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Date: 18 Oct 95 12:22:02 EDT
From: John Kollins <73027.3417@compuserve.com>
Rolling Stones
Brown Sugar

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.