Brown Eyed Women Chords by Grateful Dead
Tempo:
105.45 bpm
Chords used:
A
E
B
C#m
D#
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[G#m] [Cm] [C#m] [E]
[A] [E]
[Cm]
[A] Gone are the [G#] days when the [C] arms fall down, [B] take up the open [A] flower that rears around.
[C#m] Gone are the [D#] days when [E] the ladies said please, [A] tell me that Jones won't you come [E] to me.
[A] [B]
Black women, red maritime, [A] all was just [E] a little reckless [B] [A] weaving.
Sound of the thunder [E] with the rain falling [C#]
[F#m] down and it looks like the old [A] man is [E] getting old.
[C] [C#m]
1920 [D#] when he [E] stepped to the bar, [B]
drank to the [A] drapes of the whiskey jar.
[D]
[C#m] 1930 [E] when the wall came down, [Em] [A] he pegged his way [A] to selling red [E]-eyed gin.
[Bm]
Brown [B]-eyed women in red vanity, [A]
all was just a [E] little reckless [B] weaving.
[A]
Sound of the thunder [E] with the rain [C#m] falling [F#m] down and it looks like the old [A] man is [E] getting old.
[C] [C#m]
[E] [A]
[B] [A]
[C#m] [D#] [E]
[A] [E]
[A]
[C#m] Lila Jones, [E] brother of twins, [B]
two times [A] over and the rest was sin.
[Am]
[C#m] Grey-stained boys [E] on that jerk bed, [A] didn't get the records that the other [E] one snagged.
[B]
Brown-eyed women in red vanity, [A]
all was [E] just a little [B] reckless weaving.
[A] Sound of the thunder [E] with the rain [C#] falling down [F#m] and it looks like [A] the old man is [E] getting old.
[Bm]
Come on down to Shaggy [A] and Bigfoot [E] County,
[Bm] snowing so hard [A] that the roof [E] gave in.
[C#m] [B] Lila [A] Jones went to [G#m] Peter's yard [A] and the [F#m] old man never was the same [E]
again.
[A] [E] [C]
[C#m] Daddy made [D#] whiskey [E] and he made it [A] well.
[A#m] [B] Cost two [A] dollars and he burned right well.
[C#m] I cut [D#] hickory [E] just to fire the skills.
[A] He drank down a bottle and he begged [E] to kill.
[B] Brown-eyed women in red vanity,
[A] a bottle of dusty [E] but the liquor [B] was green.
[A] Sound of the thunder [E] with the rain falling [F#m] down and it looks like the old man is [E] getting old.
[G#] [C#] [D#] Gone are the days when the [E] oxen fall [D#] down, they take up the old compound and [A] fill the land.
[C#m]
Gone are the days [E] when the ladies said please, [A] Jim and Jack Jones won't you [E] come to me.
[A] [B]
Brown-eyed women in red vanity, [A]
[D] a bottle of [A] dusty but [E] the liquor [Bm] was [A] green.
Sound of the thunder [E] with the rain [C#] falling down [F#m] and it looks like the old [A] man is [E] getting old.
[F#m] And it looks like the old man [A] is [E] getting old.
[A] [E]
[Cm]
[A] Gone are the [G#] days when the [C] arms fall down, [B] take up the open [A] flower that rears around.
[C#m] Gone are the [D#] days when [E] the ladies said please, [A] tell me that Jones won't you come [E] to me.
[A] [B]
Black women, red maritime, [A] all was just [E] a little reckless [B] [A] weaving.
Sound of the thunder [E] with the rain falling [C#]
[F#m] down and it looks like the old [A] man is [E] getting old.
[C] [C#m]
1920 [D#] when he [E] stepped to the bar, [B]
drank to the [A] drapes of the whiskey jar.
[D]
[C#m] 1930 [E] when the wall came down, [Em] [A] he pegged his way [A] to selling red [E]-eyed gin.
[Bm]
Brown [B]-eyed women in red vanity, [A]
all was just a [E] little reckless [B] weaving.
[A]
Sound of the thunder [E] with the rain [C#m] falling [F#m] down and it looks like the old [A] man is [E] getting old.
