Sugar Blues
by Ella Fitzgerald · posted by WaltP
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How to read this tab — notation key
- +
- Blow note
- −
- Draw note
- b or '
- Half-step bend
- bb or ''
- Two half-step bend
- bbb or '''
- Three half-step bend
- (###)
- Chord — relevant hole numbers in parentheses
- < or *
- Push the button in (chromatic harmonica)
Full reference and posting tips in the tab guide.
Tab
SUGAR BLUES
W: Lucy Fletcher
M: Clarence Williams
Ella Fitzgerald
Key: C
4 -3 3
Sug-ar blues
4 4 -3* -3 3 -3 3 -4 -3 3
Ev-‘ry-bod-y’s sing-in the sug-ar blues
-3 -4 -3 -1 3 -3
the whole town is ring-ing
-3* -4 -4 -5 -4 3 -3 -4 -3
my lov-in man’s sweet as he can be
-3 -4 4 -3* 3
but the dog-gone fool
2 2 3 3 1
turned so-ur on me
4 -3* -3 3 -3
I'm so un-hap-py
3 4 -3* 3
I feel so bad
2 2 -1 2 -1 1 -3
I could lay me down and die
-1 -1 -1 -1 -1 -3
you can say what you choose
-3 -4 4 -4 -3
but I’m all con-fused
3 3* -3 3* -3 -3 3 4
I’ve got the sweet, sweet sug-ar blues
-4 -3 2
more sug-ar
3 3* -3 3* -3 -3 3 4
I’ve got the sweet, sweet sug-ar blues
Play on a harmonica— watch which holes to blow & draw, with sound
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