Intro [D] [C] [G]
{c:} [G]Oh
to live on [F]Sugar Mountain [G]with
the barkers and the [F]colored
balloons.
[G]You
can't be twenty [F]on Sugar Mountain,
[Dm]though you're thinkin' that
you're
Leavin' there too [G]soon.
[Dm]You're leavin' there too [G]soon.
{v1:} [G]Its so noisy at the [F]fair,
but all your friends are [G]there.
And the candy floss you [F]had and your mother and you [G]dad.
{c:} [G]Oh
to live on [F]Sugar Mountain [G]with
the barkers and the [F]colored
balloons.
[G]You
can't be twenty [F]on Sugar Mountain,
[Dm]though you're thinkin' that your
Leavin' there too [G]soon.
[Dm]You're leavin' there too [G]soon.
{v2:} [G]There's a girl just down the [F]aisle, oh to turn and see her [G]smile.
You can hear the words she [F]wrote as you read the hidden [G]note. [F]
{c:} [G]Oh
to live on [F]Sugar Mountain [G]with
the barkers and the [F]colored
balloons.
[G]You
can't be twenty [F]on Sugar Mountain,
[Dm]though you're thinkin' that
you're
Leavin' there too [G]soon.
[Dm]You're leavin' there too [G]soon.
{Solo}:
(harmonica like verse) {1 meas. break}
{v3:} [G]Now you're underneath the [F]stairs
and you're givin' back some [G]glares.
To the people that you [F]met and it's your first ciga- [G]rette.
{c:} [G]Oh
to live on [F]Sugar Mountain [G]with
the barkers and the [F]colored
balloons.
[G]You
can't be twenty [F]on Sugar Mountain,
[Dm]though you're thinkin' that
you're
Leavin' there too [G]soon.
[Dm]You're leavin' there too [G]soon.
{v4:} [G]Now you say your leavin' [F]home
'cause you want to be [G]alone. [F]
{2 meas. Break}
Ain't it funny how you [F]feel when you're findin' out its [G]real? [F] {2
meas. Break}
{c:} {a
capella}Oh to live on Sugar Mountain with the barkers and the colored
balloons.
You can't be twenty on Sugar Mountain, {end
a capella} [Dm]though
you're thinkin' that you're
Leavin' there too [G]soon.
[Dm]You're leavin' there too [G]soon.
[Dm] [G]
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