Brown Sugar chords by The Rolling Stones

Chords with lyrics (Ver. 2)

Difficulty: Novice


A augmentedA way to play it in standard tuning.

C* x3556x
F* x8101011x


C majorC  C*  C majorC   C*  C majorC     C majorC C* C majorC
Gold coast slave ship bound for cotton fields
FF  F*  FF   F*   FF  F* FF
Sold in a market down in New Orleans
C majorC    C* C majorC   C*    C majorC  C* C majorC
Scarred old slaver know he's doin alright
Bb majorBb           C majorC       Bb majorBb   G+G
Hear him whip the women just around midnight
G+G       C majorC  C*    C majorC   C* C majorC
Ah brown sugar how come you taste so good
G+G        C majorC  C*   C majorC   C*  C majorC
Ah brown sugar, just like a young girl should

  Don't know the names of the chords for this part, so:
     e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
     BB|---8-----9-----5------6-----1----3------5------6-----5---p-----t---------|
     G+G|---8----8------5-----5------1----3------5-----5------5----l-----w--------|
     D MajorD|---8----8------5-----5------1----3------5-----5------5-----a-----i-------|
     A augmentedA|-6----6------3-----3------------------3------3------3-------y-----c------|
     E MajorE|-------------------------------------------------------------------e-----|

C majorC   C*   C majorC  C*   C majorC   C*  C majorC
Drums beating cold English blood runs hot
FF  F*   FF   F*   FF     F*  FF
Lady of the house wondrin where its gonna stop
C majorC   C* C majorC   C*    C majorC   C* C majorC
House boy knows that he's doin' alright
Bb majorBb           C majorC       Bb majorBb  G+G
You should a heard him just around midnight
G+G       C majorC  C*    C majorC   C* C majorC
Ah brown sugar how come you taste so good
G+G        C majorC  C*   C majorC   C*  C majorC
Ah brown sugar, just like a black girl should

C majorC C*    C majorC  C*  C majorC  C*  C majorC
I bet your mama was a tent show queen
FF  F*   FF F*      FF   F* FF
And all her boyfriends were sweet sixteen
C majorC  C* C majorC     C*  C majorC     C* C majorC
I'm no schoolboy but I know what I like
Bb majorBb             C majorC       Bb majorBb   G+G
You should have heard them just around midnight
G+G       C majorC  C*    C majorC   C* C majorC
Ah brown sugar how come you taste so good
G+G        C majorC  C*   C majorC   C*  C majorC
Ah brown sugar, just like a young girl should

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