Shake Sugaree

Elizabeth Cotten

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Shake Sugaree

Written by Elizabeth Cotten

Key: Bb

Shake Sugaree Key FF

Shake Sugaree Key F#F#

Shake Sugaree Key GG

Shake Sugaree Key G#G#(one step down)

Shake Sugaree Key AA(half step down)

Shake Sugaree Key BbBb(original key)

Shake Sugaree Key BB(half step up)

Shake Sugaree Key CC(one step up)

Shake Sugaree Key C#C#

Shake Sugaree Key DD

Shake Sugaree Key D#D#

Shake Sugaree Key EE

	  		Bb 
Have a little song, won't take long 
Eb 
Sing it right, once or twice 
Eb                       Bb    
Oh, lordy me, didn't I shake sugaree? 
              F               Bb 
Everything I got is done and pawned 
F                             Bb 
Everything I got is done and pawned 

Bb 
Pawn my watch, pawn my chain 
Eb 
Pawn everything that was in my name 
Eb                       Bb    
Oh, lordy me, didn't I shake sugaree? 
              F               Bb 
Everything I got is done and pawned 
F                             Bb 
Everything I got is done and pawned 

Bb 
Pawn by buggy, horse and cart 
Eb 
Pawn everything that was on my lot 
Eb                       Bb    
Oh, lordy me, didn't I shake sugaree? 
              F               Bb 
Everything I got is done and pawned 
F                             Bb 
Everything I got is done and pawned 

Bb 
Pawn my chair,pawn my bed 
Eb 
Ain't got nowhere to lay my head 
Eb                       Bb    
Oh, lordy me, didn't I shake sugaree? 
              F               Bb 
Everything I got is done and pawned 
F                             Bb 
Everything I got is done and pawned 

Bb 
Pawn my tobacco,pawn my pipe 
Eb 
Pawned everything that was in my sight 
Eb                       Bb    
Oh, lordy me, didn't I shake sugaree? 
              F               Bb 
Everything I got is done and pawned 
F                             Bb 
Everything I got is done and pawned 

Bb 
Have a little secret, I ain't gonna tell 
Eb 
I'm going to heaven in a brown pea shell 
Eb                       Bb    
Oh, lordy me, didn't I shake sugaree? 
              F               Bb 
Everything I got is done and pawned 
F                             Bb 
Everything I got is done and pawned 

Bb 
Pawn my farm, pawn my plough 
Eb 
Pawned everything, even pawned my old cow 
Eb                       Bb    
Oh, lordy me, didn't I shake sugaree? 
              F               Bb 
Everything I got is done and pawned 
F                             Bb 
Everything I got is done and pawned 

Bb 
Pawn my hat,pawn my shoes 
Eb 
Pawned everything that I could use 
Eb                       Bb    
Oh, lordy me, didn't I shake sugaree? 
              F               Bb 
Everything I got is done and pawned 
F                             Bb 
Everything I got is done and pawned 

Bb 
Have a little secret,I ain't gonna tell 
Eb 
I'm goin' to heaven and I ain't goin' no 
Eb                       Bb    
Oh, lordy me, didn't I shake sugaree? 
              F               Bb 
Everything I got is done and pawned 
F                             Bb 
Everything I got is done and pawned 

Bb 
Chew my tobacco,spit my juice 
Eb 
We raise cain but it ain't a bit 'a use 
Eb                       Bb    
Oh, lordy me, didn't I shake sugaree? 
              F               Bb 
Everything I got is done and pawned 
F                             Bb 
Everything I got is done and pawned 
F                             Bb 
Everything I got is done and pawned

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