Brown Sugar Bass Tab

Sticky Fingers + 7 Tabs:

Brown Sugar »
Sway
Wild Horses
Bitch
Dead Flowers
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Rolling Stones - Brown Sugar

>From the album Sticky Fingers
Tabbed by Joe Weldinger
jweldinger@woh.rr.com


        w     w     w     w      e  e  e  e  e  e  e  e     e  e  e     
G---||--r--|--r--|--r--|--r--||--------------------------|--------------
D---||--e--|--e--|--e--|--e--||--------------------------|--------1-----
A---||--s--|--s--|--s--|--s--||--------------------------|--3--3--------
E---||--t--|--t--|--t--|--t--||--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--|--------------
                                                                        

    e  e  e  e  e     e  e  e  e  e  e  e  e     e  e  e  e  e  e  e    
G------------------|--------------------------|-------------------------
D------------------|--------------------------|--------------1----------
A---3--3--3--3--3--|--------------------5-----|--3--3--3--3-----3--3----
E------------------|--3--3--3--3--3--3-----3--|-------------------------
                                                                        

    e     e  e  e  e  e  e  e  e     e  e  e  e  e  e  e  e     e  e    
G------|--------------------------|--------------------------|----------
D------|--------------------------|-----------------------0--|--1--1----
A---3--|--------1-----2-----------|--3--3--3--3--3--3--3-----|----------
E------|--3--3-----3-----3--3--3--|--------------------------|----------
                                                                        

    e  e  e  e  e  e     e  e  e  e  e  e  e  e     e  e  e  e  e  e    
G---------------------|--------------------------|----------------------
D---1--1--1--1--3--5--|--------------------1-----|----------------------
A---------------------|--3--3--3--3--3--3-----3--|--------------1--1----
E---------------------|--------------------------|--4--4--4--4----------
                                                                        

    e  e     e  e  e  e  e  e  e  e     e  e  e  e  e  e  e  e     e    
G---------|--------------------------|--------------------------|-------
D---------|-----------------0--1--0--|--1--1--1--1--1--1--3--5--|-------
A---3--5--|--3--3--3--3--3-----------|--------------------------|--3----
E---------|--------------------------|--------------------------|-------
                                                                        

    e  e  e  e  e  e  e     e  e  e  e  e  e  e  e     e  e  e  e  e    
G------------------------|--------------------------|-------------------
D------------------1-----|--------------------------|-------------------
A---3--3--3--3--3-----3--|--------------1--1--1--1--|--3--3--3--3--3----
E------------------------|--4--4--4--4--------------|-------------------
                                                                        

    e  e  e      e  e  e  e  e  e  e  e     e  e  e  e  e  e  e  e      
G------------||--------------------------|------------------------------
D------1-----||--------1-----2-----3--5--|--------1-----2-----5--3------
A---3-----3--||--3--3-----3-----3--------|--3--3-----3-----3------------
E------------||--------------------------|------------------------------
                                                                        

       e  e  e  e  e  e  e  e     e  e  e  e  e  e  e  e     e  e  e    
G---|--------------------------|--------------------------|-------------
D---|--------------------------|--------------------------|--------1----
A---|--------0-----1-----2--3--|--------0-----3-----0-----|--3--3-------
E---|--1--1-----1-----1--------|--1--1-----1-----1-----1--|-------------
                                                                        

    e  e  e  e  e     e  e  e  e  e  e  e  e     e  e  e  e  e  e  e    
G------------------|--------------------------|-------------------------
D------2-----3--5--|--------1-----2-----5--3--|--------0----------------
A---3-----3--------|--3--3-----3-----3--------|--1--1-----1--1--1--3----
E------------------|--------------------------|-------------------------
                                                                        

    e     e  e  e  e  e  e  e  e      e  e  e  e  e  e  e  e     e      
G------|--------------------------||--------------------------|---------
D------|--------1-----2-----5-----||--5--5-----------------5--|--5------
A---5--|--3--3-----3-----3-----3--||--------5-----------5-----|---------
E------|--------------------------||-----------3--3--3--------|---------
                                                                        

    e  e  e  e  e  e  e     e  e  e  e  e  e  e  e     e  e  e  e  e    
G------------------------|--------------------------|-------------------
D---5--------5--3--2-----|--------------------1--2--|-------------------
A------5--------------3--|--3--3--0-----3--3--------|--3--3--0-----3----
E---------3--------------|-----------3--------------|-----------3-------
                                                                        

