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
 |-------------|-------------|---------------|----------||
 |-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-||
 |-------------|-------------|---------------|----------||
 |-------------|-------------|---------------|----------||


Verse:
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   C               C               F            F           (repeat C)
   d  d  d  u  d.    u d  d u  d
 |---------------|---------------|------------|------------|-----|----|
 |-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-|-----|----|
 |---------------|---------------|------------|------------|-----|----|
 |---------------|---------------|------------|------------|-----|----|

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!