• Song:

    Sugar

  • Artist:

    Tonic

  • Album:

    Mean to Me

Artist: Tonic
Song: Sugar
Album: Sugar
Open G tuning (DGDGBD), capo II, everything relative to capo
Tabbed by jjhand


Verse Riff 1:

   Acoustic 1
    A                            Amaj7
e |-0---0-0----0-0-0-0-0-0---0-|-0-0--0-0--0-0-0-0-0-0---0-|
C#|-3---3-3----3-3-3-3-3-3---3-|-3-3--3-3--3-3-3-3-3-3---3-|
A |-4---4-4----4-4-4-4-4-4---4-|-4-4--4-4--4-4-4-4-4-4---4-|
E |-5---5-5----5-5-5-5-5-5---5-|-5-5--5-5--5-5-5-5-5-5---5-| continue
A |-0---0-0----0-0-0-0-0-0---0-|-0-0--0-0--0-0-0-0-0-0---0-| below
E |----------------------------|---------------------------|
  |
  | Guitar 2 (Electric possibly)
e |----------------------------|---------------------------|
C#|----------------------------|---------------------------|
A |----------------------------|---------------------------|
E |-5---5-5----5--5-5--5-5---4-|-4-4--4----4--4-4--4-4---0-|
A |-0---0-0----0--0-0--0-0---0-|-0-0--0----0--0-0--0-0---0-|
E |----------------------------|---------------------------|

"Come on baby get your shoes on. You're looking like you need a rescue"

End Verse Riff for both Acoustic/Guitar 2:

  Bm7/A
|-0-0-0-0-0----0--0-0-0-0-0--0-|-0-0-0-0-0----0--0-0-0-0-0--0-|
|-0-0-0-0-0----0--0-0-0-0-0--0-|-0-0-0-0-0----0--0-0-0-0-0--0-|
|-5-5-5-5-5----5--5-5-5-5-5--5-|-5-5-5-5-5----5--5-5-5-5-5--5-|
|-7-7-7-7-7----7--7-7-7-7-7--7-|-7-7-7-7-7----7--7-7-7-7-7--7-|
|-0-0-0-0-0----0--0-0-0-0-0--0-|-0-0-0-0-0----0--0-0-0-0-0--0-|
|------------------------------|------------------------------|

"Underneath the southern moonlight, where only I can find you"


When Drums/Bass begin, Acoustic plays Verse Riff 1 again, and Guitar 2 plays:

Electric Riff 1
e |-5---5-0---5-----|-4---4-0---4-----|-----0---------|-----0---------|
C#|-----------------|-----------------|---------------|---------------|
A |---0-------------|---0-------------|-4/5---4--2----|-4/5---4--2----|
E |-----------------|-----------------|---------------|---------------|
A |-----------------|-----------------|---------------|---------------|
E |-----------------|-----------------|---------------|---------------|

"We can do it with our eyes closed, we can sit and talk for hours"
"Underneath the golden flowers, where my sunshine grows"


play this 2x, then follow with ending:
     A                E5/A             Bm7/A
|-------9-----------|-----7-----------|-----5--------|
|-----8-------------|---7-------------|---0----------|
|---0---------------|-0---------------|-5------------|
|-------------------|-----------------|--------------|
|-------------------|-----------------|--------------|
|-------------------|-----------------|--------------|
1.        "Sugar my love       Sugar my burn."
2.        "Sugar may hide.     Sugar may learn."

Ending


Acoustic (strummed):
|---0---|
|---1---|
|---0---|
|---2---|
|-------|
|-------|
|
|Electric
|-------0-------------0---------|
|-------------------------------|
|-----0-----------2h4-----4p2p0-|
|-4/5-----4p2p0-----------------|
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|

Play Electric Riff 1 again with Verse Riff 1 on Acoustic

Lyrics:
"I could give a thousand reasons. I could live a thousand lives."
"I know I would always meet you, Underneath a summer sky."

