A Pair of Brown Eyes Chords by The Pogues
Tempo:
166.55 bpm
Chords used:
C
G
Am
A
Em
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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Key:
C
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[B] [Am] [G] One summer evening drunk to hell, [Am] a sucker nearly [C] lifeless.
[Am] An [G] old man in the corner sang, [C] where the water lilies [Am] grow .
[G] And on the jukebox Johnny sang [Am] about a thing [C] called love.
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And [G] it's how are [Am] you kid [C] and what's [G] your name [C] and how'd you bloody [Am] know .
[G] In flood and death near the screaming sky I [Am] lay down on the [C] ground .
And [G] the arms and legs of other men were [C] scattered all [Am] around .
Some [G] cursed, some praised, some prayed, then cursed, [Am] then prayed, then bled some [C] more .
And [G] the only [Am] .
thing that [C] I could [G].
see was a pair of [Am] brown eyes that [C] was looking [G] at me.
But when we got [Am] back, [C] label cards one [G] to three, there was no pair [Am] of brown [C] eyes waiting [G] for me.
I'll erobe and [Am] .
erobe and [C] erobe and [G] I'll go [C] for a pair of brown [Am] eyes.
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I [G] looked at him, he looked at me, [Am] all I could do [C] was hate him.
[G] Well, Ryan Phillips made a sign [C] of my illusive [Am] dreams .
[G] I saw the streams, the rolling hills [Am] where his brown [C] eyes were waiting .
[Am] And [G] I thought [Am] about [C] a pair of [G] brown eyes [C] that waited once [Am] for me.
[G] So drunk to hell I left the place, [Am] sometimes crawling, sometimes walking.
A [G] .
hungry sound came across the breeze, [C] so I gave the wolves [Am] a talking.
And [G] I heard the sounds of long ago [Am] from the old [C] canal.
And the [G] .
birds [Am] were whistling [C].
in the [G] trees where [C] the wind was gently [Am].
lapping.
And [G] .
erobe and [Am] erobe [C] and erobe and [G] I'll go erobe [Am] and erobe [C] and erobe [G] and I'll go .
[Am] For [C] .
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a pair of brown [Am] .
eyes, for a [C] pair [D] of brown [G] .
eyes.
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[Em] [G] the Rovin', [Am] a Rovin', [C] a Rovin' [G] I'll go.
I'm the Rovin', [Am] a Rovin', [C] a Rovin' [G] I'll go.
I'm the Rovin', [Am] a [C] .
Rovin', [G] I'll go.
[C] For [Am] .
[C] a [D] pair of [G] .
prize.
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[B] [Am] [G] One summer evening drunk to hell, [Am] a sucker nearly [C] lifeless.
[Am] An [G] old man in the corner sang, [C] where the water lilies [Am] grow .
[G] And on the jukebox Johnny sang [Am] about a thing [C] called love.
[B] .
And [G] it's how are [Am] you kid [C] and what's [G] your name [C] and how'd you bloody [Am] know .
[G] In flood and death near the screaming sky I [Am] lay down on the [C] ground .
And [G] the arms and legs of other men were [C] scattered all [Am] around .
Some [G] cursed, some praised, some prayed, then cursed, [Am] then prayed, then bled some [C] more .
And [G] the only [Am] .
thing that [C] I could [G].
see was a pair of [Am] brown eyes that [C] was looking [G] at me.
But when we got [Am] back, [C] label cards one [G] to three, there was no pair [Am] of brown [C] eyes waiting [G] for me.
I'll erobe and [Am] .
erobe and [C] erobe and [G] I'll go [C] for a pair of brown [Am] eyes.
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[A] [Em] .
[C] .
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[Am] [Em] .
I [G] looked at him, he looked at me, [Am] all I could do [C] was hate him.
[G] Well, Ryan Phillips made a sign [C] of my illusive [Am] dreams .
[G] I saw the streams, the rolling hills [Am] where his brown [C] eyes were waiting .
[Am] And [G] I thought [Am] about [C] a pair of [G] brown eyes [C] that waited once [Am] for me.
[G] So drunk to hell I left the place, [Am] sometimes crawling, sometimes walking.
A [G] .
hungry sound came across the breeze, [C] so I gave the wolves [Am] a talking.
And [G] I heard the sounds of long ago [Am] from the old [C] canal.
And the [G] .
birds [Am] were whistling [C].
in the [G] trees where [C] the wind was gently [Am].
lapping.
And [G] .
erobe and [Am] erobe [C] and erobe and [G] I'll go erobe [Am] and erobe [C] and erobe [G] and I'll go .
[Am] For [C] .
[G] [C].
a pair of brown [Am] .
eyes, for a [C] pair [D] of brown [G] .
eyes.
[C].
I'm .
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[G] [A] .
[C] .
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[G] [A] .
[Em] [G] the Rovin', [Am] a Rovin', [C] a Rovin' [G] I'll go.
I'm the Rovin', [Am] a Rovin', [C] a Rovin' [G] I'll go.
I'm the Rovin', [Am] a [C] .
Rovin', [G] I'll go.
[C] For [Am] .
[C] a [D] pair of [G] .
prize.
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