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[Verse]
E
He wasn't really known for breaking the rules
                         Bm7add4           A
When he arrived in the second year of my high school
E
He wasn't so much of a twist of fate
       B
As a short turn up from a Southern state
        E
He was born with a sweet tooth he couldn't beat
                 Bm7add4             A
Always trying to find himself something sweet
E
All that he found was a trouble and me
          B
Or maybe trouble just found him

[Verse 2]
E
It was hard to hide that his heart had scars
                  Bm7add4          A
He would stay up late talking to the stars
E
People tried to blame him for making bad choices
     B
When he was only listening to the voices
E
And looking for some kind of deeper truth
                           Bm7add4        A
Between the lines and the Bible and living proof
E
There's no point now to judge him in vain
        B
If you haven't been there, you don't know the pain

[Chorus 1]
E
He was a liar, but not a fraud
B                       E
Living proof that there was no God
A
Just the Devil, stiff as a rod
  B           A      E
A slave to the sugartooth

    E
His life became more than he could take
               Bm7add4        A
He found a bad habit he couldn't break
E
Nothing could tame him and nothing could hold him
B
He only took the pills when the doctor told him
E
Looking too hard for that something sweet
            Bm7add4           A
To make his life feel less incomplete
E
What in the hell are you gonna do
B
When the world has made its mind up about you?

[Chorus 2]
E
He was a liar, but not a fraud
B                       E
Living proof that there was no God
A
Just the Devil, stiff as a rod
  B           A      E
A slave to the sugartooth

C#m
He wanted to be a better man
           B                       E          A
Then life kicked him down like an old tin can

He would give you the shirt on his back
   B          A    E
If not for a sugartooth

[Verse 3]
E
They found him lying on his bed
                   Bm7add4         A
With a gun in his hand and a quiet head
E
His broken heart, now, is finally gone
B
But I know that he had to hurt for too long
E
To think he had fought it all on his own
                  Bm7add4         A
Just to lose the battle and die alone
E
After so many years of feeling lost
    B               A     B     E
He finally made his way back home

[Verse 4]
      E
And I heard they put what was left in a box
                  Bm7add4      A
And took it to a place called Jesus Rock
   E
And scattered him all over jagged mound
      B
As a symbol to all that the piece had been found
   E
But not for a son who's left behind
               Bm7add4         A
With a hand stuck reaching back in time
E
To a place in which you can never unwind
           B
I hope he found something so sweet

[Chorus 2]
E
He was a liar, but not a fraud
B                       E
Living proof that there was no God
A
Just the Devil, stiff as a rod
  B           A      E
A slave to the sugartooth

C#m
He wanted to be a better man
           B                       E          A
Then life kicked him down like an old tin can

He would give you the shirt on his back
   B          A    E
If not for a sugartooth


[Outro]
E   Bm7add4  A     E       B       A     E
Ooh, oo-oh, ooh, ooh a slave to the sugartooth
E   Bm7add4  A     E       B       A     E
Ooh, oo-oh, ooh, ooh a slave to the sugartooth
E   Bm7add4  A     E       B       A     E
Ooh, oo-oh, ooh, ooh a slave to the sugartooth
E   Bm7add4  A     E       B       A     E
Ooh, oo-oh, ooh, ooh a slave to the sugartooth