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 doing all right
Bb C G
hear him whip the women just around midnight
C F C F C F C F C G
Brown sugar how come you taste so good?
C F C F C F C F Eb C F G# Bb C
Brown sugar just like a young girl should
C
Drums beating cold english blood runs hot
F
lady of the house wondrin’ where it’s gonna stop
C
houseboy knows thet he doing allright
Bb C G
you should have heard him just around midnight
C F C F C F C F C G
Brown sugar how come you taste so good?
C F C F C F C F Eb C F G# Bb C
Brown sugar just like a young girl should
C
I bet your mama was a tent show queen
F
and all her girl friends were sweet sixteen
C
I’m no schoolboy but I know what I like
Bb C G
You should have heard me just around midnight
C F C F C F C F C G
Brown sugar how come you taste so good?
C F C F C F C F G C F C
Brown sugar just like a young girl should
G C C F C
I said yeah I said yeah I said yeah I said oh just like a just like a black girl should
Isaid yeah...
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