[Intro]
(Opening riff - lead guitar)
(Rhythm guitar)
Eb C Ab Bb C
Eb C Ab Bb C
[Verse 1]
C
Gold coast slave ship bound for cotton fields
F
Sold in a market down in New Orleans
C
Scared old slaver knows that he’s doing alright
Bb C
Hear him whip the women just around midnight
[Chorus]
G
Brown Sugar
C
How come you taste so good?
G
Brown Sugar
C
Just like a young girl should
[Instrumental]
Eb C Ab Bb C
[Verse 2]
C
Drums beating, cold English blood runs high
F
Lady of the house wondering when its gonna stop
C
House boy knows that he's doing alright
Bb C
You should’a heard him just around midnight
[Chorus]
G
Brown Sugar
C C
How come you taste so good? Now
G
Brown Sugar
C C Csus4 C
Just like a young girl should Now
[Instrumental]
Eb C Ab Bb C
Eb C Ab Bb C
Eb C Ab Bb C
Eb C Ab Bb C
[Chorus]
G
Oh come on Brown Sugar
C
How come you taste so good? Now
G
Oh got me feeling Brown Sugar
C
Just like a black girl should
[Verse 3]
C
Ah, I bet your mamma was a tent show queen
F
And all her boyfriends were sweet sixteen
C
I’m no school boy but I know what I like
Bb C
You shoulda heard me just around midnight
[Chorus]
G
Brown Sugar
C
How come you taste so good? Babe
G
Oh Brown Sugar
C
Just like a black girl should, yeah
[Outro]
G
C
G
I said
C
Yeah, yeah, yeah, Oooo
G
How come you, how come you dance so good?
C
Yeah, yeah, yeah, Oooo
G
Just like Just like a black girl should,
C
Yeah, yeah, yeah, Oooo
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