The guitar on Young's recording is tuned down (Open D maybe?)
The chord voicings played in the song are G, F, Dm etc but because of the
different tuning they sound F, Eb, Cm etc respectively.
If you want to play in the same key like the recording without using a
different tuning, transpose the chords here -2.
F(add9) x-x-3-2-1-3
[Chorus]
G F(add9)
Oh, to live on Sugar Mountain
G F(add9)
with the barkers and the colored balloons,
G F(add9)
You can't be twenty on Sugar Mountain
Dm G
tho' you're thinkin' that you're leavin' there too soon,
Dm G
you're leavin' there too soon.
[Verse]
F
It's so noisy at the fair
G
but all your friends are there
F
And the candy floss you had
G
and your mother and your dad.
[Chorus]
G F(add9)
Oh, to live on Sugar Mountain
G F(add9)
with the barkers and the colored balloons,
G F(add9)
You can't be twenty on Sugar Mountain
Dm G
tho' you're thinkin' that you're leavin' there too soon,
Dm G
you're leavin' there too soon.
Dsus4(addE) C G
[Verse]
F
There's a girl just down the aisle,
G
oh, to turn and see her smile.
F
You can hear the words she wrote
G
as you read the hidden note.
[Chorus]
G F(add9)
Oh, to live on Sugar Mountain
G F(add9)
with the barkers and the colored balloons,
G F(add9)
You can't be twenty on Sugar Mountain
Dm G
tho' you're thinkin' that you're leavin' there too soon,
Dm G
you're leavin' there too soon.
Dsus4(addE) C G
[Verse]
F
Now you're underneath the stairs
G
and you're givin' back some glares
F
To the people who you met
G
and it's your first cigarette.
[Chorus]
G F(add9)
Oh, to live on Sugar Mountain
G F(add9)
with the barkers and the colored balloons,
G F(add9)
You can't be twenty on Sugar Mountain
Dm G
tho' you're thinkin' that you're leavin' there too soon,
Dm G
you're leavin' there too soon.
[Verse]
F
Now you say you're leavin' home
G
'cause you want to be alone.
F
Ain't it funny how you feel
G
When you're findin' out it's real?
[Chorus]
G F(add9)
Oh, to live on Sugar Mountain
G F(add9)
with the barkers and the colored balloons,
G F(add9)
You can't be twenty on Sugar Mountain
Dm G
tho' you're thinkin' that you're leavin' there too soon,
Dm G
you're leavin' there too soon.
G F(add9)
Oh, to live on Sugar Mountain
G F(add9)
with the barkers and the colored balloons,
G F(add9)
You can't be twenty on Sugar Mountain
Dm G
tho' you're thinkin' that you're leavin' there too soon,