[C] [C#m]
[E] [A]
[B] [A]
[C#m] [D#] [E]
[A] [E]
[A]
[C#m] Lila Jones, [E] brother of twins, [B]
two times [A] over and the rest was sin.
[Am]
[C#m] Grey-stained boys [E] on that jerk bed, [A] didn't get the records that the other [E] one snagged.
[B]
Brown-eyed women in red vanity, [A]
all was [E] just a little [B] reckless weaving.
[A] Sound of the thunder [E] with the rain [C#] falling down [F#m] and it looks like [A] the old man is [E] getting old.
[Bm]
Come on down to Shaggy [A] and Bigfoot [E] County,
[Bm] snowing so hard [A] that the roof [E] gave in.
[C#m] [B] Lila [A] Jones went to [G#m] Peter's yard [A] and the [F#m] old man never was the same [E]
again.
[A] [E] [C]
[C#m] Daddy made [D#] whiskey [E] and he made it [A] well.
[A#m] [B] Cost two [A] dollars and he burned right well.
[C#m] I cut [D#] hickory [E] just to fire the skills.
[A] He drank down a bottle and he begged [E] to kill.
[B] Brown-eyed women in red vanity,
[A] a bottle of dusty [E] but the liquor [B] was green.
[A] Sound of the thunder [E] with the rain falling [F#m] down and it looks like the old man is [E] getting old.
[G#] [C#] [D#] Gone are the days when the [E] oxen fall [D#] down, they take up the old compound and [A] fill the land.
[C#m]
Gone are the days [E] when the ladies said please, [A] Jim and Jack Jones won't you [E] come to me.
[A] [B]
Brown-eyed women in red vanity, [A]
[D] a bottle of [A] dusty but [E] the liquor [Bm] was [A] green.
Sound of the thunder [E] with the rain [C#] falling down [F#m] and it looks like the old [A] man is [E] getting old.
[F#m] And it looks like the old man [A] is [E] getting old.
Key:
A
E
B
C#m
D#
A
E
B
[G#m] _ [Cm] _ [C#m] _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _ [E] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Cm] _ _
[A] Gone are the [G#] days when the [C] arms fall down, [B] take up the open [A] flower that rears around.
_ [C#m] Gone are the [D#] days when [E] the ladies said please, [A] tell me that Jones won't you come [E] to me.
_ _ _ _ [A] _ [B] _
_ Black women, red _ maritime, [A] all was just [E] a little reckless [B] [A] weaving.
Sound of the thunder [E] with the rain falling [C#]
[F#m] down and it looks like the old [A] man is [E] getting old.
_ _ _ _ _ [C] _ [C#m] _
1920 [D#] when he [E] stepped to the bar, [B] _
drank to the [A] drapes of the whiskey jar.
[D] _
[C#m] _ 1930 [E] when the wall came down, [Em] [A] he pegged his way [A] to selling red [E]-eyed gin.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Bm]
Brown [B]-eyed women in red vanity, [A]
all was just a [E] little reckless [B] weaving.
[A] _
_ Sound of the thunder [E] with the rain [C#m] falling [F#m] down and it looks like the old [A] man is [E] getting old.
_ _ _ _ _ [C] _ [C#m] _
_ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ [A] _
[B] _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _
[C#m] _ _ _ [D#] _ [E] _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [A] _
[C#m] Lila Jones, [E] brother of twins, [B] _
two times [A] over and the rest was sin.
[Am] _
[C#m] Grey-stained boys [E] on that jerk bed, [A] didn't get the records that the other [E] one snagged.
_ _ _ _ [B] _
Brown-eyed women in red vanity, _ [A]
all was [E] just a little [B] reckless weaving. _
[A] Sound of the thunder [E] with the rain [C#] falling down [F#m] and it looks like [A] the old man is [E] getting old.
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Bm] _
Come on down to Shaggy [A] and Bigfoot [E] County, _
[Bm] _ snowing so hard [A] that the roof [E] gave in.
[C#m] _ [B] Lila [A] Jones went to [G#m] Peter's yard [A] and the [F#m] old man never was the same [E]
again.
_ [A] _ [E] _ _ _ _ [C] _
[C#m] Daddy made [D#] whiskey [E] and he made it [A] well.
[A#m] _ [B] Cost two [A] dollars and he burned right well.
