A Pair of Brown Eyes Chords by The Pogues
- Key: G
- BPM: 167
- Capo: no capo
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A PAIR OF BROWN EYES CHORDS
[Start] [Verse] C G ■ One summer evening drunk to hell Am C I sat there nearly lifeless G An ■ old man in the corner sang C Am Where the water lilies grow G And on the jukebox Johnny sang Am C 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 G In blood and death 'neath a screaming sky Am C I lay down on the ground G And the arms and legs of other men C Am Were scattered all around [Chorus] G Some cursed some prayed some prayed then cursed Am C Then prayed and bled some more G Am C G And the only thing that ■ I could see Am C G Was a pair of brown eyes that was looking at me Am C G But when we got back labeled parts one to three Am C G There was no pair of brown eyes waiting for me Am C G And a rovin' a rovin' a rovin' I'll go C Am For a pair of brown eyes [Solo] C G Am7 Em C Gsus4 ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ C Am Em ■ ■ ■ [Verse] G I looked at him he looked at me Am C All I could do was hate him G While Ray and Philomena sang C Am Of my elusive dreams G I saw the streams the rolling hills Am C 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 G So drunk to hell I left the place Am C Sometimes crawling sometimes walking G A hungry sound came across the breeze C Am So I gave the walls a talking G And I heard the sounds of long ago Am C From the old canal G Am C G And the birds were whistling in the trees C Am Where the wind was gently laughing [Chorus] G Am C G And a rovin' a rovin' a rovin' I'll go Am C G And a rovin' a rovin' a rovin' I'll go Am Am7 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 [Solo] C Am C Am Em ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ [Chorus] G Am C G And a rovin' a rovin' a rovin' I'll go Am C G And a rovin' a rovin' a rovin' I'll go 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 [Solo] Em C Am C Am Em G Am ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ [Outro] C G C Am C Am Em C ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ Am C G Am C G ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ C Am C ■ ■ ■ [End]