"So come on tell me love is glory, Come on tell me love is real"
"Show me what your heart is made of, Show me what I need to feel"

"Sugar my love, sugar my burn, sugar may hide, sugar may learn"


Chorus- play 3x

   Acoustic
|-0---0-0---0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0---0-0---0-0-0-0-0-0---0-0-|
|-1---1-1---1--1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-3---3-3---3-3-3-3-3-3---3-3-|
|-2---2-2---2--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-4---4-4---4-4-4-4-4-4---4-4-|
|-3---3-3---3--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-5---5-5---5-5-5-5-5-5---5-5-|
|--------------0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0---0-0---0-0-0-0-0-0---0-0-|
|-3---3-3---3------------------|-----------------------------|
| G add6       Dadd9/A           A
|
|  Electric (Distortion)
|------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-5----5-------/12-----12------|-7----7----7----7------------|
|-3----3-------/10-----10------|-5----5----5----5------------|

1. "Show me that love is worth the wait."
2. "Tell me I'm right."
3. "Give me your love, don't hesitate"

Chorus Ending
  G add6       Dadd9/A           A       A/G#                  G       G/F#
|-0---0-0---0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0----0--0-----0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|---------------|
|-1---1-1---1--1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-3----3--3-----3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-1----1--1-----|
|-2---2-2---2--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-4----4--4-----4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-2----2--2-----|
|-3---3-3---3--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-5----5--5-----5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-3----3--3-----|
|--------------0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0----0--0-----0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|---------------|
|-3---3-3---3------------------|-----------------------------|-3----3--2-----|
|
|  Electric
|------------------------------|-----------------------------|---------------|
|------------------------------|-----------------------------|---------------|
|------------------------------|-----------------------------|---------------|
|------------------------------|-----------------------------|---------------|
|-5----5-------/12-----12------|-7----7--7-------------------|-5----5--5-----|
|-3----3-------/10-----10------|-5----5--4-------------------|-3----3--2-----|

4. "Show me tonight"

Bridge-

  Acoustic (pm all notes)
|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|-1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|-2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--|
|-5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--|-4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--|-3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--|
|-7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--|-7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|-3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--|
|
| Electric (pm all notes)
|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--|-7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--|-5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--|
|-5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--|-4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--|-3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--|

"I waited so long for a    love so true.           So I'm giving it "


  Acoustic  (* is pm, both lines)
|------------------------|------------------------|-------------------------|
|-1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1-|-7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7-|-8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--|
|-2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2-|-8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8-|-9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--|
|-3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3-|-9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9-|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|
|------------------------|------------------------|-------------------------|
|-2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2-|-9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9-|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|
| *  *  *  *  *  *
|
| Electric
|------------------------|-0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0-|----0--0--0--0--0--0--0-|
|------------------------|-7-----7-----7-----7--8~|-------8-----8-----8----|
|------------------------|-0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0-|----0--0--0--0--0--0--0-|
|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
|-5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5-|------------------------|------------------------|
|-2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2-|------------------------|------------------------|
  *  *  *  *  *  *
"all right back to you.    I'm giving   you   my   best of silver"


  Acoustic  (* is pm, both lines)
|------------------------|-------------------------|--------0------|------------------|
|-7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7-|-8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--|--------3------|------------------|
|-8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8-|-9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--|--------2------|-0-0-0-----0--0-0-|
|-9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9-|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|--------0------|-0-0-0-----0--0-0-|
|------------------------|-------------------------|---------------|-5-4-2-----0--0-0-|
|-9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9-|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|-0----0--------|-------2----------|
|
| Electric
|-0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0-|----0--0--0--0--0--0--0-|---------0----0-|------------------|
|-7-----7-----7-----7--8~|-------8-----8-----8----|---------3----3-|------------------|
|-0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0-|----0--0--0--0--0--0--0-|---------2----2-|------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|---------0----0-|------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|----------------|-5-4-2------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|--0-------------|-------2~---------|
"I'm giving   you   my   best of gold                            La da da da da da"

Acoustic
|-0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0-|
|-1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1-|
|-0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0-|
|-2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2-|
|------------------------|
|------------------------|
|
| Electric
|-0-----0-----0-----0---|
|-1-----1-----1-----1---|
|-0-----0-----0-----0---|
|-2-----2-----2-----2---|
|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|

