Brown Sugar The Rolling Stones
Rolling Stones
Brown Sugar
CORRECTED VERSION: 1.A
IMPORTANT!! Use open G tuning -DGDGBD- that Keith uses on many Stones
songs, e.g., Honky Tonk Woman, I Go Wild, etc. Drop the high E string
to D, Drop the A string to G, and drop the low E string to D.
The song is pretty easy to play once you get the tuning and the basic
chord and rythym patterns down.
Intro
-------------------------------------------------------D---------------- -13-12-------------------------------------------------B---------------- -12-12--8-8-8-9-8--------------------------------------G---------------- -14-12--9-9-9-9-9--------------------------------------D---------------- -------------------------------------------------------G---------------- -------------------------------------------------------D----------------
Verse intro
--8-8-8--8--8--5-5-5-5-5--1-1-1-3-3--5-5-5-5---------------------------- --8-8-9--9--8--5-5-6-6-5--1-2-1-4-3--6-6-6-5---------------------------- --8-8-8--8--8--5-5-5-5-5--1-1-1-3-3--5-5-5-5---------------------------- --8-8-10-10-8--5-5-7-7-5--1-3-1-5-3--7-7-7-5---------------------------- --8-8-8--8--8--5-5-5-5-5--1-1-1-3-3--5-5-5-5----------------------------
Verse
[C] [F]
Gold coast . . .
--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10------------------------------ --5-5-5-5-5-7-5-6--10-10-10-10-10-11-10-11------------------------------ --5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10------------------------------ --5-7-5-5-5-7-5-7--10-12-10-10-10-12-10-12------------------------------ --5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10------------------------------
C Bflat
-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-------------------------------------------------------- -5-5-5-5-5-7-5-6-------------------------------------------------------- -5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-------------------------------------------------------- -5-7-5-5-5-7-5-7--3-3-3-3-3-3-5-3-5-5----------------------------------- -5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--3-3-3-3-3-3-5-3-5-5-----------------------------------
This basic pattern varies somewhat verse to verse.
Chorus
[G] [C]
--------------------------------5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--------------------- --------------------------------5-5-5-5-5-5-5-6-6-5--------------------- -0-0------------5---3--0-0-0-0--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--------------------- -0-0-----0-2-0-(5)-(3)-0-0-2-0--5-5-7-5-7-5-5-7-7-5--------------------- -0-0-3/4-0---0-(5)-(3)-0-0-0-0--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---------------------
Brown sugar . . . .
Notes in parentheses are optional, but add a deeper, bluesy flavor,
especially when slightly bent.
At the end, when Mick is singing, "Yeah, yeah, yeah, . . . woo!" go back and
forth between G (open) and C (5th fret bar). (If you've gotten this far, you
will figure it out.)
I'm tabbing from memory, but I think this should at least get you close.
Feel free to send comments/suggestions.
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