Poughkeepsie Take their clothes off when they're tipsy Eb7 But I hear in Ypsilanti They don't wear any panties D G Once they gargle with the finest champagne C G They hitch up their skirts and exclaim Eb7 F It's not very far, sugar Eb7 F It's not very far, sugar Eb7 F Pour a little sugar on me, sugar Eb7 F It's not very far from Sulfur to Sugarcane
[Outro]
Bb7 Eb7 Bb7 Eb7 Bb7 Eb7 Bb7 Eb7 Bb7 Oh ,do, do, do, do, do, do, do ,do, do, do, do, do.