A Pair Of Brown Eyes

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[Intro]
C
[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
x2
[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
x2
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
x2
G Am C G C Am
C C C Am
x2
G Am C G C Am
C C C Am
(fade out)

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Free chords for A Pair Of Brown Eyes by The Pogues. Scroll the interactive sheet above or read the chord names inline below.

[Intro]
C
[Verse 1]
[Verse 2]
[Instrumental]
C   C   C   Am   x2
[Verse 3]
[Verse 4]
[Outro]
C   C   C   Am   x2
C   C   C   Am   x2
G  Am  C  G  C   Am
C   C   C   Am   x2
G  Am  C  G  C   Am
C   C   C   Am
(fade out)

A Pair Of Brown Eyes Chords by The Pogues

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