Gm Dm D7
D Gm


[Verse 1]
Gm
They're putting water in the whisky just to keep the boys in line
Gm                                      D7
You ain't busting up my place like you did last time
D7
The drinks are getting weaker with every round they serve
Gm
The way they keep us sober is getting on my nerves
    D7                                            Gm
So when I'm dead and gone, I want some sugar in my coffin
             D7                                    Gm
Well I said if I gotta go, I want some sugar in my coffin


[Verse 2]
Gm
Oh no there ain't no Elvis Presley from the waist down
Gm                                   D7
Or else I ain't learned nothin' from T.V
D7
He's shaking like an animal, point that camera where I said
              Gm
We need this white boy going crazy like a hole in the head
    D7                                  D             Gm
So when I'm dead and gone, I want some sugar in my coffin
              D7                                      Gm
Well, I said if I gotta go, I want some sugar in my coffin


[Chorus]
          D
I want sugar in my coffin, I wanna cut the bitter taste
       Gm
But they hide it in your money and there's cameras everyplace
       Dm                            Bb
I been living with it just about as long as I can face
    Cm        D7
So if I gotta go...
                          Gm     D7
I want some sugar in my coffin
                          Gm
I want some sugar in my coffin


[Bridge]
Gm D7 Gm


[Verse 3]
       Gm
Well I heard about the seance in the Whitehouse yesterday
Gm                              D7
Has President Lincoln lost his mind?
 D7
They caught him in the graveyard diggin' in the mud
            Gm
That's the father of our nation with a sickness in his blood
              D7                                            Gm
So won't you listen to me mister, I want some sugar in my coffin
              D7                                             Gm
Well, I said if I really gotta go, I want some sugar in my coffin


[Chorus]
        Gb                          D
I want sugar in my coffin, I wanna cut the bitter taste
         Gm
But the President's a liar the country's fallen in disgrace
             Dm                          Bb
If they're ever coming clean they ain't got no time to waste
Cm            D7
So if I gotta go...
D7                        Gm
I want some sugar in my coffin
D7                        Gm
I want some sugar in my coffin

D                            D
I want some sugar mister...I want some sugar mister...
D                         Gm
I want some sugar in my coffin