    e  e  e     e  e  e  e  e  e  e  e     e  e  e  e  e  e  e  e       
G------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|----
D---2--3--4--|--5--5--------5--5--------|--5--5--------5--3--2-----|----
A------------|--------5-----------5-----|--------5--------------3--|----
E------------|-----------3-----------3--|-----------3--------------|----
                                                                        

    e  e  e  e  e  e  e  e     e  e  e  e  e  e  e  e      e  e  e      
G---------------------------|--------------------------||---------------
D---------------------1--2--|-----------------2--3--5--||--1--1--1------
A---3--3--0-----3--3--------|--3--3--0-----3-----------||---------------
E------------3--------------|-----------3--------------||---------------
                                                                        

    e  e  e  e  e     e  e  e  e  e  e  e  e     e  e  e  e  e  e  e    
G------------------|--------------------------|-------------------------
D---1--1--1--3--5--|--------------------1-----|-------------------------
A------------------|--3--3--3--3--3--3-----3--|--------------1--1--3----
E------------------|--------------------------|--4--4--4--4-------------
                                                                        

    e     e  e  e  e  e  e  e  e      e  e  e  e  e  e  e  e     e      
G------|--------------------------||--------------------------|---------
D------|--------------------1-----||--------1-----2-----3--5--|---------
A---5--|--3--3--3--3--3--3-----3--||--3--3-----3-----3--------|--3------
E------|--------------------------||--------------------------|---------
                                                                        

    e  e  e  e  e  e  e     e  e  e  e  e  e  e  e     e  e  e  e  e    
G------------------------|--------------------------|-------------------
D------1-----2-----5--3--|--------------------------|-------------------
A---3-----3-----3--------|--------0-----1-----2--3--|--------0-----3----
E------------------------|--1--1-----1-----1--------|--1--1-----1-------
                                                                        

    e  e  e     e  e  e  e  e  e  e  e     e  e  e  e  e  e  e  e       
G------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|----
D------------|--------1-----2-----3--5--|--------1-----2-----5--3--|----
A------0-----|--3--3-----3-----3--------|--3--3-----3-----3--------|----
E---1-----1--|--------------------------|--------------------------|----
                                                                        

    e  e  e  e  e  e  e  e     e  e  e  e  e  e  e  e      e  e  e      
G---------------------------|--------------------------||---------------
D---------0-----------------|--------1-----2-----5-----||--5--5---------
A---1--1-----1--1--1--3--5--|--3--3-----3-----3-----3--||--------5------
E---------------------------|--------------------------||---------------
                                                                        

    e  e  e  e  e     e  e  e  e  e  e  e  e     e  e  e  e  e  e  e    
G------------------|--------------------------|-------------------------
D---------------5--|--5--5--------5--3--2-----|--------------------1----
A------------5-----|--------5--------------3--|--3--3--0-----3--3-------
E---3--3--3--------|-----------3--------------|-----------3-------------
                                                                        

    e     e  e  e  e  e  e  e  e     e  e  e  e  e  e  e  e     e  e    
G------|--------------------------|--------------------------|----------
D---2--|-----------------2--3--4--|--5--5--------5--5--------|--5--5----
A------|--3--3--0-----3-----------|--------5-----------5-----|----------
E------|-----------3--------------|-----------3-----------3--|----------
                                                                        

    e  e  e  e  e  e     e  e  e  e  e  e  e  e     e  e  e  e  e  e    
G---------------------|--------------------------|----------------------
D---------5--3--2-----|--------------------1--2--|-----------------2----
A---5--------------3--|--3--3--0-----3--3--------|--3--3--0-----3-------
E------3--------------|-----------3--------------|-----------3----------
                                                                        

    e  e      e  e  e  e  e  e  e  e     e  e  e  e  e  e  e  e         
G---------||--------------------------|--------------------------|------
D---3--5--||--1--1--1--1--1--1--3--5--|--------------------1-----|------
A---------||--------------------------|--3--3--3--3--3--3-----3--|------
E---------||--------------------------|--------------------------|------
                                                                        

    e  e  e  e  e  e  e  e     e  e  e  e  e  e  e  e     e  e  e  e    
G---------------------------|--------------------------|----------------
D---------------------------|-----------------2--3--5--|--1--1--1--1----
A---------------1--1--3--5--|--3--3--0-----3-----------|----------------
E---4--4--4--4--------------|-----------3--------------|----------------
                                                                        

