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Lyrics and Chords

Intro: 0:00
C G | C F/C  - x3
C G | C F/C:C
0:15
D# | C | G# A# | C F/C:C
D# | C | G# A# | F/C C ->

Verse 1: 0:30
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#                      C              G
Hear him whip the women just around midnight.

Chorus 1: 0:45
G | G
      Brown sugar,
C      F/C  C   F/C      C   F/C C F/C
  How come you taste so good?
G | G
      Brown sugar,
C       F/C    C     F/C   C      F/C C F/C
  Just like a young girl should, huh.______

Instrumental: 1:00
D#:Badd9 D# | C:F/C C | G# A# | F/C C ->

Verse 2: 1:07
C
  Drums beatin', cold English blood runs hot,
 F
Lady of the house wonders when it's gonna stop.
 C
House boy knows that he's doin' alright,
 A#                        C              G
You should have heard him just around midnight.

Chorus 2: 1:23
G | G
      Brown sugar,
C      F/C  C   F/C      C   F/C C F/C
  How come you taste so good?
G | G
      Brown sugar,
C       F/C    C     F/C   C      F/C C F/C
  Just like a young girl should, huh.

Solo: 1:38
D#:G#/E A# | C:F/C C | G# A# | C:F/C C
D# | C | G# A# | C
1:53
D# | C | G# A# | C
D#:G#/E A# | C:F/C C | G# A# | C

Chorus 2: 2:08
G   |      G
  Ah, good old Brown sugar,
 C        F/C C     F/C C   F/C C F/C
How come you taste so  good?
G                 |     G
Ah, got me feeling like   Brown sugar,
C       F/C     C    F/C    C   F/C C F/C
  Just like a black girl should.

Verse 3: 2:23
C
  I bet your mama was a tent show queen,
F
And all of her boyfriends were sweet sixteen.
C
I'm no schoolboy but I know what I like,
 A#                       C              G
You should have heard me just around midnight.

Chorus 3: 2:38
G | G
      Brown sugar,
 C   F/C      C     F/C C     F/C C F/C
How come you taste so  good, baby?
G   | G
  Ah,   Brown sugar,
C       F/C    C     F/C   C    F/C C F/C
  Just like a young girl should.

Coda: 2:52
G | G | C F/C C F/C | C F/C C F/C
                              I said
3:00
 G
Yeah, yeah, yeah, ooh.
C      F/C     C  F/C      C
  How come you,  how come you
         F/C  C   F/C
Taste so     good,
3:07
 G
Yeah, yeah, yeah, ooh.
C       F/C   C  F/C      C
  Just like a,  just like a
           F/C   C    F/C
Black girl     should,
3:15
 G
Yeah, yeah, yeah, ooh.

C F/C C F/C | C F/C C F/C
3:22
G | G
C F/C C F/C | C F/C C F/C
3:30
G | G
C F/C C F/C | C F/C C F/C
3:37
G | G
C F/C C F/C | C F/C C!!

Key

key
C
original
key
C
C# B
transpose
capo
on
0 fret
not in use
C
C#
D
D#
E
F
F#
G
G#
A
A#
B

Chord Fingerings

Top of the Pops 1971
Texas 1972
The Fonda Theatre 2015

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