INTRO:
[G] [C] [G] [C] // [G] [C] [G] [C]
[F] [C] [Bb] [F] // [C] [F] [C] [Bb]
[F] [C]

VERSE 1:
[C] Gold Coast slave ship bound for cotton fields
[F] Sold in the market down in New Orleans
[C] Scarred old slaver knows he's doin' all right
[Bb] Hear him whip the women [C] just around midnight

CHORUS 1:
[G] Brown Sugar, [C] how come you taste so good
[G] Brown Sugar, [C] just like a young girl should

BREAK: [Eb] [C] [Ab] [Bb] [F] [C]

VERSE 2:
[C] Drums beatin' cold, English blood runs hot
[F] Lady of the house wonderin' when it's gonna stop
[C] House boy knows that he's doin' all right
[Bb] You should have heard him [C] just around midnight

REPEAT CHORUS 1:

INSTRUMENTAL: [Eb] [C] [Ab] [Bb] [F] [C] : [x5]

CHORUS 2:
[G] Brown Sugar, [C] how come you dance so good
[G] Brown Sugar, [C] just like a bad girl should

VERSE 3:
[C] I bet your mama was a tent show queen
And [F] all her boyfriends were sweet sixteen
[C] I'm no school boy but I know what I like
[Bb] You should have heard them [C] just around midnight

REPEAT CHORUS 1:

BREAK: [G] [C]

OUTRO:
I said, [G] yeah, yeah, yeah, wooo
[C] How come you, how come you dance so good
Yeah, [G] yeah, yeah, wooo
[C] Just like a, just like a black girl should
Yeah, [G] yeah, yeah, wooo [C]

[G] [C] [G] [C] [G] [C] [F] [C]