Brown Sugar Chords & Tabs
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From : Jean-Pierre Trolet
You will find a MP3 (1,4 Mb) recorded by myself to illustrate the tab and how to contact
me on my webpage here:
http://jptrol.free.fr/mus
BROWN SUGAR - Mick Jagger - Keith Richards
A great rock and roll classic by the Rolling Stones not difficult at all. I played it
just from listening to the tune and afterwards I couldn't find a satisfactory tab to
improve the way I played it so I tabbed it down from what I played.
There are three guitars, two electric and one acoustic. The two electric guitars
are tuned in open G except the 6th string that is left in E (not in D) for the
solos and the final though most of the solos are played with a saxophon in minor
pentatonic C. It is easier to play the open G with the first string removed
like Keith Richards did. The acoustic guitar is in standard tuning.
The MP3 demo on the Web page is divided in two : the final is in a second
MP3 demo.
The acoustic guitar plays the full chords very simply:
Eb : X65343
C : 332010
Ab : 466544
Bb : 688766
G : 320003
F : 133211
Tune both electric guitars in open G as indicated.
INTRO
Rhythm
E +-------------------------------------+-------------------------------------+
B +---13--12---5--5--6_6--5-------------+-------------13-12--5-5-6-6-5-5------+
G +---12--12---5--5--5_5--5-------------+-------------12-12--5-5-5-5-5-5------+
D +---14--12---5--5--7_7--5-------------+-------------14-12--5-5-7-7-5-5------+
G +-------------------------------------+-------------------------------------+
X +-------------------------------------+-------------------------------------+
Lead ^^^
E +-------------------------------------+-------------------------------------+
B +-------------------------------------+-------------------------------------+
G +-------------------------------------+-------------------------------------+
D +-------------------------------------+------0-3-5_-------------------------+
G +-------------------------------------+-3h-5--------------------------------+
X +-------------------------------------+-------------------------------------+
CHORUS
Ac Eb C Ab
Rhythm
E +-----------------------------------------+-------------------------------------+
B +--8-8-8---9--9--9--9--9---8----5-5-5-----+--6-6-6-6-6---5--(0h)1---2-1-(0)-----+
G +--8-8-8---8--8--8--8--8---8----5-5-5-----+--5-5-5-5-5---5--(0h)1---1-1-(0)-----+
D +--8-8-8---10-10-10-10-10--8----5-5-5-----+--7-7-7-7-7---5--(0h)1---3-1-(0)-----+
G +--8-8-8---8--8--8--8--8---8----5-5-5-----+--5-5-5-5-5---5--(0h)1---1-1-(0)-----+
X +-----------------------------------------+-------------------------------------+
Lead
E +-----------------------------------------+-------------------------------------+
B +-----------------------------------------+-------------------------------------+
G +--8-8-8---8---8---8-----------5-___------+--5--5--5------------1-__--1---------+
D +--8-8-8---10--8---10----------5-___------+--7--5--7------------1-__--3---------+
G +--8-8-8---8---8---8-----------5-___------+--5--5--5------------1-__--1---------+
X +-----------------------------------------+-------------------------------------+
Ac. Bb C Eb C
Rhythm
E +-----------------+-----------------------------------------+-----------------+
B +--4-3--5--6_-5---+--8-8-8---9--9--9--9--9---8----5-5-5-----+--6-6-6-6-6---5--+
G +--3-3--5--5_-5---+--8-8-8---8--8--8--8--8---8----5-5-5-----+--5-5-5-5-5---5--+
D +--5-3--5--7_-5---+--8-8-8---10-10-10-10-10--8----5-5-5-----+--7-7-7-7-7---5--+
G +--3-3--5--5_-5---+--8-8-8---8--8--8--8--8---8----5-5-5-----+--5-5-5-5-5---5--+
X +-----------------+-----------------------------------------+-----------------+
Lead
E +-----------------+-----------------------------------------+-----------------+
B +-----------------+-----------------------------------------+-----------------+
G +--3-3--5-5_5-----+--8-8-8---8---8---8-----------5-___------+--5--5--5--------+
D +--5-3--5-7_5-----+--8-8-8---10--8---10----------5-___------+--7--5--7--------+
G +--3-3--5-5_5-----+--8-8-8---8---8---8-----------5-___------+--5--5--5--------+
X +-----------------+-----------------------------------------+-----------------+
Ac. Ab Bb C
Rhythm
E +-------------------------------------+-------------------------------------+
B +--1--2--1-1-----4-3---6_6-6-6--5-----+-------------------------------------+
G +--1--1--1-1-----3-3---5_5-5-5--5-----+-------------------------------------+
D +--1--3--1-1-----5-3---7_7-7-7--5-----+-------------------------------------+
G +--1--1--1-1-----3-3---5_5-5-5--5-----+-------------------------------------+
X +-------------------------------------+-------------------------------------+
Lead
E +-------------------------------------+-------------------------------------+
B +-------------------------------------+-------------------------------------+
G +--1_1-1---------3-3---5_------5------+-------------------------------------+
D +--1_1-3---------5-3---7_------5------+-------------------------------------+
G +--1_1-1---------3-3---5_------5------+-------------------------------------+
X +-------------------------------------+-------------------------------------+
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/r/rolling_stones/brown_sugar_tab.html ]
VERSE
Ac. C F
Rhythm
E +-------------------------------------+-------------------------------------+
