ROLLING STONES BROWN SUGAR
TUNING: D G D G B D
G Gsus G3 Bb Bbsus C Csus Eb Ebsus F Fsus G2 Gsus2
D --0- --0- --0- --3- --3- --5- --5- --8- --8- -10- -10- -12- -12-
B --0- --1- --0- --3- --4- --5- --6- --8- --9- -10- -11- -12- -13-
G --0- --0- --4- --3- --3- --5- --5- --8- --8- -10- -10- -12- -12-
D --0- --2- --0- --3- --5- --5- --7- --8- -10- -10- -12- -12- -14-
G --0- --0- --0- --3- --3- --5- --5- --8- --8- -10- -10- -12- -12-
D --0- --0- --0- --3- --3- --5- --5- --8- --8- -10- -10- -12- -12-
Gsus2 G2 C Csus C (rpt 3 more times)
Eb Ebsus Eb C Csus C Ab Bb Bbsus Bb Csus C (rpt)
[Verse 1]
C
Gold coast slave ship bound for cotton fields
F
Sold in a market down in New Orleans
C
Scarred old slaver know he's doing alright
Bb C
Hear him whip the women just about midnight
[Chorus]
G G3 G Gsus G C Csus C Csus C
Brown sugar, how come you taste so good, now
G G3 G Gsus G C Csus C Csus C
Brown sugar, just like a young girl should, wooo!
Eb Ebsus Eb C Csus C Bb Bbsus Bb Csus C
(same chords progression)
Drums are beating cold, English blood runs hot
Lady of the house wonderin' where it's gonna stop
Houseboy knows that he's doing alright
You shoulda heard him just around midnight
[Chorus]
Eb Ebsus Eb C Csus C Bb Bbsus Bb Csus C (rpt and solo over)
[Chorus 2]
Oohh come on brown sugar, how come you taste so good babe
Aaah brown sugar just like a black girl should
(same chords progression)
Aa-I bet your mama was a tent show queen
And all her boyfriends were sweet sixteen
I'm no schoolboy but I know what I like
You shoulda heard me just around midnight
[Chorus]
G Gsus G Gsus G C Csus C Csus C (rpt chords)
I said yeah yeah yeah wooo! How come, how come you taste so good?
I said yeah yeah yeah wooo! Just like a, just like a black girl should
Yeah yeah yeah wooo!
