One of my favourite Sam Cooke songs. This is my interpretation of the song and I play it
with a similar strumming technique to that on Wonderful World, also by Sam Cooke.
I play it with the capo on the 3rd, but that's just because I like singing it at that pitch.
Any suggestions for change are welcomed! Otherwise, enjoy. The song isn't too difficult
and an absolute belter to sing along too.
SD x
Intro: G Em7 X2
CHORUS:
GEm7
Sugar dumpling, you're my baby
Cadd9G
I love you in every way
Em7
Sugar dumpling, you're my baby
Cadd9G
My love grows stronger everyday, yeah
REPEAT CHORUS
GEm7
Listen, while I tell you a story
GEm7
A story about my girl
GEm7
I call her sugar dumpling
GEm7
Because she's the sweetest thing in this whole world
GEm7
Oh, whenever I'm feeling bad
GEm7
Right away she puts me to bed
GCadd9
And she hires two nurses, one to hold my hand
DG
The other one to rub my head
CHORUS
GEm7
Oh, whenever I tell her, "Honey I'm hungry"
GEm7
Now go and fix me something to eat
GEm7
This girl rushes in the kitchen and fixes me a dinner
GEm7
With seven different kinds of meat
GEm7
If I call her up at two o'clock in the morning
GEm7
And say, "Come on over if you can"
GCadd9
Before I hang up the telephone, she's sitting beside me
DG
With a cup of coffee in her hand
CHORUS X3