Brown Sugar
Ton : CEnglish
G(sus2) G2 C C(sus4) C (4x)
Eb Eb(sus4) Eb
C C(sus4) C
Bb Bb(sus4) Bb C(sus4) C
(2x)
Couplet
CGold coast slave ship bound for cotton fields
FSold in a market down in New Orleans
CScarred old slaver know he's doing alright
BbHear him whip the women Cjust about midnight
Refrain
G G3 GBrowG(sus4)n sugar, Ghow Ccome you C(sus4)taste so good, now
C C(sus4) C
G G3 GBrowG(sus4)n sugar, Gjust like Ca C(sus4)young girl should, wooo!
C C(sus4) C
Eb Eb(sus4) Eb C C(sus4) C Bb Bb(sus4) Bb C(sus4) C
Couplet
Drums are beating cold, English blood runs hot
Lady of the house wonderin' where it's gonna stop
Houseboy knows that he's doing alright
You shoulda heard him just around midnight
Eb Eb(sus4) Eb C C(sus4) C Bb Bb(sus4) Bb C(sus4) C (2x)
Refrain
Oohh come on brown sugar, how come you taste so good babe
Aaah brown sugar just like a black girl should
Couplet
Aa-I bet your mama was a tent show queen
And all her boyfriends were sweet sixteen
I'm no schoolboy but I know what I like
You shoulda heard me just around midnight
G G(sus4) G G(sus4) G C C(sus4) C C(sus4) C (2x)
Refrain
I said yeah yeah yeah wooo! How come, how come you taste so good?
I said yeah yeah yeah wooo! Just like a, just like a black girl should
Yeah yeah yeah wooo!