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Sugar Mountain - Neil Young
CRDs from Nevada
Intro by John Meckley
I play the intro to Sugar Mountain like  this:
D               554030
C               332010
G               320033
F(addG)         xx3213
Dsus4(addE)     x54030
C/E             xx2010

       D / / / C / / / G / C / G / / / D / / / C / / / G / C / G / / /

    e    0       0       3   0   3       0       0       3   0   3       
    b    3       1       0   1   0       3       1       0   1   0       
    g    0       0       0   0   0       0       0       0   0   0       
    d    4       2       0   2   0       4       2       0   2   0       
    a    5       3       2   3   2       5       3       2   3   2       
    E    5       3       3   3   3       5       3       3   3   3       
 G            F(addG)
Oh, to live on Sugar Mountain
 G                         F(addG)
with the barkers and the colored balloons,
 G                  F(addG)
You can't be twenty on Sugar Mountain
 Dm                                                G
tho' you're thinkin' that you're leavin' there too soon,
 Dm                      G
you're leavin' there too soon.
 G                      F(addG)
It's so noisy at the fair
                         G
but all your friends are there
                         F(addG)
And the candy floss you had
                            G
and your mother and your dad.
 G            F(addG)
Oh, to live on Sugar Mountain
 G                         F(addG)
with the barkers and the colored balloons,
 G                  F(addG)
You can't be twenty on Sugar Mountain
 Dm                                                G
tho' you're thinkin' that you're leavin' there too soon,
 Dm                      G
you're leavin' there too soon.
 Dsus4(addE)  C  G
 G                                F(addG)
There's a girl just down the aisle,
                        G
oh, to turn and see her smile.
                                F(addG)
You can hear the words she wrote
                            G
as you read the hidden note.
 G            F(addG)
Oh, to live on Sugar Mountain
 G                         F(addG)
with the barkers and the colored balloons,
 G                  F(addG)
You can't be twenty on Sugar Mountain
 Dm                                                G
tho' you're thinkin' that you're leavin' there too soon,
 Dm                      G
you're leavin' there too soon.
 Dsus4(addE)  C  G
 G                              F(addG)
Now you're underneath the stairs
                                  G
and you're givin' back some glares
                          F(addG)
To the people who you met
                          G   C/E  G
and it's your first cigarette.
 G            F(addG)
Oh, to live on Sugar Mountain
 G                         F(addG)
with the barkers and the colored balloons,
 G                  F(addG)
You can't be twenty on Sugar Mountain
 Dm                                                G
tho' you're thinkin' that you're leavin' there too soon,
 Dm                      G
you're leavin' there too soon.
 G                             F(addG)
Now you say you're leavin' home
                            G
'cause you want to be alone.
                           F(addG)
Ain't it funny how you feel
                               G
When you're findin' out it's real?
 G            F(addG)
Oh, to live on Sugar Mountain
 G                         F(addG)
with the barkers and the colored balloons,
 G                  F(addG)
You can't be twenty on Sugar Mountain
 Dm                                                G
tho' you're thinkin' that you're leavin' there too soon,
 Dm                      G
you're leavin' there too soon.
 G            F(addG)
Oh, to live on Sugar Mountain
 G                         F(addG)
with the barkers and the colored balloons,
 G                  F(addG)
You can't be twenty on Sugar Mountain
 Dm                                                    G
tho' you're thinkin' that you're leavin' there too soon,