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A Pair Of Brown Eyes

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[Intro]
C
[Verse 1]
One Gsummer evening drunk to hell, I Amsat there nearly lC/Gifeless
An oGld man in the corner sang "Where the C/GWater Lilies GAmrow"
And Gon the jukebox Johnny sang aboAmut a thing calleC/Gd love
And it's hGow are you Amkid and whCat's your nGame
And hCow would you bloody kAmnow?
[Verse 2]
In Gblood and death 'neath a screaming sky I Amlay down on the groC/Gund
And the Garms and legs of other men were C/Gscattered all arouAmnd
Some Gcursed, some prayed, some prayed then cursed, then Amprayed and bled some mC/Gore
And the Gonly tAmhing that CI could sGee
Was a pGair of brown eAmyes that was looCking at Gme
But wGhen we got bAmack, labeled paCrts one to thGree
There was Gno pair of bAmrown eyes waCiting for Gme
And a rGovin', a rAmovin', a rCovin' I'll Ggo
For a pCair of brown eAmyes
[Instrumental]
   C     C     C     Amx2
[Verse 3]
I Glooked at him, he looked at me, all AmI could do was C/Ghate him
While GRay and Philomena sang of C/Gmy elusive drAmeam
I Gsaw the streams, the rolling hills where Amhis brown eyes were waiC/Gting
And I Gthought aAmbout a paCir of brown Geyes 
that waCited once for Amme
[Verse 4]
So Gdrunk to hell I left the place, sometimes Amcrawling, sometimes C/Gwalking
A Ghungry sound came across the breeze so I C/Ggave the walls a taAmlking
And I Gheard the sounds of long ago fAmrom the old caC/Gnal
And the Gbirds were wAmhistling Cin the tGrees
Where the wCind was gently laAmughing
[Outro]
And a rGovin', a rAmovin', a rCovin' I'll Ggo
And a rGovin', a rAmovin', a rCovin' I'll Ggo
And a rGovin', a rAmovin', a rCovin' I'll Ggo
For a pCair of brown eAmyes
For a pCair of bDrown eGyes
   C     C     C     Amx2
And a rGovin', a rAmovin', a rCovin' I'll Ggo
And a rGovin', a rAmovin', a rCovin' I'll Ggo
And a rGovin', a rAmovin', a rCovin' I'll Ggo
For a pCair of brown eAmyes
For a pCair of bDrown eGyes
   C     C     C     Amx2
G  Am  C  G  C   Am
   C     C     C     Amx2
G  Am  C  G  C   Am
C   C   C   Am
(fade out)

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A Pair Of Brown Eyes

by The Pogues

Lyrics & chords · Original key

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C/G

[Intro]

[Verse 1]

G Am C/G

One summer evening drunk to hell, I sat there nearly lifeless

G C/G Am

An old man in the corner sang "Where the Water Lilies Grow"

G Am C/G

And on the jukebox Johnny sang about a thing called love

G Am C G

And it's how are you kid and what's your name

C Am

And how would you bloody know?

[Verse 2]

G Am C/G

In blood and death 'neath a screaming sky I lay down on the ground

G C/G Am

And the arms and legs of other men were scattered all around

G Am C/G

Some cursed, some prayed, some prayed then cursed, then prayed and bled some more

G Am C G

And the only thing that I could see

G Am C G

Was a pair of brown eyes that was looking at me

G Am C G

But when we got back, labeled parts one to three

G Am C G

There was no pair of brown eyes waiting for me

G Am C G

And a rovin', a rovin', a rovin' I'll go

C Am

For a pair of brown eyes

[Instrumental]

C C C Am

[Verse 3]

G Am C/G

I looked at him, he looked at me, all I could do was hate him

G C/G Am

While Ray and Philomena sang of my elusive dream

G Am C/G

I saw the streams, the rolling hills where his brown eyes were waiting

G Am C G

And I thought about a pair of brown eyes

C Am

that waited once for me

[Verse 4]

G Am C/G

So drunk to hell I left the place, sometimes crawling, sometimes walking

G C/G Am

A hungry sound came across the breeze so I gave the walls a talking

G Am C/G

And I heard the sounds of long ago from the old canal

G Am C G

And the birds were whistling in the trees

C Am

Where the wind was gently laughing

[Outro]

G Am C G

And a rovin', a rovin', a rovin' I'll go

G Am C G

And a rovin', a rovin', a rovin' I'll go

G Am C G

And a rovin', a rovin', a rovin' I'll go

C Am

For a pair of brown eyes

C D G

For a pair of brown eyes

C C C Am

G Am C G

And a rovin', a rovin', a rovin' I'll go

G Am C G

And a rovin', a rovin', a rovin' I'll go

G Am C G

And a rovin', a rovin', a rovin' I'll go

C Am

For a pair of brown eyes

C D G

For a pair of brown eyes

C C C Am

G Am C G C Am

C C C Am

G Am C G C Am

C C C Am

(fade out)

About A Pair Of Brown Eyes Chords by The Pogues

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