Brown Sugar

The Rolling Stones - Brown Sugar: Guitar Chords

Learn to play "Brown Sugar" on your guitar with our detailed chord guide and lyrics. This page provides everything you need to perform this song on the guitar, including lyrics integrated with chords, chord diagrams, and a key transposer to match your vocal range.

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Learn Brown Sugar Guitar Chords and Lyrics by The Rolling Stones

This section will guide you through each part of the song, providing the guitar chords placed directly above the lyrics for easy playing. Whether you are a beginner or an experienced player, these elements will help you perform "Brown Sugar" smoothly on your guitar.

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C
Gold Coast slaveship
bound for cotton fields
 F
Sold in a market
down in New Orleans
 C
Scarred old slaver know
he's doin' alright
  A#
Hear him whip the women
      C
just around midnight

Chorus:
G            C
Brown sugar, how come you taste so good
 G            C                        D# C G# A# C
Brown sugar, just like a young girl should

 C
Drums beating,
cold English blood runs hot
 F
Lady of the house wond'rin
where it's gonna stop
House boy knows
 C
that he's doin' alright
A#
You should a heard him
 C
just around midnight

Chorus

   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
 A#
 You should have heard me
  C
 just around midnight

Chorus:
  G          C
Brown sugar, how come you taste so good
  G           C
Brown sugar, just like a black girl should
 G                 C
yeah yeah yeah wou!
 G                 C
yeah yeah yeah wou!
 G                         C
i said yeah yeah  yeah wou!
G           C
brown sugar


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If you are also interested in learning how to play "Brown Sugar" on the ukulele, check out the chords on our sister site: Ukulele Chords for "Brown Sugar" by The Rolling Stones.

The Rolling Stones - Brown Sugar: Guitar Chords

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