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Sugar Man

Scan of original song sheet (PDF)
(thanks to Rob Fawcett)

Transcription by Louis Pienaar

Intro:
 Am ,  Dm(3) , Dm(2) , E

Verse 1:
      Am  Dm(3)    Dm(2)                            E             Am  
Sugar Man  ,          won't you hurry , cause I'm tired of these scenes
 

    Am          Dm(3)  Dm(2)                             E            Am     
For a blue coin ,        won't you bring back all those colours to my dreams

Chorus:
  C     Am   D         Dm7      C       Am     F            Bb  E         
Silver Magic Ships you carry , Jumpers, coke ,sweet Mary Jane

Verse 2:
Sugar man met a false friend on a lonely dusty road
Lost my heart when I found it, it had turned to dead black coal

Chorus

Verse 3:
Sugar Man you're the answer that makes my questions disappear
Sugar man cause I'm weary of all those double games I hear

Bridge:
Sugar Man, Sugar Man,  Sugar Man,  Sugar Man , Sugar Man , Sugar Man, Sugar Man

Psychedelic freak-out section

Verse 4
Sugar Man , won't you hurry, cause I'm tired of these scenes
For a blue coin won't you bring back all those colors to my dreams      

Chorus

Verse 5
Sugar Man met a false friend on a lonely dusty road
Lost my heart when I found it, it has turned to dead black coal 

Chorus
Silver Magic Ships .........................(fade away, sounds like walking away in tunnel)

Am    - 002210
Dm7   - xxx211
Dm(3) - xxx787             
Dm(2) - 557765             
E     - 022100
C     - 032010
D     - 000232
F     - 133211
Bb    - 113331

 Sorry I don't know all the chord names
 I made that Dm(3) up myself   :)

Alternate idea from John Butcher:
Sugar man intro/ verse (no idea what these chords are called)..

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Dm
E
Dm
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