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/ ZZ Top / First Album (1970) / Brown Sugar guitar tab

Brown Sugar
ZZ Top

Slow Blues Shuffle:
e-0--------------------------
B-0--------------------------
G----2b4-2p0-----------------
D------------2-----------2---
A------------------2---------
E--------------0---0-3-2-----
                   pm---

e-0-----------------------------------
B-0-----------------------------------
G----2b4-2p0--------------------------
D------------2p0-----------2------2---
A----------------2p1p0----------------
E----------------------3-0------3-----

                               D-----2--
My friends, they all told me,  A--------
                               E--3-----


"Man, there's something gonna change your life."

e-----------------------------------------------------------
B-----3-5-3-5----3-5-3-0------------------------------------
G-2/4---------------------2b4-2p0---------------------------
D---------------------------------2p0------------2------2---
A-------------------------------------2p1p0-----------------
E--------------------------------------------3-0------3-----

e-------------------------------------
B-------------------------------------
G-------------------------------------
D-------------------------------------
A----2-2-4-4-2-2-4-4-2-2-4-4----------
E-3b-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0----------  continue shuffle:
  slight pm-----------------

My friends, they all told me, "Man, there's something going
change your life."

e-----------------------------------
B---------------3-5-----------------
G-----------2/4---------------------
D-------2--------------2----2-------
A-----------------------------------
E-0-3-0--------------3----3----3-0--

e------------------------------------
B------------------------------------
G------------------------------------
D-2-2-4-4-5-5-4-4----2-2-4-4-5-5-4-4-
A-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0----0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-
E-----------------3b------3----------

Got to have that brown sugar.  Man, its just going to change my life.

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

e------------------------------------
B------------------------------------
G------------------------------------
D-2-2-4-4-5-5-4-4----2-2-4-4-5-5-4-4-
A-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0----0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-
E-----------------3b------3----------

Man, I got to have that brown sugar.
Man, its gonna make me feel so right.

e-------------------------------------------------------
B-------------------------------------------------------
G-------------------------------------------------------
D---------------2----2-0---------------2--------------2-
A-2-2-4-4----------------2p1-0h1-0----------------------
E-0-0-0-0-0-3-0--------------------3-0------0-3-0-3-0---

e-----------3-5-------0----------------------------
B-----3-5-5-----5-5---0----------------------------
G-2/4--------------------2p0-----------------------
D----------------------------2p0-----------------2-
A--------------------------------2p1-0h1-0---------
E-------------------------------------------3-0----

e----------------------------------------
B--15b17--15--12-------------------------
G----------------15-14-12-14-12----------
D-----------------------------------14\--
A----------------------------------------
E----------------------------------------
  Sustain and hold, then slide down--^

Now everything kicks in.  For simplicity, here are the main parts:

Riff:
A-------------0h2h5--
E--0-0---3-----------

Note that Guitar 2 plays something like an G and an A chord over
Riff, but I couldn't figure out which ones.

E shuffle:
A--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-
E--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-
palm-mute------->

A Shuffle:
D--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-
A--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-
palm-mute------->

B Shuffle:
D--4-4-4-4-4-4-2-
A--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-
palm-mute------->

Fill (Guitar 2):
D-----2-
A-------
E-3-0---

Play:

Riff (3 times)

E shuffle:                             Fill:
1. There's something make me feel good
2. And mama tried to say
3. There's something make me feel good

E shuffle:                             Riff: (2 times)
1. and its gonna change my life.
2. when there's no place left for me.
3. and its gonna change my life.

A shuffle:                             Fill:
1. There's something make me feel good
2. And mama tried to say
3. There's something make me feel good

A shuffle:                             Riff: (2 times)
1. and its gonna change my life.
2. when there's no place left for me.
3. and its gonna change my life.

B shuffle:
1. I got to have some of that brown sugar
2. I got to have some of that brown sugar
3. I got to have some of that brown sugar

A shuffle:                        Riff (2 times)
1. Got to try it before I die.
2. Lord if that don't set me free.
3. Got to try it before I die.

Solo (after second verse)


ZZ Top albums
1999 XXX
1996 Rhythmeen
1994 Antenna
1990 Recycler
1985 Afterburner
1983 Eliminator
1981 El Loco
1979 Deguello
1976 Tejas
1975 Fandango!
1973 Tres Hombres
1972 Rio Grande Mud
1970 First Album
First Album tabs
01(Somebody Else Been) Shakin' Your Tree tabbass tab
02Brown Sugar tabbass tab
05Old Man tabbass tab
08Bedroom Thang tabbass tab
09Just Got Back From Baby's tabbass tab

 

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