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Rolling Stones - Brown Sugar Chords

Chord reference G, C, F, Eb, G#, Bb
Rhythm tips ↓↑-↓↑-↓↑-↓↑

[G] [G] [C] [F] [C] [G] [G] [C] [F] [C] [Eb] [C] [G#] [Bb] [C] [Eb] [C] [G#] [Bb] [C] [C]Gold coast slave ship bound for cotton fields [F]Sold in a market down in New Orleans [C]Scarred old slaver knows he’s doing alright [Bb]Hear him whip the women [C]just around midnight

[G]Brown sugar, [C]how come you taste so good? [G]Brown sugar, [C]just like a young girl should

[Eb] [C] [G#] [Bb] [C] [C]Drums beating cold English blood runs hot [F]Lady of the house wondering where it’s gonna stop [C]House boy knows that he’s doing alright [Bb]You should a heard him [C]just around midnight

[G]Brown sugar, [C]how come you taste so good? [G]Brown sugar, [C]just like a young girl should

[Eb] [C] [G#] [Bb] [C] [G]Ahh brown sugar, [C]how come you taste so good? [G]Ahh brown sugar, [C]just like a black girl should

[C]I bet your mama 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]You should have heard me [C]just around midnight

[G]Ahh brown sugar, [C]how come you taste so good? [G]Ahh brown sugar, [C]just like a young girl should

[G]I said yeah, yeah, yeah, wu! [C]how come you taste so good [G]Yeah, yeah, yeah, wu! [C]just like a black girl should [G]Yeah, yeah, yeah, wu! [C] [G] [C] [G] [C] [G] [C]

Artist The Rolling Stones
Album Sticky Fingers
Genres Blues, Rock, Rock and roll, Blues Rock
Year 1971
Key G

How to Play Brown Sugar on Guitar?

The Rolling Stones - Brown Sugar can be played in the key of G using the G, C, F, Eb, G#, Bb chords.

  • For G, To play G, press fret 2 on the A string with finger 2, let D, G, B ring open, mute low E, high E.
  • For C, To play C, press fret 1 on the B string with finger 2, let low E, G, high E ring open, mute A, D.
  • For F, To play F, barre fret 1 from the B string to the high E string with finger 1, press fret 1 on the low E string with finger 4, let A ring open, mute D, G.
  • For Eb, To play D# | Eb, press fret 3 on the low E string with finger 3, press fret 1 on the D string with finger 2, press fret 3 on the high E string with finger 3, let G ring open, mute A, B.
  • For G#, To play G# | Ab, press fret 4 on the low E string with finger 3, press fret 3 on the A string with finger 2, press fret 4 on the B string with finger 3, press fret 4 on the high E string with finger 3, mute D, G.
  • For Bb, To play A# | Bb, barre fret 1 from the low E string to the A string with finger 1, press fret 1 on the high E string with finger 4, let D ring open, mute G, B.

Barre: Use your index finger to press multiple strings on the same fret, keeping your finger flat.

You can play Brown Sugar with the ↓↑-↓↑-↓↑-↓↑ strumming pattern.