Brown Sugar

D A D D D A x 2

C C7 A A7 F G A A7 x 2

A A A A A A A A

Gold coast slave ship bound for cotton fields

D D D D D D

Sold in a market down in New Orleans

A A A A A A A A

Scarred old slaver know he's doin alright

G A A

Hear him whip the women just around midnight

E A A A A

Ah brown sugar how come you taste so good

E A A A A

Ah brown sugar, just like a young girl should

C C7 A A7 F G A A7 x 2

A A A A A A A A

Drums beating cold English blood runs hot

D D D D D D

Lady of the house wondrin where its gonna stop

A A A A A A A

House boy knows that he's doin’ alright

G A A

You should a heard him just around midnight

E A A A A

Ah brown sugar how come you taste so good

E A A A A

Ah brown sugar, just like a black girl should

A A A A A A A

I bet your mama was a tent show queen

D D D D D D

And all her boyfriends were sweet sixteen

A A A A A A A

I’m no schoolboy but I know what I like

G A A

You should have heard them just around midnight

E A A A A

Ah brown sugar how come you taste so good

E A A A A

Ah brown sugar, just like a young girl should