|-----------------|----------------|-------------------|------------------|
|----13---12----5|---5---6-6---5--|------13---12----5-|---5---6-6-5-5----|
|----12---12----5|---5---5-5---5--|------12---12----5-|---5---5-5-5-5----|
|----14---12----5|---5---7-7---5--|------14---12----5-|---5---7-7-5-5----|
|-----------------|----------------|-------------------|------------------|
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D|-------------------------------------------------------|
B|---8-8-9--8--8-8---5-6-6-6-5---1-1-1-1-3-3---6-6-6-5---|
G|---8-8-8-10-10 8---5-5-5-5-5---1-3-1-3-5p3---5-5-5-5---| then play
D|---8-8-10--8--8-8--5-7-7-7-5---1-1-1-1-3-3---7-7-7-5---| below
G|---8-8-8--8--8-8---5-5-5-5-5---1-1-1-1-3-3---5-5-5-5---| 
D|-------------------------------------------------------|
C        
Gold coast slave ship bound for cotton fields
F   
Sold in a market down in New Orleans
C      
Scarred old slaver know he's doin alright
Bb                      C              Bb     G
Hear him whip the women just around midnight

G                     C
Ah brown sugar how come you taste so good
G               C    
Ah brown sugar, just like a young girl should

C     
Drums beating cold English blood runs hot
F    
Lady of the house wondrin where its gonna stop
C    
House boy knows that he's doin’ alright
Bb                     C              Bb    G
You should a heard him just around midnight

G                     C
Ah brown sugar how come you taste so good
G               C   
Ah brown sugar, just like a black girl should

C 
I  bet your mama was a tent show queen
F   F
And all her boyfriends were sweet sixteen
C   
I’m no schoolboy but I know what I  like
Bb                         C              Bb     G
You should have heard them just around midnight
G              C   
Ah brown sugar how come you taste so good
G               C    
Ah brown sugar, just like a young girl should