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Sticky Fingers

Brown Sugar

Artist: Rolling Stones, The
Album: Sticky Fingers (1971)
Music and lyrics by Mick Jagger, Keith Richards
Added on Wednesday, 17 December 2025
Hits: 11
Sticky Fingers
Brown Sugar
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Lyrics and Chords

Intro: 0:00
C G | C F  - x3
C G | C F:C
0:15
D# | C | G# A# | C F:C
D# | C | G# A# | F 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   F        C   F C F
  How come you taste so good?
G | G
      Brown sugar,
C       F      C     F     C      F  C F
  Just like a young girl should, huh.___

Instrumental: 1:00
D#:B D# | C:F C | G# A# | F 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   F        C   F C F
  How come you taste so good?
G | G
      Brown sugar,
C       F      C     F     C      F  C F
  Just like a young girl should, huh.

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

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

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

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

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