Brown Girl In The Ring tab by Boney M.

Tabs

• Capo on 2nd

Title: Brown Girl In The Ring
Artist: Boney M.
Time: 4/4
Tempo: Q=120
Capo: 2
Play bass quarters consequently with your right-hand thumb and insert eighths.
Emphasize the melody notes.
The chord names above the tab lines indicate the left-hand position.
Repeat Verse and Chorus for all Verses.
Play the E MajorE bass string (6th) in the FF chord with you left-hand thumb.

Chorus:  (2x)
  C majorC                         G+G
E MajorE|-0----0----0-----------|-0-------0---1---3--------|-----------------------|-3--------5---3---1---0------|
BB|---------------3---1---|-----3--------------------|-3----3----3---1---0---|--------------------------3--|
G+G|-----------------------|--------------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------------|
D MajorD|------2------------2---|---------2------------2---|------0------------0---|------0---------------0------|
A augmentedA|-3---------3-----------|-3---------------3--------|-----------2-----------|-----------------------------|
E MajorE|-----------------------|--------------------------|-3---------------------|-3------------3--------------|
  Brown girl in the ring, (Tra la la la la) there's a brown girl in the ring, (Tra la la la la la)

  C majorC                    G+G      C majorC      G+G        C majorC      G+G
E MajorE|-0----0----0-----------|-0-------0---1---3----3---|-/8----3---3---0---0----------|------8---8-------------|
BB|---------------3---1---|-----3--------------------|-----------------------3---3--|-1----------------------|
G+G|-----------------------|----------------------0---|-------0----------------------|------0-----------------|
D MajorD|------2------------2---|---------2----------------|-----------------------0------|------------------------|
A augmentedA|-3---------3-----------|-3---------------3--------|------------------------------|-3-----------------2----|
E MajorE|-----------------------|--------------------------|-/8------------3--------------|--------------3---------|
  Brown girl in the ring, (Tra la la la la) she  looks like a sugar  in a   plum (plum, plum)

Verse1:
  C majorC                         G+G
E MajorE|-0----0----------------|-0-------0---1---3-------|------------------------|-3--------5---3---1---0-------|
BB|----------3---1--------|-----3-------------------|-3----3---1---0---------|--------------------------3---|
G+G|-------------------0---|-------------------------|-------------------0----|------------------------------|
D MajorD|------2------------2---|---------2------------2--|------0------------0----|------0---------------0-------|
A augmentedA|-3------------3--------|-3---------------3-------|--------------2---------|------------------------------|
E MajorE|-----------------------|-------------------------|-3----------------------|-3------------3---------------|
  Show me your motion, (Tra la la la la)    show me your motion  (Tra   la la la la la)

  C majorC                    G+G     C majorC       G+G         C majorC      G+G
E MajorE|-0----0----------------|-0-------0---1---3----3---|-/8----3---3---0---0-----------|------8---8------------|
BB|----------3---1--------|-----3--------------------|-----------------------3---3---|-1---------------------|
G+G|-------------------0---|----------------------0---|-------0-----------------------|------0----------------|
D MajorD|------2------------2---|---------2----------------|-----------------------0-------|-----------------------|
A augmentedA|-3------------3--------|-3---------------3--------|-------------------------------|-3-----------------2---|
E MajorE|-----------------------|--------------------------|-/8------------3---------------|--------------3--------|
  Show me your motion, (Tra la la la la) she  looks like a sugar  in a   plum (plum, plum)

 Verse2:
  C majorC                       G+G              C majorC
E MajorE|------0---------0----|-0----------------------|-----------------0---------|---------------------|
BB|-1---------1---------|-----3------------------|-3---3-------3--------3----|-1-------------------|
G+G|---------------------|------------------------|---------------------------|---------------------|
D MajorD|------2---------2----|---------0---------0----|---------0------------0----|------2---------2----|
A augmentedA|-3---------3---------|------------------------|---------------------------|-3-------------------|
E MajorE|---------------------|-3------------3---------|-3---------------3---------|-----------3---------|
  All had wa- ter  run dry,         no- where  to wash my   clothes.

  C majorC                       G+G              C majorC
E MajorE|------0---------0----|-0----------------------|-----------------0---------|---------------------|
BB|-1---------1---------|-----3------------------|-3---3-------3--------3----|-1-------------------|
G+G|---------------------|------------------------|---------------------------|---------------------|
D MajorD|------2---------2----|---------0---------0----|---------0------------0----|------2---------2----|
A augmentedA|-3---------3---------|------------------------|---------------------------|-3-------------------|
E MajorE|---------------------|-3------------3---------|-3---------------3---------|-----------3---------|
  All had wa- ter  run dry,         no- where  to wash my   clothes. I  re-

  C majorC                       G+G              C majorC
E MajorE|------0---------0----|-0----------------------|-----------------0---------|---------------------|
BB|-1---------1---------|-----3------------------|-3---3-------3--------3----|-1-------------------|
G+G|---------------------|------------------------|---------------------------|---------------------|
D MajorD|------2---------2----|---------0---------0----|---------0------------0----|------2---------2----|
A augmentedA|-3---------3---------|------------------------|---------------------------|-3-------------------|
E MajorE|---------------------|-3------------3---------|-3---------------3---------|-----------3---------|
  member  one Satur-  day night,    we had fried fish and Johnny   cakes.  I  re-

  C majorC                       G+G              C majorC
E MajorE|------0---------0----|-0----------------------|-----------------0---------|---------------------|
BB|-1---------1---------|-----3------------------|-3---3-------3--------3----|-1-----------1-------|
G+G|---------------------|------------------------|---------------------------|---------0-----------|
D MajorD|------2---------2----|---------0---------0----|---------0------------0----|------2---------2----|
A augmentedA|-3---------3---------|------------------------|---------------------------|-3-------------------|
E MajorE|---------------------|-3------------3---------|-3---------------3---------|-----------3---------|
  member  one Satur-  day night,    we had fried fish and Johnny   cakes. Beng-a-deng.

E MajorE|---------------------|
BB|-1-----------1-------|
G+G|---------0-----------|
D MajorD|------2---------2----|
A augmentedA|-3-------------------|
E MajorE|-----------3---------|
      Beng-a-deng.


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