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Sugar Mountain

Neil Young
ChordsKeyCTuningD Tuningintermediate
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Chords in this song7

Intro

G Dadd4add9 C G G6 G x2

Chorus

Oh, to live on Sugar Mountain
With the barkers and the colored balloons
You can't be twenty on Sugar Mountain
Tho' you're thinkin' that you're leavin' there too soon
You're leavin' there too soon

Verse 1

It's so noisy at the fair
But all your friends are there
And the candy floss you had
And your mother and your dad

Chorus

Oh, to live on Sugar Mountain
With the barkers and the colored balloons
You can't be twenty on Sugar Mountain
Tho' you're thinkin' that you're leavin' there too soon
You're leavin' there too soon

Bridge

Dadd4add9 C G G6 G x2

Verse 2

There's a girl just down the aisle,
oh, to turn and see her smile.
You can hear the words she wrote
as you read the hidden note.

Chorus

Oh, to live on Sugar Mountain
With the barkers and the colored balloons
You can't be twenty on Sugar Mountain
Tho' you're thinkin' that you're leavin' there too soon
You're leavin' there too soon

Bridge

Dadd4add9 C G G6 G x2

Verse 3

Now you're underneath the stairs
and you're givin' back some glares
To the people who you met
and it's your first cigarette.

Chorus

Oh, to live on Sugar Mountain
With the barkers and the colored balloons
You can't be twenty on Sugar Mountain
Tho' you're thinkin' that you're leavin' there too soon
You're leavin' there too soon

Verse 4

Now you say you're leavin' home
'cause you want to be alone.
Ain't it funny how you feel
When you're findin' out it's real?

Chorus

Oh, to live on Sugar Mountain
With the barkers and the colored balloons
You can't be twenty on Sugar Mountain
Tho' you're thinkin' that you're leavin' there too soon
You're leavin' there too soon

Outro

Oh, to live on Sugar Mountain
With the barkers and the colored balloons
You can't be twenty on Sugar Mountain
Tho' you're thinkin' that you're leavin' there... too soon
     

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