Capo 1st fret
Standard (EADGBE)
Gold coast slave ship bound for cotton fields
Sold in a market down in New Orleans
Scarred old slaver know he's doing alright
Hear him whip the women just about midnight
Chorus
Brown sugar, how come you taste so good, now
Brown sugar, just like a young girl should, wooo!
Drums are beating cold, English blood runs hot
Lady of the house wonderin' where it's gonna stop
Houseboy knows that he's doing alright
You shoulda heard him just around midnight
Chorus
CHORUS #2:
Oohh come on brown sugar, how come you taste so good babe
Aaah brown sugar just like a black girl should
Aa-I bet your mama was a tent show queen
And all her boyfriends were sweet sixteen
I'm no schoolboy but I know what I like
You shoulda heard me just around midnight
Chorus
I said yeah yeah yeah wooo! How come, how come you taste so good?
I said yeah yeah yeah wooo! Just like a, just like a black girl should
Yeah yeah yeah wooo!
"SWAY"
- One, two, three, four.
Intro
Verse
Did you ever wake up to find
A day that broke up your mind
Destroyed your notion of circular time
Chorus
It's just that demon life has got you in its sway
It's just that demon life has got you in its sway
Verse
Ain't flinging tears out on the dusty ground
For all my friends out on the burial ground
Can't stand the feeling getting so brought down
Chorus
It's just that demon life has got me in its sway
It's just that demon life has got me in its sway
Break
(LIKE INTRO)
There may be ways to find out
Love is the way they say is really strutting out
Instrumental
PLAY SOLO OVER CHORUS CHORDS ( B A ) - 4x's
THEN: ( INTRO: )
Verse
One day I woke up to find
Right in the bed next to mine
Someone that broke me up
With a corner of her smile, yeah
Chorus
It's just that demon life has got me in its sway
It's just that demon life has got me in its sway
It's just that demon life has got me in its sway
It's just that demon life has got me
It's just that demon life has got me
"WILD HORSES"
Childhood living is easy to do.
The things that you wanted, I bought them for you.
Graceless lady, you know who I am;
You know I can't let you slide through my hands.
Wild horses couldn't drag me away;
Wild, wild horses couldn't drag me away.
I watched you suffer a dull aching pain.
Now you decided to show me the same.
No sweeping exit or off-stage lines
Could make me feel bitter or treat you unkind.
Wild horses couldn't drag me away;
Wild, wild horses couldn't drag me away.
I know I've dreamed you, a sin and a lie.
I have my freedom, but I don't have much time.
Faith has been broken, tears must be cried.
Let's do some living after we die.
Wild horses couldn't drag me away;
Wild, wild horses, we'll ride them someday.
We'll ride them someday.
"CAN'T YOU HEAR ME KNOCKING"
Rhythm
Lyrics:
Yeah, you got satin shoes
Yeah, you got plastic boots
Y'all got cocaine eyes
Yeah, you got speed-freak jive
Can't you hear me knockin' on your window
Can't you hear me knockin' on your door
Can't you hear me knockin' down your dirty street, yeah
Help me baby, ain't no stranger
Help me baby, ain't no stranger
Help me baby, ain't no stranger
Can't you hear me knockin', ahh, are you safe asleep?
Can't you hear me knockin', yeah, down the gas light street, now
Can't you hear me knockin', yeah, throw me down the keys
Alright now
Hear me ringing big bell tolls
Hear me singing soft and low
I've been begging on my knees
I've been kickin', help me please
Hear me prowlin'
I'm gonna take you down
Hear me growlin'
Yeah, i've got flatted feet now, now, now, now
Hear me howlin'
And all, all around your street now
Hear me knockin'
And all, all around your town
"YOU GOT TO MOVE"
Intro
SLIDE GUITAR ( ALSO USE FOR VERSE - TYPE 1 )
NOTE:
BARRE CHORDS PLAYED ON 8th & 10th FRET: C F C G C
SLIDE CONTINUED:
A -10----------|---------10-10-10-10-|-10----13--------------------|
Verse
TYPE 1): NOTE: SAME CHORDS PLAYED
C THROUGH THE ENTIRE
You gotta move SONG.
You gotta move
You gotta move, child
You gotta move
Oh, when the Lord gets ready
You gotta move
Verse
TYPE 1):
You may be high
You may be low
You may be rich, child
You may be poor
But when the Lord gets ready
You gotta move
Verse
TYPE 2):
Uh, huh, huh, huh.......(cont.)
**SLIDE GUITAR ON THIS PART CHANGES TO:
SLIDE CONTINUED:
NOW GO BACK TO *VERSE (TYPE 1) SLIDE GUITAR
Verse
TYPE 1):
You see that woman
Who walks the street
You see that police
Upon his beat
But when the Lord gets ready
You got to move
Verse
TYPE 1):
Uh, huh, huh ,huh.......(cont.)
Outro
You gotta move
"Bitch"
Riff
for intro, verse, "you got to mix it child, must be love" etc
Chorus
Yeah when you call my name
I salivate like a Pavlov dog
Yeah when you ........(?)