_ [C#m] I cut [D#] hickory [E] just to fire the skills.
[A] He drank down a bottle and he begged [E] to kill. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[B] _ Brown-eyed women in red vanity, _
[A] a bottle of dusty [E] but the liquor [B] was green.
[A] _ Sound of the thunder [E] with the rain falling [F#m] down and it looks like the old man is [E] getting _ old. _ _ _ _
[G#] _ [C#] [D#] Gone are the days when the [E] oxen fall [D#] down, they take up the old compound and [A] fill the land.
[C#m] _
_ Gone are the days [E] when the ladies said please, [A] Jim and Jack Jones won't you [E] come to me.
_ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ [B]
Brown-eyed women in red vanity, [A]
[D] a bottle of [A] dusty but [E] the liquor [Bm] was [A] green.
Sound of the thunder [E] with the rain [C#] falling down [F#m] and it looks like the old [A] man is _ [E] getting old.
_ _ _ _ _ [F#m] And it looks like the old man [A] is [E] getting old.
_ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _ [E] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Cm] _ _
[A] Gone are the [G#] days when the [C] arms fall down, [B] take up the open [A] flower that rears around.
_ [C#m] Gone are the [D#] days when [E] the ladies said please, [A] tell me that Jones won't you come [E] to me.
_ _ _ _ [A] _ [B] _
_ Black women, red _ maritime, [A] all was just [E] a little reckless [B] [A] weaving.
Sound of the thunder [E] with the rain falling [C#]
[F#m] down and it looks like the old [A] man is [E] getting old.
_ _ _ _ _ [C] _ [C#m] _
1920 [D#] when he [E] stepped to the bar, [B] _
drank to the [A] drapes of the whiskey jar.
[D] _
[C#m] _ 1930 [E] when the wall came down, [Em] [A] he pegged his way [A] to selling red [E]-eyed gin.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Bm]
Brown [B]-eyed women in red vanity, [A]
all was just a [E] little reckless [B] weaving.
[A] _
_ Sound of the thunder [E] with the rain [C#m] falling [F#m] down and it looks like the old [A] man is [E] getting old.
_ _ _ _ _ [C] _ [C#m] _
_ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ [A] _
[B] _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _
[C#m] _ _ _ [D#] _ [E] _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [A] _
[C#m] Lila Jones, [E] brother of twins, [B] _
two times [A] over and the rest was sin.
[Am] _
[C#m] Grey-stained boys [E] on that jerk bed, [A] didn't get the records that the other [E] one snagged.
_ _ _ _ [B] _
Brown-eyed women in red vanity, _ [A]
all was [E] just a little [B] reckless weaving. _
[A] Sound of the thunder [E] with the rain [C#] falling down [F#m] and it looks like [A] the old man is [E] getting old.
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Bm] _
Come on down to Shaggy [A] and Bigfoot [E] County, _
[Bm] _ snowing so hard [A] that the roof [E] gave in.
[C#m] _ [B] Lila [A] Jones went to [G#m] Peter's yard [A] and the [F#m] old man never was the same [E]
again.
_ [A] _ [E] _ _ _ _ [C] _
[C#m] Daddy made [D#] whiskey [E] and he made it [A] well.
[A#m] _ [B] Cost two [A] dollars and he burned right well.
_ [C#m] I cut [D#] hickory [E] just to fire the skills.
[A] He drank down a bottle and he begged [E] to kill. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[B] _ Brown-eyed women in red vanity, _
[A] a bottle of dusty [E] but the liquor [B] was green.
[A] _ Sound of the thunder [E] with the rain falling [F#m] down and it looks like the old man is [E] getting _ old. _ _ _ _
[G#] _ [C#] [D#] Gone are the days when the [E] oxen fall [D#] down, they take up the old compound and [A] fill the land.
[C#m] _
_ Gone are the days [E] when the ladies said please, [A] Jim and Jack Jones won't you [E] come to me.
_ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ [B]
Brown-eyed women in red vanity, [A]
[D] a bottle of [A] dusty but [E] the liquor [Bm] was [A] green.
Sound of the thunder [E] with the rain [C#] falling down [F#m] and it looks like the old [A] man is _ [E] getting old.
_ _ _ _ _ [F#m] And it looks like the old man [A] is [E] getting old.