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            [Intro]
(Opening riff - lead guitar)
C G   C C  Csus4  C    x3
(Rhythm guitar)
Eb Ebsus2 Eb   C Csus4 C   Ab Bb   C Csus4 C
Eb Ebsus2 Eb   C Csus4 C   Ab Bb   C Csus4 C
[Verse 1]
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
Hear him whip the women just around midnight
[Chorus]
G
   Brown sugar
C
How come you taste so good?
G
   Brown sugar
C
Just like a young girl should, aha
[Instrumental]
Eb C Ab Bb C
[Verse 2]
C
Drums beat and cold English blood runs hot
F
Lady of the house wondering where it's gonna stop
C
House boy knows that he's doing alright
Bb                     C
You shoulda heard him just around midnight 
[Chorus]
G
   Brown sugar
C                        C
How come you taste so good? Now
G
   Brown sugar
C               C    Csus4   C
Just like a young girl should now
[Instrumental]
Eb C Ab Bb C
Eb C Ab Bb C
Eb C Ab Bb C
Eb C Ab Bb C
[Chorus]
G
 Oh come on, brown sugar
C
How come you taste so good? Babe
G
 Oh, got me craving, brown sugar
C
Just like a black girl should, yeah
[Verse 3]
C
Ah, I bet your mamma was a tent show queen
F
And all her boyfriends were sweet sixteen
C
I'm no school boy but I know what I like
Bb                     C
You shoulda heard me just around midnight
[Chorus]
G
 Brown sugar
C
How come you taste so good? Babe
G
 Oh, brown sugar
C
 Just like a young girl should, yeah
[Outro]
G
C
G
I said yeah, yeah, yeah, oooo
C
How come you, how come you dance so good?
G
Yeah, yeah, yeah, oooo
C
Just like, just like a black girl should
G
Yeah, yeah, yeah, oooo
C G C G C G C