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CC* CC* CCC* C Gold coast slave ship bound for cotton fields
FF* FF* FF* F Sold in a market down in New Orleans
CC* CC* CC* C Scarred old slaver know he's doin alright
BbCBbG Hear him whip the women just around midnight
GCC* CC* C Ah brown sugar how come you taste so good
GCC* CC* C Ah brown sugar, just like a young girl should
CC* CC* CC* C Drums beating cold English blood runs hot
FF* FF* FF* F Lady of the house wondrin where its gonna stop
CC* CC* CC* C House boy knows that he's doin’ alright
BbCBbG You should a heard him just around midnight
GCC* CC* C Ah brown sugar how come you taste so good
GCC* CC* C Ah brown sugar, just like a black girl should
CC* CC* CC* C I bet your mama was a tent show queen
FF* FF* FF* F And all her boyfriends were sweet sixteen
CC* CC* CC* C I’m no schoolboy but I know what I like
BbCBbG You should have heard them just around midnight
GCC* CC* C Ah brown sugar how come you taste so good
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