Brown Sugar Chords

by The Rolling Stones
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Difficulty: intermediate
Tuning: D G D G B D
Capo: no capo
Author dctopboots [a] 142.
3 contributors total, last edit on May 19, 2019
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Chords

C
G
F
Bb5
Eb5
Csus4
Ab5
D5
E5
Eb
Bb
E7sus4
Am7/E
Am7
E

Strumming

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I know it looks difficult but I've put it all as chords!
 
TUNING
Open G – D G D G B D
 
CHORDS
C*      x x 14 12 13 x
G*      x x 12 12 12 x
C       x x 5 5 5 x
F       x x 7 5 6 x
Bb5     x x x 3 6 x
Eb5     x x x 3 4 x
Csus4   x x 5 5 6 x
Ab5     x x x 1 1 x
D5      x x x 2 3 x
E5      x x x 4 5 x
Bb5     x x x 3 3 x
Eb      x x 5 3 4 x
F*      10 10 10 10 10 10
Bb      x x 3 3 3 x
G       x 0 0 0 x x
E7sus4  0 0 0 4 0 0
Am7/E   0 0 2 0 1 0
 
 
[Intro]
 
||:  C*  G*  C  |  C  F  C  |  C*  G*  C  |  C  F  C  :||
 
||:  Bb5  Eb5  C  |  C  Csus4  Ab5  |  Ab5  D5  Ab5  D5  E5  Bb5  Csus4  |  Csus4  C  Eb  :||
 
 
[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 hes doing alright
Bb                       C
Hear him whip the women just around midnight
 
 
[Chorus]
 
G  E7sus4  G   Am7/E    G
               Brown    Sugar
C    Csus4             C    Csus4   C
How come you taste so good?   
G  E7sus4  G   Am7/E    G
               Brown    Sugar
C    Csus4            C    Csus4   C
Just like a young girl should
 
 
[Instrumental]
 
Bb5  Eb5  C  |  C  Csus4  Ab5  |  Ab5  D5  Ab5  D5  E5  Bb5  Csus4  |  Csus4  C  Eb
 
 
[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 hes doing alright
Bb                     C
You shoulda heard him just around midnight 
 
 
[Chorus 2]
 
G  E7sus4  G   Am7/E    G
               Brown    Sugar
C    Csus4             C    Csus4   C
How come you taste so good?   Now
G  E7sus4  G   Am7/E    G
               Brown    Sugar
C   Csus4              C    Csus4   C
Just like a young girl should   Now
 
 
[Instrumental]
 
||:  Bb5  Eb5  C  |  C  Csus4  Ab5  |  Ab5  D5  Ab5  D5  E5  Bb5  Csus4  |  Csus4  C  Eb  :||
 
Bb5  Eb5  C  |  C  Csus4  Ab5  |  Ab5  D5  Ab5  D5  E5  Bb5  Csus4  |  Csus4  C  Eb
 
Bb5  Eb5  C  |  C  Csus4  Ab5  |  Ab5  D5  Ab5  D5  E5  Bb5  Csus4  |  C
 
 
[Verse 3]
 
G  E7sus4    G   Am7/E    G
 Oh come on      Brown    Sugar
C   Csus4              C  Csus4   C
How come you taste so good?   Now
G  E7sus4          G   Am7/E    G
 Oh got me feeling     Brown    Sugar
C    Csus4            C    Csus4   C
Just like a black girl should
 
 
[Verse 4]
 
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 4]
 
G  E7sus4  G   Am7/E    G
               Brown    Sugar
C   Csus4            C  Csus4   C
How come you taste so good?   Baby
G  E7sus4  G   Am7/E    G
Oh             Brown    Sugar
C    Csus4             C   Csus4   C
Just like a young girl should   Yeah
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2 comments
dctopboots
your right...it's a typo mate
+1
VariousThings
The chord listed at the start as [tab]"C*=x x 14 12 16 x"[/tab] is wrong; it sounds far too dissonant. I think it's meant to be: "x x 14 12 13 x", i.e. a Gsus4 (or an Am7 without the root).
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