Tuning: Standard EBGDAE Difficulty: Novice A way to play it in standard tuning. C* x3556x F* x8101011x C C* C C* C C C* C Gold coast slave ship bound for cotton fields F F* F F* F F* F Sold in a market down in New Orleans C C* C C* C C* C Scarred old slaver know he's doin alright Bb C Bb G Hear him whip the women just around midnight G C C* C C* C Ah brown sugar how come you taste so good G C C* C C* C Ah brown sugar, just like a young girl should
Don't know the names of the chords for this part, so: e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------| B|---8-----9-----5------6-----1----3------5------6-----5---p-----t---------| G|---8----8------5-----5------1----3------5-----5------5----l-----w--------| D|---8----8------5-----5------1----3------5-----5------5-----a-----i-------| A|-6----6------3-----3------------------3------3------3-------y-----c------| E|-------------------------------------------------------------------e-----| C C* C C* C C* C Drums beating cold English blood runs hot F F* F F* F F* F Lady of the house wondrin where its gonna stop C C* C C* C C* C House boy knows that he's doin' alright Bb C Bb G You should a heard him just around midnight G C C* C C* C Ah brown sugar how come you taste so good G C C* C C* C Ah brown sugar, just like a black girl should C C* C C* C C* C I bet your mama was a tent show queen F F* F F* F F* F And all her boyfriends were sweet sixteen C C* C C* C C* C I'm no schoolboy but I know what I like Bb C Bb G You should have heard them just around midnight G C C* C C* C Ah brown sugar how come you taste so good G C C* C C* C Ah brown sugar, just like a young girl should
Alternative guitar chords and tabs for Brown Sugar by The Rolling Stones