    e  e  e  e     e  e  e  e  e  e  e  e     e  e  e  e  e  e  e  e    
G---------------|--------------------------|----------------------------
D---1--1--3--5--|--------------------1-----|----------------------------
A---------------|--3--3--3--3--3--3-----3--|--------------1--1--3--5----
E---------------|--------------------------|--4--4--4--4----------------
                                                                        

       e  e  e  e  e  e  e  e      e  e  e  e  e  e  e  e     e  e      
G---|--------------------------||--------------------------|------------
D---|--------------------1-----||--5--5-----------------5--|--5--5------
A---|--3--3--3--3--3--3-----3--||--------5-----------5-----|------------
E---|--------------------------||-----------3--3--3--------|------------
                                                                        

    e  e  e  e  e  e     e  e  e  e  e  e  e  e     e  e  e  e  e  e    
G---------------------|--------------------------|----------------------
D---------5--3--2-----|--------------------1--2--|-----------------2----
A---5--------------3--|--3--3--0-----3--3--------|--3--3--0-----3-------
E------3--------------|-----------3--------------|-----------3----------
                                                                        

    e  e     e  e  e  e  e  e  e  e     e  e  e  e  e  e  e  e     e    
G---------|--------------------------|--------------------------|-------
D---3--4--|--5--5--------5--5--------|--5--5--------5--3--2-----|-------
A---------|--------5-----------5-----|--------5--------------3--|--3----
E---------|-----------3-----------3--|-----------3--------------|-------
                                                                        

    e  e  e  e  e  e  e     e  e  e  e  e  e  e  e      e  e  e  e      
G------------------------|--------------------------||------------------
D------------------1--2--|--------------------1--2--||--------1---------
A---3--0-----3--3--------|--3--3--0-----3--3--------||--3--3-----3------
E---------3--------------|-----------3--------------||------------------
                                                                        

    e  e  e  e     e  e  e  e  e  e  e  e     e  e  e  e  e  e  e  e    
G---------------|--------------------------|----------------------------
D---2-----3--5--|--------1-----2-----5--3--|----------------------------
A------3--------|--3--3-----3-----3--------|--------0-----1-----2--3----
E---------------|--------------------------|--1--1-----1-----1----------
                                                                        

       e  e  e  e  e  e  e  e     e  e  e  e  e  e  e  e     e  e  e    
G---|--------------------------|--------------------------|-------------
D---|--------------------------|--------1-----2-----3--5--|--------1----
A---|--------0-----3-----0-----|--3--3-----3-----3--------|--3--3-------
E---|--1--1-----1-----1-----1--|--------------------------|-------------
                                                                        

    e  e  e  e  e     e  e  e  e  e  e  e  e     e  e  e  e  e  e  e    
G------------------|--------------------------|-------------------------
D------2-----5--3--|--------0-----------------|--------1-----2-----5----
A---3-----3--------|--1--1-----1--1--1--3--5--|--3--3-----3-----3-------
E------------------|--------------------------|-------------------------
                                                                        

    e      e  e  e  e  e  e  e  e     e  e  e  e  e  e  e  e     e      
G------||--------------------------|--------------------------|---------
D------||--5--5-----------------5--|--5--5--------5--3--2-----|---------
A---3--||--------5-----------5-----|--------5--------------3--|--3------
E------||-----------3--3--3--------|-----------3--------------|---------
                                                                        

    e  e  e  e  e  e  e     e  e  e  e  e  e  e  e     e  e  e  e  e    
G------------------------|--------------------------|-------------------
D------------------1--2--|-----------------2--3--4--|--5--5--------5----
A---3--0-----3--3--------|--3--3--0-----3-----------|--------5----------
E---------3--------------|-----------3--------------|-----------3-------
                                                                        

    e  e  e     e  e  e  e  e  e  e  e     e  e  e  e  e  e  e  e       
G------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|----
D---5--------|--5--5--------5--3--2-----|--------------------1--2--|----
A------5-----|--------5--------------3--|--3--3--0-----3--3--------|----
E---------3--|-----------3--------------|-----------3--------------|----
                                                                        

    e  e  e  e  e  e  e  e     e  e  e  e  e  e  e  e     e  e  e  e    
G---------------------------|--------------------------|----------------
D---------------------1--2--|--5--5-----------------5--|--5--5----------
A---3--3--0-----3--3--------|--------5-----------5-----|--------5-------
E------------3--------------|-----------3--3--3--------|-----------3----
                                                                        

    e  e  e  e     e  e  e  e  e  e  e  e     e  e  e  e  e  e  e  e    
G---------------|--------------------------|----------------------------
D---5--3--2-----|--------------------1--2--|-----------------2--3--4----
A------------3--|--3--3--0-----3--3--------|--3--3--0-----3-------------
E---------------|-----------3--------------|-----------3----------------
                                                                        

