Rolling Stones - Brown Sugar
ACOUSTIC ARRANGEMENT
STANDARD TUNING CAPO 3
[Intro]
C G-C C C F C / x 4
Eb C Ab Bb F-C
Eb C Ab Bb F-C
Eb C Ab Bb F-C
[Verse 1]
C
Gold Coast slave ship bound for cotton fields
F
Sold in the market down in New Orleans
A
C
Scarred old slaver knows he's doin' all right
Bb C
Hear him whip the women just around midnight
[Chorus]
G C
Brown Sugar, how come you taste so good
G C
Brown Sugar, just like a young girl should
[Instrumental]
Eb C Ab Bb F-C
[Verse 2]
C
Drums beatin' cold, English blood runs hot
F
Lady of the house wonderin' when it's gonna stop
C
House boy knows that he's doin' all right
Bb C
You should have heard him just around midnight
[Chorus]
G C
Brown Sugar, how come you taste so good
G C
Brown Sugar, just like a young girl should
[Instrumental]
Eb C Ab Bb F-C X 4 Times
[Chorus]
G C
Brown Sugar, how come you dance so good
G C
Brown Sugar, just like a black girl should
[Verse 3]
C
I bet your mama was a tent show Queen
F
And all her boyfriends were sweet sixteen
A C
I'm no school boy but I know what I like
Bb C
You should have heard them just around midnight
[Chorus]
G F
Brown Sugar, how come you taste so good
C F
Brown Sugar, just like a black girl should
G
I said yea, yea, yea, whoo!
C
How come you, how come you dance so good?..
G
I said yea, yea, yea, whoo!
C
Just like a black girl should,
G F
Yea, yea, yea, whoo!
G F