Licking Stick James Brown James Brown: "Licking Stick". Tabbed by Zack, zack200x@yahoo.com. Here's another JB classic: James Brown: Licking Stick words & music by Brown/Ellis/Byrd Dynatone (1969) d=downstroke u=upstroke -rhythm pattern throughout whole song: w/ clean guitar [D#9] [F9] [D#9] [D#9] [D#9] [D#9] [d] [u] [d] {sot E :----6/8\6-------6-6-6-----6-6--6--6--6-6---| B :----6/8\6-------6-6-6-----6-6--6--6--6-6---| G :----6/8\6-------6-6-6-----6-6--6--6--6-6---| D :----5/7\ (guitaretab.com)