BROWN SUGAR
Words and music by Mick Jagger & Keith Richards
Album: Sticky Fingers (1971)
Intro: (Play 4x)
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C G C F C
D|---------|--------------|
B|--13-12--|-5-5--6-6--5--|
G|--12-12--|-5-5--5-5--5--|
D|--14-12--|-5-5--7-7--5--|
G|---------|--------------|
D|---------|--------------|
Riff: (Play 2x)
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Eb Eb11 Eb C C11 C Ab Bb F C
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|-8--8--8---8-|-5--6-6--6-5-|-1--1-1-1--3-3-|-6--6-6-5-||
|-8--10-10--8-|-5--5-5--5-5-|-1--3-1-3--5-3-|-5--5-5-5-||
|-8--8--8---8-|-5--7-7--7-5-|-1--1-1-1--3-3-|-7--7-7-5-||
|-------------|-------------|---------------|----------||
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Verse:
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C C F F (repeat C)
d d d u d. u d d u d
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|-5--6--5--6--5-|---5-6--5-5--6-|-10--11--10-|-10--11--10-|-----|----|
|-5--5--5--5--5-|---5-5--5-5--5-|-10--10--10-|-10--10--10-|-----|----|
|-5--7--5--7--5-|---5-7--5-5--7-|-10--12--10-|-10--12--10-|-----|----|
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Verse 1: Gold coast slave ship bound for cotton fields
Sold in a market down in New Orleans
Scarred old slaver know he's doing alright
Verse 2: Drums are beating cold, English blood runs hot
Lady of the house wonderin' where it's gonna stop
Houseboy knows that he's doing alright
Bb C
D|-----|--------------|
B|--3--|-5--5-5--5--5-|
G|--3--|-5--5-5--5--5-|
D|--3--|-5--5-5--5--5-|
G|-----|--------------|
D|-----|--------------|
Verse 1: Hear him whip the women Just around midnight
Verse 2: You shoulda heard him just around midnight
G
|-3-------|-------------------|---------------|
|-3-------|-------------------|-5-6-5--------|
|-0-------|-------------------|-5-5-5--------|
|-0-------|----------7/9--5---|-5-7-5--------|
|-2-------|-------5-----------|--------------|
|-3-------|--5/7--------------|--------------|
Brown sugar, how come you taste so good, now ah
Brown sugar, just like a young girl should, now whoo!
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