       e  e  e  e  e  e  e  e     e  e  e  e  e  e  e  e     e  e  e    
G---|--------------------------|--------------------------|-------------
D---|--5--5--------5--5--------|--5--5--------5--3--2-----|-------------
A---|--------5-----------5-----|--------5--------------3--|--3--3--0----
E---|-----------3-----------3--|-----------3--------------|-------------
                                                                        

    e  e  e  e  e     e  e  e  e  e  e  e  e     e  e  e  e  e  e  e    
G------------------|--------------------------|-------------------------
D------------1--2--|--------------------1--2--|--5--5--------5--5-------
A------3--3--------|--3--3--0-----3--3--------|--------5-----------5----
E---3--------------|-----------3--------------|-----------3-------------
                                                                        

    e     e  e  e  e  e  e  e  e     e  e  e  e  e  e  e  e     e  e    
G------|--------------------------|--------------------------|----------
D------|--5--5--------5--3--2-----|--------------------1--2--|----------
A------|--------5--------------3--|--3--3--0-----3--3--------|--3--3----
E---3--|-----------3--------------|-----------3--------------|----------
                                                                        

    e  e  e  e  e  e     e  e  e  e  e  e  e  e     e  e  e  e  e  e    
G---------------------|--------------------------|----------------------
D---------------1--2--|--5--5-----------------5--|--5--5--------5--3----
A---0-----3--3--------|--------5-----------5-----|--------5-------------
E------3--------------|-----------3--3--3--------|-----------3----------
                                                                        

    e  e     e  e  e  e  e  e  e  e     e  e  e  e  e  e  e  e     e    
G---------|--------------------------|--------------------------|-------
D---2-----|--------------------1--2--|-----------------2--3--4--|--5----
A------3--|--3--3--0-----3--3--------|--3--3--0-----3-----------|-------
E---------|-----------3--------------|-----------3--------------|-------
                                                                        

    e  e  e  e  e  e  e     e  e  e  e  e  e  e  e     e  e  e  e  e    
G------------------------|--------------------------|-------------------
D---5--------5--5--------|--5--5--------5--3--2-----|-------------------
A------5-----------5-----|--------5--------------3--|--3--3--0-----3----
E---------3-----------3--|-----------3--------------|-----------3-------
                                                                        

    e  e  e     e  e  e  e  e  e  e  e     e  e  e  e  e  e  e  e       
G------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|----
D------1--2--|--------------------1--2--|--5--5-----------------5--|----
A---3--------|--3--3--0-----3--3--------|--------5-----------5-----|----
E------------|-----------3--------------|-----------3--3--3--------|----
                                                                        

    e  e  e  e  e  e  e  e     e  e  e  e  e  e  e  e     e  e  e  e    
G---------------------------|--------------------------|----------------
D---5--5--------5--3--2-----|--------------------1--2--|--5--3--2-------
A---------5--------------3--|--3--3--0-----3--3--------|-----------3----
E------------3--------------|-----------3--------------|----------------
                                                                        

  +(h)  +(w)                                                       
G------|-----||---------------------------------------------------------
D------|-----||---------------------------------------------------------
A-+(3)-|+(3)-||---------------------------------------------------------
E------|-----||---------------------------------------------------------
                                                                        



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==                       TABLATURE EXPLANATION                        ==
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----------                ----------                ----t---
----5h8--- Hammeron       ----(8)--- Ghost          ----6--- Tap
----------                ---------- Note           --------
----5p8--- Pulloff        ----------                --------

----------                ----------                -----p--
----5/8--- Slide Up       -----x---- Dead           -----7-- Pop
----------                ---------- Note           --s-----
----58--- Slide Down     ----------                --5----- Slap 

----------                ||------|| Repeat         --------
----5~~~-- Vibrato        ||*----*||                ---5^--- Bend
----------                ||*----*||                --------
--+(5)---- Tie            ||------||                --------

----------                ----------                --------
-4:------- Time           ----------                --------
-4:------- Signature      ----------                --------
----------                ----------                --------

Rhythm:
  w = whole note            W = dotted whole
  h = half note             H = dotted half
  q = quarter note          Q = dotted quarter
  e = eighth note           E = dotted eighth
  s = sixteenth note        S = dotted sixteenth
  t = 32nd note             T = dotted 32nd
  x = 64th note             X = dotted 64th
  ^ = triplet

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Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques


No Picture matt Wanna Be	#1 by matt fogg at May 29, 1974 at 9:22 PM EST
	this is a great rocking song. you gotta love a song this rockin' and w/ such a funny meaning- oral sex. best fucking stones song!

