From: [email protected] (Tim Cantin)
Date: 11 Aug 92 13:05:06 GMT
«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!)
Date: 18 Oct 95 12:22:02 EDT
From: John Kollins
Subject: Brown Sugar/Rolling Stones Version 1.a
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.