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      [Intro]
(Opening riff - lead guitar)

(Rhythm guitar) 
Eb C Ab Bb C
Eb C Ab Bb C

[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 he’s doing alright
Bb                       C
Hear him whip the women just around midnight

[Chorus]
G  
               Brown    Sugar
C    
How come you taste so good?   
G  
               Brown    Sugar
C    
Just like a young girl should

[Instrumental]
Eb C Ab Bb C
 
[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 he's doing alright
Bb                      C
You should’a heard him just around midnight 

[Chorus]
G  
               Brown    Sugar
C                        C
How come you taste so good?   Now
G       
               Brown    Sugar
C               C    Csus4   C
Just like a young girl should   Now

[Instrumental]
Eb C Ab Bb C
Eb C Ab Bb C
Eb C Ab Bb C
Eb C Ab Bb C

[Chorus]
G         
 Oh come on      Brown    Sugar
C   
How come you taste so good?   Now
G  
 Oh got me feeling     Brown    Sugar
C    
Just like a black girl should

[Verse 3]
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]
G         
 Brown    Sugar
C   
How come you taste so good? Babe
G  
 Oh      Brown    Sugar
C    
 Just like a black girl should, yeah

[Outro]
G

C

G
I said
C
Yeah, yeah, yeah, Oooo
G
How come you, how come you dance so good?
C
Yeah, yeah, yeah, Oooo
G
Just like Just like a black girl should, 
C                          
Yeah, yeah, yeah, Oooo
G C G C G C G C
    

Source: https://tabs.ultimate-guitar.com/tab/the_rolling_stones/brown_sugar_chords_1849838

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