Bob Dylan - Sugar Baby: Ukulele Chords

Learn to play "Sugar Baby" on your ukulele with our detailed chord guide and lyrics. This page provides everything you need to play this song on the ukulele, including lyrics integrated with chords, chord diagrams, and a key transposer to match your vocal range.

Learn Sugar Baby ukulele chords and lyrics

This section will guide you through each part of the song, providing the ukulele chords placed directly above the lyrics for easy playing. Whether you are a beginner or an experienced player, these elements will help you perform "Sugar Baby" smoothly on your ukulele.

   D          Gm6
I got my back to the sun 'cause
     D
the light is too intense.
               Gm6       D
I can see what everybody in
the world is up against.
     Bm             F#m
You can’t turn back —  you can’t come back,
Bm                    F#m
sometimes we push too far
D              Gm6
One day you’ll open up your eyes and
  D
you’ll see where we are

Chorus:
 Gsus4             G 
Sugar Baby get on down the road
           Gm                D
You ain’t got no brains, no how
 Gsus4              G 
You went years without me
               Gm         D
Might as well keep going now

Some of these bootleggers,
they make pretty good stuff
Plenty of places to hide things
here if you wanna hide ’em bad enough
I’m staying with Aunt Sally,
but you know, she’s not really my aunt
Some of these memories you can
learn to live with and some of them you can’t

Chorus:
Sugar Baby get on down the line
You ain’t got no brains, no how
You went years without me
You might as well keep going now

The ladies down in Darktown,
they’re doing the Darktown Strut
You always got to be prepared
but you never know for what
There ain’t no limit to the
amount of trouble women bring
Love is pleasing, love is teasing,
love’s not an evil thing

Chorus:
Sugar Baby, get on down the road
You ain’t got no brains, no how
You went years without me
You might as well keep going now

Every moment of existence seems
like some dirty trick
Happiness can come suddenly
and leave just as quick
Any minute of the day the bubble could burst
Try to make things better for someone, sometimes,
you just end up making it a thousand times worse

Chorus:
Sugar Baby, get on down the road
You ain’t got no brains, no how
You went years without me
Might as well keep going now

Your charms have broken many
a heart and mine is surely one
You got a way of tearing the world apart.
Love, see what you done
Just as sure as we’re living,
just as sure as you’re born
Look up, look up—seek your Maker
fore Gabriel blows his horn

Chorus:
Sugar Baby, get on down the line
You ain’t got no sense, no how
You went years without me
Might as well keep going now

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Ukulele Chord Diagrams

D

Ukulele chord D

F#m

Ukulele chord F#m

Gm

Ukulele chord Gm

G

Ukulele chord G

Gsus4

Ukulele chord Gsus4

Gm6

Ukulele chord Gm6

Bm

Ukulele chord Bm

Here you can see detailed diagrams for each ukulele chord used in the song. Utilize our key transposer to adjust the chords to a key that better fits your singing range. Simply select the desired key, and the chords throughout this page will update automatically, ensuring you can play and sing comfortably.

If you are also interested in learning how to play "Sugar Baby" on the guitar, check out the chords on our sister site: Guitar Chords for "Sugar Baby" by Bob Dylan.

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