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      Rolling Stones - Brown Sugar
ACOUSTIC ARRANGEMENT
STANDARD TUNING CAPO 3


[Intro] 
E A E A E A
C A F G A 
C A F G A

[VERSE 1]
A
Gold Coast slave ship bound for cotton fields
D
Sold in the market down in New Orleans
A
Scarred old slaver knows he's doin' all right
G                       A
Hear him whip the women just around midnight

[CHORUS]
E            A
Brown Sugar, how come you taste so good
E            A
Brown Sugar, just like a young girl should

[INSTRUMENTAL]
C A F G A

[VERSE 2]
A
Drums beatin' cold, English blood runs hot
D
Lady of the house wonderin' when it's gonna stop
A
House boy knows that he's doin' all right
G                         A
You should have heard him just around midnight

[CHORUS]
E            A
Brown Sugar, how come you taste so good
E            A
Brown Sugar, just like a young girl should

[INSTRUMENTAL]
C A F G A
C A F G A
C A F G A
C A F G A

{CHORUS]
E            A
Brown Sugar, how come you dance so good
E            A
Brown Sugar, just like a black girl should

[VERSE 3]
A
I bet your mama was a tent show Queen
D 
And all her boyfriends were sweet sixteen
A
I'm no school boy but I know what I like
G                          A
You should have heard them just around midnight

[CHORUS]
E            A
Brown Sugar, how come you taste so good
E            A
Brown Sugar, just like a black girl should

E
I said yea, yea, yea, whoo!
A                          
How come you, how come you dance so good?..
E             
I said yea, yea, yea, whoo! 
A
Just like a black girl should, 
E                   A
Yea, yea, yea, whoo!    
E                   A 

    

Source: https://tabs.ultimate-guitar.com/tab/the_rolling_stones/brown_sugar_chords_1928699

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