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    Matthew Kerns
    May 20, 2020

    A Little With Sugar Chords

    Been playing this old Furry Years chestnut a lot lately. This one is so poignant and raw... Dm/F E7 Dm/F E Dm/F E

    Am7 D Am7 D F Am

    Em7 Am

    I remember Christmas morning

    F G Am

    Back in Nineteen Fifty Four

    Em7 Am

    When we moved her to Mount Savage

    /G F Em6 Dm /E

    As if it mattered any more

    F Em7

    Mama always said

    F Bm7 E7 Am7

    How the air can clear her head


    Em7 Am

    We were colder and much higher

    F G Am

    Than we ever were before

    Em7 Am

    I recall her tailored jersey

    /G F Em6 Dm /E

    And the flowers that she wore

    F Em7

    Years ago I tried to tell her

    F Bm E7 F

    What was in my heart but she was part of the city


    Dm/F E7

    She took a little with sugar

    Am D7

    She took the money from my old man

    Dm/F E7

    She took a little with sugar

    Am D7 /Eb /E F Am

    She took the money from my old man



    Em7 Am

    All the years that she was with us

    F G Am

    You could count them on one hand

    Em7 Am /G

    I was taken with her showboat style

    F Em6 Dm /E

    But too young to under - stand

    F Em7

    She was all alone

    F Bm E7 F

    Ahead of her time she was first generation

    [Chorus]


    Dan Belcher
    May 20, 2020

    Thanks Matt. A quick sit-down at the piano this morning says this sounds pretty accurate to me. I've always been fond of this song too. If you haven't heard it yet, Anthony Robustelli did a wonderful version of this song a couple years ago:


    Timothy Judd Meyer
    May 21, 2020

    I didn't know this tune.....always enjoy the early tunes to hear how the music evolved. Even then the progressions and melodies were searching for something new. Thanks.

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