Pair of Brown Eyes
Christy MooreVersion1
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One summer evening drunk to hell I sat there nearly lifeless,
An old man in the corner sang where the water lilies grow,
And on the juke box Johnny sang about a thing called love,
And it's how are you kid,whats your name,
And how would you bloody know.
In blood and death 'neath the screaming sky,
I lay down on the ground,
And the arms and legs of other men,
Were scattered all around,
Some cursed some prayed some prayed then cursed,
Then prayed and bled some more,
And the only thing that I could see,
Was a pair of brown eyes that were looking at me,
But when we got back labelled parts one to three,
There was no pair of brown eyes lookin at me.
And a rovin'a rovin'a rovin'I'll go,
For a pair of brown eyes.
I looked at him he looked at me,all I could do was hate him,
While Ray and Philomena sang of my elusive dreams,
I saw the streams the rolling hils,where his brown eyes were waiting,
And I thought about a pair of brown eyes that waited once for me.
So drunk to hell I left the place sometimes crawling sometimes walking,
A hungry sound came across the breeze so I gave the walls a talking.
And I heard the sound of long ago,from the old canal,
And the birds were whistling in the trees,
Where the wind was gently laughing.
And a rovin,a rovin a rovin I'll go for a pair of brown eyes,
For a pair of brown eyes.
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Readable chord sheet for Pair of Brown Eyes by Christy Moore
One[D] summer evening drunk to hell I[Em] sat there nearly[G] lifeless, An[D] old man in the corner sang where the[G] water lilies[Em] grow, And[D] on the juke box Johnny sang[Em] about a thing called[G] love, And it's[D] how are you[Em] kid,[G]whats your[D] name, And[G] how would you bloody[Em] know. [2] In[D] blood and death 'neath the screaming sky, I[Em] lay down on the[G] ground, And the[D] arms and legs of other men, Were[G] scattered all a[Em]round, Some[D] cursed some prayed some[G] prayed then [D]cursed, Then[G] prayed and bled some[Em] more, And the[D] only thing that[Em] I could[G] see, Was a[D] pair of brown[Em] eyes that were[G] looking at [D]me, But when we got[Em] back labelled[G] parts one to[D] three, There was no[Em] pair of brown eyes[G] lookin at[D] me. And a rovin'a[Em] rovin'a[G] rovin'I'll[D] go, For a[G] pair of brown[Em] eyes. I looked at him he looked at me,all I could do was hate him, While Ray and Philomena sang of my elusive dreams, I saw the streams the rolling hils,where his brown eyes were waiting, And I thought about a pair of brown eyes that waited once for me. So drunk to hell I left the place sometimes crawling sometimes walking, A hungry sound came across the breeze so I gave the walls a talking. And I heard the sound of long ago,from the old canal, And the birds were whistling in the trees, Where the wind was gently laughing. And[D] a rovin,a[Em] rovin a[G] rovin I'll[D] go for a[G] pair of brown[D] eyes, For a[G] pair of brown[D] eyes.