Melody line on right, in key of C
Chords C F F/C G7
Video is closer to the key of A, see chords & lyrics below

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Shake Sugaree (key of A)
Elizabeth Cotten
 
(Capo 1st fret)
  A E7  E7 A
      A                                                 A7
      Have a little song - won't take long
     D
      Sing it right, once or twice
 
                                                        A
                Oh, lordy me, didn't I shake sugaree?
                                      E7                            A
                Everything I got is done and pawned
                                       E7                           A
                Everything I got is done and pawned
 
      Pawn my watch, pawn my chain
      Pawn everything that was in my name
 
                Oh, lordy me, didn't I shake sugaree?
                Everything I got is done and pawned
                Everything I got is done and pawned
 
      Pawn by buggy, horse and cart
      Pawned everything that was on my lot
 
                Oh, lordy me, didn't I shake sugaree?
                Everything I got is done and pawned
                Everything I got is done and pawned
 
      Pawn my chair, pawn my bed
      Ain't got nowhere to lay my head
 
                Oh, lordy me, didn't I shake sugaree?
                Everything I got is done and pawned
                Everything I got is done and pawned
 
      Pawn my tobacco, pawn my pipe
      Pawned everything that was in my sight
 
                Oh, lordy me, didn't I shake sugaree?
                Everything I got is done and pawned
                Everything I got is done and pawned
 
      Have a little secret, I ain't gonna tell
      I'm going to heaven in a ground pea shell
 
                Oh, lordy me, didn't I shake sugaree?
                Everything I got is done and pawned
                Everything I got is done and pawned
 
      Pawn my farm, pawn my plough
      Pawned everything, even pawned my old cow
 
                Oh, lordy me, didn't I shake sugaree?
                Everything I got is done and pawned
                Everything I got is done and pawned
 
      Pawn my hat, pawn my shoes
      Pawned everything that I could use
 
                Oh, lordy me, didn't I shake sugaree?
                Everything I got is done and pawned
                Everything I got is done and pawned
 
      Have a little secret, I ain't gonna tell
      I'm goin' to heaven and I ain't goin' to (*)
 
                Oh, lordy me, didn't I shake sugaree?
                Everything I got is done and pawned
                Everything I got is done and pawned
 
      Chew my tobacco, spit my juice
      Would raise cain, but it ain't a bit 'a use
 
                Oh, lordy me, didn't I shake sugaree?
                Everything I got is done and pawned
                Everything I got is done and pawned
                Everything I got is done and pawned...
 
 
 

Pawn my watch, pawn my chain
Pawned everything that was in my name

​Pawn by buggy, horse and cart
Pawned everything that was on my lot
 
Pawn my chair, pawn my bed
Ain't got nowhere to lay my head
 
Pawn my tobacco, pawn my pipe
Pawned everything that was in my sight
 
Have a little secret, I ain't gonna tell
I'm going to heaven in a ground pea shell

Pawn my farm, pawn my plow
Pawned everything, even pawned my old cow
 
Pawn my hat, pawn my shoes
Pawned everything that I could use

Have a little secret, I ain't gonna tell
I'm goin' to heaven and I ain't goin' to (*)

Chew my tobacco, spit my juice
Would raise cain, but it ain't a bit 'a use