Sugar Mama

Delbert McClinton / Home Plate 1975

As recorded by Bonnie Raitt on the album Home Plate 1975

5

Sittin' here worryin'

/ 1

While yer lookin' to find yourself

/

Somebody else

5 /

Me lovin' you and wantin' you baby

1 /

And you not knowin' what you want yourself

4 /

Why do you treat me so mean

/ /

Hurt so bad

1 /

All you wanna do is just sit around and jive

/ /

You don't even know this woman^Òs alive

5

Sittin' here worryin'

/ 1

Knowin' yer lookin' to find yourself

5 / 1 /

Ain't gonna be no sugar mama no more

5 / 1 /

You can't have love when yer keepin' score

4 /

All you pretty boys used to catch my eye

1 /

I just want a man I can satisfy

5 / 1 /

Ain't gonna be no sugar mama no more

Sittin' here...

....yourself

All you pretty boys...

...no more

Ain't...

(in A; 2=half note, 4=qrt note, 8=eighth note)

intro 88 82 | 88 8 82

gf#e- rg f#e-

88 88 | | 88 8 8 4. | 4 4 4 8 8 | 4888888

rc#dd# e rc#d d#e a /c# /d /d# e

[Number in parens = vocal notes from key scale: in C, 1=C, 2=D, 3=E,

etc.]

| = bar line; / = play same as previous chord

No bar line = chord gets entire measure's time

Within bar lines chords divide measure accordingly

/^/ = split the beat (ex.: /^G7 )

transcribed by OtMan Otto Marten marten@sky.net