Song: Sugar Cane
Artist: Rich Hardesty (www.richhardesty.com)
Words and Music by: Rich Hardesty
Transcribed by: Kelley Isenhower
This song is played with an acoustic guitar and a capo on the second fret. Play the chords as shown as if there were no capo. Listen to the song to figure out the timing.
Intro: (Capo on 2nd Fret) Am G F Am G F
Am G F Am
She sparkles in the sun. She gets what she needs. She made the guitar man
G F Am G
in the band play some pretty good leads. She’s in the front row of the show
F Am G
back seat of the car. She wrote her name and number on a match box in the
F
smokey bar.
C F
: She’s a calling on me she’s on the end of the line.
C F
Im sitting at my desk with my guitar trying to make up a ryhme
C F
but I don’t feel like talking to her in this point in time.
C F
I guess a year ago I would have dropped everything just to make her feel fine.
Am G F
Oooooooooooh… we used to dance in the sun.
Am G F
Oooooooooooh… But those days are gone.
Am G F
Oooooooooooh…. we made love in the rain,
Am G F
Oooooooooooh….she used to be my sugar cane, sugar cane.
Am G F Am
She left her sleeping bag in the trunk for the late night moon. She did hippy
G F Am G
crack what a way to share her balloons. She wanted it to last but I came to
F Am G F
fast…. just like a Bobby song or a Jerry Song.
Am G F
I didn’t know what she meant but know I know what she means.
Am G F
Its not the way it looks, its just the way that it seems.
Am G F
She wants to move out west and live in a log cabin home.
Am G F
I need to spend some time alone and write a few good poems.