A way to play it in standard tuning.
C* x3556x
F* x8101011x
[Verse 1]
C C* C C* C C C* C
Gold coast slave ship bound for cotton fields
F F* F F* F F* F
Sold in a market down in New Orleans
C C* C C* C C* C
Scarred old slaver know he's doin alright
Bb C Bb G
Hear him whip the women just around midnight
G C C* C C* C
Ah brown sugar how come you taste so good
G C C* C C* C
Ah brown sugar, just like a young girl should
Don’t know the names of the chords for this part, so:
e|--------------------------------------------------------|
B|---8-----9-----5------6-----1----3------5------6-----5--|
G|---8----8------5-----5------1----3------5-----5------5--| x2
D|---8----8------5-----5------1----3------5-----5------5--|
A|-6----6------3-----3------------------3------3------3---|
E|--------------------------------------------------------|
[Verse 2]
C C* C C* C C* C
Drums beating cold English blood runs hot
F F* F F* F F* F
Lady of the house wondrin where its gonna stop
C C* C C* C C* C
House boy knows that he's doin’ alright
Bb C Bb G
You should a heard him just around midnight
G C C* C C* C
Ah brown sugar how come you taste so good
G C C* C C* C
Ah brown sugar, just like a black girl should
[Verse 3]
C C* C C* C C* C
I bet your mama was a tent show queen
F F* F F* F F* F
And all her boyfriends were sweet sixteen
C C* C C* C C* 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 C* C C* C
Ah brown sugar how come you taste so good
G C C* C C* C
Ah brown sugar, just like a young girl should
