From: Harlan L Thompson

BROWN SUGAR - The Rolling Stones

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     (rpt 3 more times)
             (rpt)


[Verse 1]


Gold coast sla

ve ship bound 

for cotton fie

lds

Sold in a mark

et down in New

 Orleans

Scarred old sl

aver know he's

 doing alright
            
Hear him whip 

            
the women just

 about midnigh

t


[Chorus]

      
       Brown s

         
ugar, how come

             
 you taste so 

       
good, now
      
       Brown s

          
ugar, just lik

            
e a young girl

        
 should,    wo

oo!
            

(same chords progression)

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]

            (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

(same chords progression)

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]

           (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!