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A Pair of Brown Eyes
The Pogues
One[G] summer evening drunk to hell I [Am] sat there nearly [C] lifeless, An [G] old man in the corner sang where the [C] water lilies [Am] grow, And [G] on the juke box Johnny sang[Am] about a thing called [C] love, And it's [G] how are you [Am] kid, [C] what’s your [G] name,
And [C] how would you bloody [Am] know.
In [G] blood and death 'neath the screaming sky, I [Am] lay down on the [C] ground,
And the [G] arms and legs of other men,
Were [C] scattered all a[Am]round,
Some [G] cursed some prayed some [C] prayed then [G] cursed, Then [C] prayed and bled some [Am] more,
And the [G] only thing that [Am] I could [C] see,
Was a [G] pair of brown [Am] eyes that were [C] looking at [G] me, But when we got [Am] back labelled [C] parts one to [G] three,
[G] There was no [Am] pair of brown eyes [C] waiting for [G] me. [G] And a rovin' a [Am] rovin' a [C] rovin' I'll [G] go,
For a [C] pair of brown [Am] eyes
Chorus
And [G] a rovin, a [Am] rovin a [C] rovin I'll [G] go And [G] a rovin, a [Am] rovin a [C] rovin I'll [G] go And [G] a rovin, a [Am] rovin a [C] rovin I'll [G] go for a [C] pair of brown [Am] eyes,
For a [C] pair of [D] brown [G] eyes Instrumental [C] [C] [Am] [C] [C][C] [D] [G]
I [G] looked at him he looked at me,all I [Am] could do was [C] hate him,
While [G] Ray and Philomena sang of [C] my elusive [Am] dreams,
I [G] saw the streams the rolling hills, [Am] where his brown eyes were [C] waiting,
And I [G] thought[Am] about a[C] pair of brown [G] eyes that [C] waited once for[Am] me.
So [G] drunk to hell I left the place sometimes [Am] crawling sometimes[C] walking, A [G] hungry sound came across the breeze so I[C] gave the walls a [Am] talking. And I [G] heard the sound of long ago, [Am] from the old [C] canal,
And the[G] birds were[Am] whistling[C] in the[G] trees,
Where[C] the wind was gently[Am] laughing. Chorus
Instrumental [C] [C] [Am] [C]
Chorus
Outro [G] [Am] [C] [G] x 2 , [C] [C] [Am] [C] x 2
[C][C] [D] [G]
34 Chord Cheat Sheet
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