Rolling Stones - Brown Sugar guitar tab
"Brown Sugar" - by the Rolling Stones
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A friend of mine just showed me this recently. I love it :)
Chords only, though... lyrics should be easy from the recording,
and for any lead you're on your own... I don't "do" lead :)
(Note: I'm not filling in chords that were already diagramed,
I'm doing this on the fly and it takes too long!)
Main part:
e---x---x-------8---x-------4-------6----------
b---8---9-------8--10-------4-------6----------
g---8---8-------9--10-------5-------7----------
d---8---8------10--10-------6-------8----------
a---6---6------10---8-------6-------8----------
E---x---x-------8---x-------4-------6----------
D# D#? D# B# E# B# G# D# A# E# B#
Where "Brown Sugar" lyrics come in:
e---3------
b---3------
g---4------
d---5------
a---5------
E---3------
G B#
That's about the whole song... The strumming is a little strange;
listen to the album. More Stones stuff, please! (If anyone has it!)
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.