My heart starts beating like a big bass drum
Lyrics:
Feeling so tired, can't understand it
Just had a fortnight's sleep
I'm feeling so tired, i'm so distracted
Ain't touched a thing all week
I'm feeling drunk, juiced up and sloppy
Ain't touched a drink all night
I'm feeling hungry, can't see the reason
Just ate a horse meat pie
Yeah when you call my name
I salivate like a pavlov dog
Yeah when you lay me out
My heart is beating louder than a big bass drum, alright
Yeah, you got to mix it child
You got to fix it must be love
It's a bitch
You got to mix it child
You got to fix it but love
It's a bitch, alright
Sometimes i'm sexy, move like a stud
Kicking the stall all night
Sometimes i'm so shy, got to be worked on
Don't have no bark or bite, alright
Yeah when you call my name
I salivate like a pavlov dog
Yeah when you lay me out
My heart is bumpin' louder than a big bass drum, alright
I said hey, yeah i feel alright now
Got to be a...
Hey, i feel alright now
Hey hey hey
Hey hey yeah...
"I Got the Blues"
Intro
Verse
As I stand by your flame
I get burned once again
Feeling low down and blue
Verse
As I sit by the fire
Of your warm desire
I got the blues for you, yeah / / / /
Chorus
Every night you've been away
I've sat down, I have prayed
That you're safe in the arms of a guy
Who will bring you alive
Won't drag you down with abuse, oh
Instrumental
Verse
In the silk sheet of time
I will find peace of mind
Love is a bed full of blues
Outro
And I've got the blues for you
And I've got the blues for you
And I've bust my brains out for you
And I'll tear my hair out
I'm gonna tear my hair out just for you
If you don't believe what I'm saying
At three o' clock in the morning, babe
Well, I'm singing my song for you.
Lyrics:
As i stand by your flame
I get burned once again
Feelin' low down, i'm blue
As i sit by the fire
Of your warm desire
I've got the blues for you, yeah
Every night you've been away
I've sat down and i have prayed
That you're safe in the arms of a guy
Who will bring you alive
Won't drag you down with abuse
In the silk sheet of time
I will find peace of mind
Love is a bed full of blues
And i've got the blues for you
And i've got the blues for you
And i'll bust my brains out for you
And i'll tear my hair out
I'm gonna tear my hair out just for you
If you don't believe what i'm singing
At three o'clock in the morning, babe, well
I'm singing my song for you
"Sister Morphine"
Intro
Here I lie in my hospital bed
Tell me, Sister Morphine, when are you coming round again?
*[fill 1]
Oh, and I don't think I can wait that long
Oh you see I'm not that strong
The scream of the ambulance is sounding in my ears
*[fill 2]
Tell me, Sister Morphine, how long have I been lying here?
What am I doing in this place?
Why does the doctor have no face?
Oh, I can crawl across the floor
Can't you see, Sister Morphine, I'm trying to score.
Well it just goes to show things are not what they seem-
Please, Sister Morphine, turn my nightmares into dreams.
Oh can't you see I'm fading fast?
And the big shot will be my last.
Sweet cousin cocaine, lay your cool cool hands on my head
Oh c'mon Sister Morphine, better make up my bed
Cos you know and I know in the morning I'll be dead
You can sit around and watch all the clean white sheets stained red.
Fill 1
^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
Oh you see That I'm not that...
Fill 2
^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
Morphine How long have I been lying...
"Dead Flowers"
Intro
Well when you're sittin there, in your silk apholstered chair
Talkin to some rich folk that you know
Well I hope you wont see me, in my ragged company
cause you know I could never be alone
Pre-chorus
Take me down little Suzie, take me down
I know you think you're the queen of the underground
Chorus
You can send me dead flowers every morning
Send me dead flowers by the mail
Send me dead flowers at my wedding
And I wont forget to put roses on your grave
Verse ii
(same chords as above)
Well when you're sittin back in your rose pink cadillac
Makin bets on Kentucky Derby day
Well I'll be in my basement room with a needle and a spoon
And another girl can take my pain away
Pre-chorus
Take me down little Suzie, take me down
I know you think you're the queen of the underground
Chorus
And you can send me dead flowers every morning
Send me dead flowers by the mail
Send me dead flowers to my wedding
And I wont forget to put roses on your grave
Solo
Take me down little Suzie, take me down
I know you think you're the queen of the underground
And you can send me dead flowers every morning
send me dead flowers by the U.S. mail
Say it with dead flowers at my wedding
And I wont forget to put roses on your grave
"MOONLIGHT MILE"
Intro
*first guitar play this -- 2x's
A -10h12--10h12--10h12------------|----------------------------------|
**second guitar: play the chords to the VERSE during INTRO
NOTE:C* - means lift your middle finger
on and off the fret board of
the regular C chord to get that
"rolling" type sound.
Verse
When the wind blows and the rain feels cold
With a head full of snow, with a head full of snow
In the window there's a face you know
Don't the night pass slow, don't the nights pass slow
Break
The sound of strangers sending nothing to my mind
Just another mad, mad day on the road
I am just living to be lying by your side
But I'm just about a moonlight mile on down the road
Instrumental
Verse
Made a rag pile of my shiny clothes
Gonna warm my bones, gonna warm my bones
I got silence on my radio
Let the air waves flow, let the air waves flow
Break
Oh, I'm sleeping under strange, strange skies
Just another mad, mad day on the road
My dreams is fading down the railway line
I'm just about a moonlight mile on down the road, yeah
Break
I'm hiding sister, and I'm dreaming
I'm riding down your moonlight mile
I'm hiding, baby, and I'm dreaming
I'm riding down your moonlight mile
I'm riding down your moonlight mile
Interlude
Let it go now, come on now, baby } * PLAY: G C G
Yeah, let it go now, yeah, flow now, baby } 9x's over this part
Break
Yeah, I'm coming home
'Cause I'm just about a moonlight mile on down the road
On down the road, down the road, yeah, baby, ah