Electric Solo (with Acoustic playing Verse Riff 1, as noted by chords above each bar)

A                               Amaj7                    Bm7/A
|-----------------------------|------------------------|-----------|----------------------|
|-----------------------------|------------------------|-----------|----------------------|
|-12~----14b16--14b16r14-12---|-12h14~-----b16r14-12---|-12~-------|----------------------|
|--------------------------14-|---------------------14-|-----------|-12h14--12--10--10h12-|
|-----------------------------|------------------------|-----------|----------------------|
|-----------------------------|------------------------|-----------|----------------------|

A                           Amaj7         Bm7/A                             ** see below
|-------------------------|-------------|-------------|-------------------|---------------|
|-------------------------|-------------|-------------|-------------------|---------------|
|-------------------------|-------------|-------------|-9---7---5---5/7---|-4-------------|
|-7/9~--------------------|-------------|-------------|-10--9---7---7/5---|-5-------------|
|-------------------------|-------------|-------------|-------------------|---------------|
|-------------------------|-------------|-------------|-------------------|---------------|
  Lyrics: "Sugar may hide, sugar may burn ..."


** Acoustic part:
e |-0---0-0----0-0-0-0-0-0---0-|-0-0--0-0--0-0-0-0-0-0---0-|
C#|-3---3-3----3-3-3-3-3-3---3-|-3-3--3-3--3-3-3-3-3-3---3-|
A |-4---4-4----4-4-4-4-4-4---4-|-4-4--4-4--4-4-4-4-4-4---4-|
E |-5---5-5----5-5-5-5-5-5---5-|-4-4--4-4--4-4-4-4-4-4---4-|
A |-0---0-0----0-0-0-0-0-0---0-|-0-0--0-0--0-0-0-0-0-0---0-|
E |----------------------------|---------------------------|

"So come on baby get those shoes on, we can run away from here"


|-0-0-0-0-0----0--0-0-0-0-0--0-|-0-0-0-0-0----0--0-0-0-0-0--0-|--0-|
|-0-0-0-0-0----0--0-0-0-0-0--0-|-1-1-1-1-1----1--1-1-1-1-1--1-|--1-|
|-5-5-5-5-5----5--5-5-5-5-5--5-|-0-0-0-0-0----0--0-0-0-0-0--0-|--0-|
|-7-7-7-7-7----7--7-7-7-7-7--7-|-2-2-2-2-2----2--2-2-2-2-2--2-|--2-|
|-0-0-0-0-0----0--0-0-0-0-0--0-|------------------------------|----|
|------------------------------|------------------------------|----|

"Talk about a life we're starting. We can start it all right here"


Play Chorus again

Ending (3:04) -  Both Guitars
|--------------------------|------------------------|--------------------------|
|-0--0--0--0----0--0--0--0-|-0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0-|-0--0--0--0----0--0--0--0-|
|-0--0--0--0----0--0--0--0-|-0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0-|-0--0--0--0----0--0--0--0-|
|-4--4--4--4--4/5--5--5--5-|-0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0-|-4--4--4--4--4/5--5--5--5-|
|-4--4--4--4--4/5--5--5--5-|-0--0--0--0--x--x--x--x-|-4--4--4--4--4/5--5--5--5-|
|--------------------------|-------------4--4--4--4-|--------------------------|


|------------------------|--------------------------|--------|
|-0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0-|-0--0--0--0----0--0--0--0-|--------|
|-0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0-|-0--0--0--0----0--0--0--0-|--0-----|
|-0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0-|-4--4--4--4--4/5--5--5--5-|--0-----|
|-0--0--0--0--x--x--x--x-|-4--4--4--4--4/5--5--5--5-|--0-----|
|-------------4--4--4--4-|--------------------------|--------|

key:
| /  slide up
| \  slide down
| h  hammer-on
| p  pull-off
| b  bend note
| r  release bend
| x  muted string
| ~  vibrato
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