No Picture Cam Wanna Be	#2 by Cam Reck at Nov 30, 1978 at 5:19 AM EST
	I've always heard (and it makes complete sense) that it is about slave owners forcing sex upon their black slave girls, and the white wives knowing about it and not doing anything, because back then, they wouldn't have. "Lady of the house wondering when its gonna stop." Oh, and it's agreed: definitely a good intro.

No Picture Pat Lead Player	#3 by Pat O'Shea at Mar 11, 1979 at 6:42 PM EST
	about a black girl's pussy; wee

No Picture Damien Wanna Be	#4 by Damien Clark at Jan 1, 1984 at 2:25 AM EST
	This song is definitely about Heroin, and nothing else. Certain lyrics can be used to "dress up" parts of this song to lead a majority to believe it means other discussed topic(s) above. The sad reality is this song is about Heroin and nothing else. Except the truth!!

No Picture ramon. Average	#5 by ramon. at May 1, 1984 at 7:39 AM EST
	Just thought that I'd mention I love the intro to this song. I'm wierd like that :s

No Picture Slapsta Rhythm Player	#6 by Slapsta Masta at Dec 26, 1989 at 7:44 AM EST
	in an interview with Rolling Stone, Mick Jagger said the meaning is twofold - heroine and oral sex.

No Picture Alex Wanna Be	#7 by Alex Gibb at Jul 8, 1991 at 11:51 PM EST
	i originally thought that brown sugar was a metaphor for oral sex. firstly, because it should taste good as far as i have been told. (i can't speak from experience here), hence the 'sugar'. and 'brown' secondly because most pubic hairs are brown (some physiologist told me). but after some critical thinking, i arrived at a different conclusion. i think that some african slaves in the US may have been unwarrantedly force to harvest brown sugar for the elitist fat-cat caucasian racist nabob-bosses. or maybe the rolling stones went abe lincoln style and decided to praise the sexual prowess of the young black princess. i 'heard' that many of these cock-asian fellows would fornicate with their black wenches while the housewife listened to the bumps in the night but did nothing. oh well, so much for american freedom. 'the home of the free and the slave' as far as i'm concerned.

No Picture black&red Wanna Be	#8 by black&red at Oct 10, 1991 at 1:59 PM EST
	Either of your answers seem right

No Picture Fuzz Musical Genius	#9 by Fuzz at Feb 29, 1992 at 11:31 AM EST
	This song makes me wanna dance on my head. Anyways it's about BOTH heroin and black pussy. Only the title really refers to heroin, none of the lyrics do. Jagger had a good laugh when Coca-Cola asked him for permission to use the song in ads. And uh--shauncreamy--slavery was abolished many, many years ago. If you'd rather live somewhere like Cuba or North Korea or ----Hell-----please feel free to relocate.

No Picture kyle Average	#10 by kyle burnett at Oct 19, 1997 at 7:10 PM EST
	i've always believed this song referred to guys raping black girls/slaves.

No Picture Nick Average	#11 by Nick Serpant at Jun 8, 2003 at 6:56 AM EST
	"If you'd rather live somewhere like Cuba or North Korea or ----Hell-----please feel free to relocate" - Cuba's poor, North Koreas a scary scary place and Hells climate doesnt suit me. Come to think of it I wouldn't wanna live in America either, but thats mainly cos it wouldnt be different enough from Britain to justify moving. To suggest that if you think conditions in a country are unfair the correct responce is to leave rather than sort them out is rediculous. Remember, questioning your government is patriotic. That aside, I pretty much agree with your opinion on this song. Deliberate double entendre, but the main focus of the song is on the rape of the slave girl.

No Picture jester Average	#12 by jester rage at Sep 8, 2003 at 7:27 PM EST
	Another point--Don't rely too much on the book "Up and Down With the Rolling Stones". That book is full of falsehoods. For example-Sanchez wrote that Keith Richards and others were lectured and warned by the pastor at Brian Jones' funeral. Keith Richards did not attend Brian Jones' funeral. Mick Jagger was seeing a black girl named Marsha Hunt at the time this song was written. She was probably the main inspiration.

No Picture Vinnie Rhythm Player	#13 by Vinnie Valium at Nov 9, 2004 at 12:56 PM EST
	Emphasis on FREE in that last sentence.