TUNING: D G D G B D
SOL SOLsus SOL3 SIb SIbsus DO DOsus MIb MIbsus FA FAsus SOL2 SOL2sus
D --0- --0- --0- --3- --3- --5- --5- --8- --8- -10- -10- -12- -12-
B --0- --1- --0- --3- --4- --5- --6- --8- --9- -10- -11- -12- -13-
G --0- --0- --4- --3- --3- --5- --5- --8- --8- -10- -10- -12- -12-
D --0- --2- --0- --3- --5- --5- --7- --8- -10- -10- -12- -12- -14-
G --0- --0- --0- --3- --3- --5- --5- --8- --8- -10- -10- -12- -12-
D --0- --0- --0- --3- --3- --5- --5- --8- --8- -10- -10- -12- -12-
G2sus G2 C Csus C (rpt 3 more times)
Eb Ebsus Eb C Csus C Bb Bbsus Bb Csus C (rpt)
DO
Gold coast slave ship bound for cotton fields
FA
Sold in a market down in New Orleans
DO
Scarred old slaver know he's doing alright
SIb DO
Hear him whip the women just about midnight
CHORUS
SOL SOL3 SOL SOLsus SOL DO DOsus DO DOsus DO
Brown sugar, how come you taste so good, now
SOL SOL3 SOL SOLsus SOL DO DOsus DO DOsus DO
Brown sugar, just like a young girl should, wooo!
MIb MIbsus MIb DO DOsus DO SIb SIbsus SIb DOsus DO
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
You shoulda heard him just around midnight
CHORUS
Eb Ebsus Eb C Csus C Bb Bbsus Bb Csus C (rpt and solo over)
CHORUS #2
Oohh come on brown sugar, how come you taste so good babe
Aaah brown sugar just like a black girl should
Aa-I bet your mama was a tent show queen
And all her boyfriends were sweet sixteen
I'm no schoolboy but I know what I like
You shoulda heard me just around midnight
CHORUS
G Gsus G Gsus G C Csus C Csus C (rpt chords)
I said yeah yeah yeah wooo! How come, how come you taste so good?
I said yeah yeah yeah wooo! Just like a, just like a black girl should
Yeah yeah yeah wooo!
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