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Ebony Eyes

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To play in the Original E-key recording, place a Capo on the 2nd Fret.
|./.   |: Repeat the previous Chord and Measure of 3-Counts.
/       : Breaks
Intro: Backing Choir: (|   G|  A  A7|) |   D|./.
Verse-1:
    |      D|./.    |./.              |./.     |           A|./.
ON A WEEKEND PASS, I WOULDN'T HAVE HAD TIME, TO GET HOME AND MARRY,
    |./.     |        A7|          D|           D7|       G|./.
THAT BABY OF  MINE. SO I WENT TO THE CHAPLAIN, AND HE AUTHO-RIZED,
     |           D|    A7|   D|D7  
ME TO SEND FOR MY  EBONY  EYES.
Chorus:
  |    G|./.      |        D|./.     |         G|./.
MY EBONY EYES, WAS COMING TO ME, FROM OUT OF THE SKIES,
  |                  D|    A|      A7|      D|D7  
ON FLIGHT TWELVE - O – THREE.   IN AN HOUR OR TWO,
       |          G|./.       |        D|    A7|    D|./.   |
I WOULD WHISPER: "I DO", TO MY BEAUTIFUL EBONY  EYES.
Spoken with Backing Choir:
   D|./.                       |./.   |./.
         THE PLANE WAS WAY OVER-DUE.   SO I WENT INSIDE TO THE
        |               A|./.               |./.            |
AIRLINES DESK AND I SAID: "SIR, I WONDER WHY 1203 IS SO LATE"?
                    A7|                      D|D7  
    HE SAID: "OH, THEY PROBABLY TOOK OFF LATE,    OR THEY MAY HAVE RUN
         |                                        G|./.    |
INTO SOME TURBULENT WEATHER, AND HAD TO ALTER THEIR COURSE".
                           D|                                  A7|
   I WENT BACK OUTSIDE AND I WAITED AT THE GATE AND I WATCHED THE
                                  D|./.                           |
BEACON LIGHT FROM THE CONTROL TOWER AS IT WHIPPED THROUGH THE DARK
./.                      |./.               |    G|     A7|    D|   D7|
EBONY SKIES AS IF IT WERE SEARCHING FOR,  MY E  -  BO – NY EYES.
                  G|./.                            |    D|
   THEN CAME THE AN-NOUNCEMENT OVER THE LOUDSPEAKER:
./.                                |                       G|./.
   "WOULD THOSE HAVING RELATIVES OR FRIENDS ON FLIGHT NUMBER 1203,
         |                            D|A7  
PLEASE RE-PORT TO THE CHAPEL ACROSS THE STREET AT ONCE".
Verse-2:
      |      D|./.     |./.          |./.        |       A|./.     |
THEN I FELT  A BURNING  BREAK DEEP IN-SIDE, AND I KNEW THE HEAVENLY
./.     |        A7|       D|         D7|        G|./.
E- BO-NY SKIES. HAD TAKEN MY LIFE'S MOST WONDERFUL PRIZE,
  |        D|     A7|    D|D7  
MY BEAUTIFUL E-BO-NY EYES.
Outro:
  |     G|./.     |          D|./.     |          G|./.       |    D|   D7|
IF I EVER GET TO,  HEAVEN I'LL BET, THE FIRST ANGEL I'LL RECOG-NIZE.
              G|./.     |            D|./.   
SHE'LL SMILE AT ME AND I KNOW SHE WILL BE,
             /     (No Chords  )  /
  |        A|    A7(    D     A7   D) D  
MY BEAUTIFUL E-BO-NY E-YES.

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Ebony Eyes

by The Everly Brothers

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

To play in the Original E-key recording, place a Capo on the 2nd Fret.

|./. |: Repeat the previous Chord and Measure of 3-Counts.

/ : Breaks

G A A7 D

Intro: Backing Choir: (| | |) | |./.

Verse-1:

D A

| |./. |./. |./. | |./.

ON A WEEKEND PASS, I WOULDN'T HAVE HAD TIME, TO GET HOME AND MARRY,

A7 D D7 G

|./. | | | | |./.

THAT BABY OF MINE. SO I WENT TO THE CHAPLAIN, AND HE AUTHO-RIZED,

D A7 D D7

| | | |

ME TO SEND FOR MY EBONY EYES.

Chorus:

G D G

| |./. | |./. | |./.

MY EBONY EYES, WAS COMING TO ME, FROM OUT OF THE SKIES,

D A A7 D D7

| | | | |

ON FLIGHT TWELVE - O – THREE. IN AN HOUR OR TWO,

G D A7 D

| |./. | | | |./. |

I WOULD WHISPER: "I DO", TO MY BEAUTIFUL EBONY EYES.

Spoken with Backing Choir:

|./. |./. |./.

THE PLANE WAS WAY OVER-DUE. SO I WENT INSIDE TO THE

| |./. |./. |

AIRLINES DESK AND I SAID: "SIR, I WONDER WHY 1203 IS SO LATE"?

A7 D D7

| |

HE SAID: "OH, THEY PROBABLY TOOK OFF LATE, OR THEY MAY HAVE RUN

| |./. |

INTO SOME TURBULENT WEATHER, AND HAD TO ALTER THEIR COURSE".

D A7

| |

I WENT BACK OUTSIDE AND I WAITED AT THE GATE AND I WATCHED THE

|./. |

BEACON LIGHT FROM THE CONTROL TOWER AS IT WHIPPED THROUGH THE DARK

G A7 D D7

./. |./. | | | | |

EBONY SKIES AS IF IT WERE SEARCHING FOR, MY E - BO – NY EYES.

G D

|./. | |

THEN CAME THE AN-NOUNCEMENT OVER THE LOUDSPEAKER:

./. | |./.

"WOULD THOSE HAVING RELATIVES OR FRIENDS ON FLIGHT NUMBER 1203,

D A7

| |

PLEASE RE-PORT TO THE CHAPEL ACROSS THE STREET AT ONCE".

Verse-2:

D A

| |./. |./. |./. | |./. |

THEN I FELT A BURNING BREAK DEEP IN-SIDE, AND I KNEW THE HEAVENLY

A7 D D7 G

./. | | | | |./.

E- BO-NY SKIES. HAD TAKEN MY LIFE'S MOST WONDERFUL PRIZE,

D A7 D D7

| | | |

MY BEAUTIFUL E-BO-NY EYES.

Outro:

G D G D D7

| |./. | |./. | |./. | | |

IF I EVER GET TO, HEAVEN I'LL BET, THE FIRST ANGEL I'LL RECOG-NIZE.

G D

|./. | |./.

SHE'LL SMILE AT ME AND I KNOW SHE WILL BE,

/ (No Chords ) /

A A7 D A7 D D

| | ( )

MY BEAUTIFUL E-BO-NY E-YES.

About Ebony Eyes Chords by The Everly Brothers

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