B +--5_5-6--5--6------------------------+--10_10-11--10--11-------------------+
G +--5_5-5--5--5------------------------+--10_10-10--10--10-------------------+
D +--5_5-7--5--7------repeat------------+--10_10-13--10--13-------repeat------+
G +--5_5-5--5--5------------------------+--10_10-10--10--10-------------------+
X +-------------------------------------+-------------------------------------+
Lead
E +-------------------------------------+-------------------------------------+
B +-------------------------------------+-------------------------------------+
G +--5--5-------5-----------------------+--10------------10------10-10_-------+
D +--5--5--7--5-5-----repeat------------+--10-10--12-10--13--10--12-10_--repeat
G +--5----------5-----------------------+--10-10--10-10--10--10--10-10_-------+
X +-------------------------------------+-------------------------------------+
Ac. C Bb C
Rhythm
E +-------------------------------------+-------------------------------------+
B +--5_5-6--5--6------------------------+--3_3-4--3--4---5_5--6---------------+
G +--5_5-5--5--5------------------------+--3_3-3--3--3---5_5--5---------------+
D +--5_5-7--5--7------repeat------------+--3_3-5--3--5---5_5--7---------------+
G +--5_5-5--5--5------------------------+--3_3-3--3--3---5_5--5---------------+
X +-------------------------------------+-------------------------------------+
Lead
E +-------------------------------------+-------------------------------------+
B +-------------------------------------+-------------------------------------+
G +--5--5-------5-----------------------+--3--3-------3--5--5------5----------+
D +--5--5--7--5-5-----repeat------------+--3--3--5--3-3--5--5--7-5-5----------+
G +--5----------5-----------------------+--3----------3--5---------5----------+
X +-------------------------------------+-------------------------------------+
Ac. G C
Rhythm
E +-------------------------------------+--------+----------------------------+
B +-------------------------------------+-1-0-1--+--5-5-6-5-6-----------------+
G +-0-0-0_---------------0--------------+-0-0-0--+--5-5-5-5-5-----------------+
D +-0-0-0_------------0-----------------+-2-0-2--+--5-5-7-5-7--repeat---------+
G +-0-0-0_--0--0-3h-4------0------0-----+-0-0-0--+--5-5-5-5-5-----------------+
X +-------------------------------------+--------+----------------------------+
Lead ^^^^
E +-------------------------------------+--------------------+----------------+
B +-------------------------------------+----------5---------+----------------+
G +-0-0-0_---------------0--------------+------3---5--3------+-5-5-----5------+
D +-0-0-0_------------0-----------------+-3h-5---5------5----+-5-5-7-5-5------+
G +-0-0-0_--0--0-3h-4------0------0-----+--------------------+-5-------5------+
X +-------------------------------------+--------------------+----------------+
Solo (saxophon rather)
E +-------------------------------------+--------------------+----------------+
B +-------------------------------------+--------------------+-11---------8---+
G +-------------------------------------+--------------------+-12-10\8----8---+
D +-------------------------------------+--------------------+---------10--10-+
G +-------------------------------------+--------------------+----------------+
X +-------------------------------------+--------------------+----------------+
Brown Sugar how come you taste so good ?
FINAL
Ac. C F
Rhythm
E +-------------------------------------+-------------------------------------+
B +--5_5-6--5--6------------------------+--10_10-11--10--11-------------------+
G +--5_5-5--5--5------------------------+--10_10-10--10--10-------------------+
D +--5_5-7--5--7------repeat------------+--10_10-13--10--13-------repeat------+
G +--5_5-5--5--5------------------------+--10_10-10--10--10-------------------+
X +-------------------------------------+-------------------------------------+
Lead
E +--8_8--8-----------------------------+--1_1--1-----------------------------+
B +--8_8--8-10--------------------------+--1_1--1--3--------------------------+
G +---------10--8h-9------repeat--------+----------3--1h2--------repeat-------+
D +------------------10-----------------+-----------------3-------------------+
G +-------------------------------------+-------------------------------------+
X +-------------------------------------+-------------------------------------+
Ac. C F ^^^^
Rhythm
E +-------------------------------------+-------------------------------------+
B +--5_5-6--5--6------------------------+--10_10-11--10--10-11--10-10-11--10--+
G +--5_5-5--5--5------------------------+--10_10-10--10--10-10--10-10-10--10--+
D +--5_5-7--5--7------repeat------------+--10_10-13--10--10-13--10-10-13--10--+
G +--5_5-5--5--5------------------------+--10_10-10--10--10-10--10-10-10--10--+
X +-------------------------------------+-------------------------------------+
Lead ^^^^
E +--8_8--8-----------------------------+--1-1----------1-1--------1-1---1----+
B +--8_8--8-10--------------------------+--1-1-----3p1--1-1---3p1--1-1-3-1----+
G +---------10--8h-9------repeat--------+----------3p1--------3p1------3-2----+
D +------------------10-----------------+-------------------------------------+
G +-------------------------------------+-------------------------------------+
X +-------------------------------------+-------------------------------------+