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Subject: SHAKE THE SUGAR TREE by Pam Tillis
PAM TILLIS -- SHAKE THE SUGAR TREE
Written by Chapin Hartford (C)1992 Sony/ATV Songs LLC Tree Publishing Co.(BMI)
>From "Pam Tillis - greatest hits" - 1997, Arista Nashville
Originally on the album, "Homeward Looking Angel"
INTRO: guitar plays eight bars of E while mandolin plays recurring melody.
E E
Love, you're gettin lazy
E E
You're forgetting to give me
A A E E
Sweet sugar, words that I want to hear
B B
You've been neglecting me
B B E E
You know jealousy, it is bitter as a green spring berry
And just like [E]fruit from a [E]fickle vine
[E]You turn sweet in the [E]nick of time
[A]Love, you only [A]come alive when you're [E]losin me [E]
And it's a [B]childish game [B]
I've got to [B]shake you up, just to [B]wake you up
To make you [E]love me [E]
CHORUS: E E E E
I'll shake the sugar tree 'til I feel your love falling
A B E E
All.......... around me
B B
You've got to tend to what you planted
B B
And if you take my love for granted
E B A A
Baby, I'll shake...... the sugar tree
BREAK: |E |E |E |E
[E]Another night and you're [E]sleeping
[E]I'm awake and I'm [E]dreaming
[A]Oh honey, [A]'bout the way that it [E]used to be [E]
A little [B]time's gone by [B]
Do you [B]think that I'm con-[B]tent
With the cookin and the [B]payin' of rent
No, I [B]wanna know if you're [E]love's all spent [E]
[CHORUS AND BREAK]
BRIDGE: Bm.... F#....
I've got to raise some commotion
Bm.... F#.... B B
Before you show me some real emotion
[CHORUS - REPEAT AND FADE]
I like to play B7 instead of B in the verses. I also like to play B7 in
place of E in the last half bar of verses 2 and 3 (leading into chorus).
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