Brown Sugar Chords
by The Rolling Stones89,740 views, added to favorites 1,889 times
Difficulty: | intermediate |
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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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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

your right...it's a typo mate
+1

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).
+1
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