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Brown Eyed Women

Grateful Dead
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D-DU-UDU
Gone  are the days when the ox  fall down,
Take  up the yoke and plow the fields  around.
Gone  are the days when the ladies  said, "Please,
Gentle  Jack Jones, won't you come home to me?"
Brown-eyed  women and red grenadine,
 The bottle  was dusty but the liquor  was clean.
Sound  of the thunder with the rain  fallin' down,
 And it looks  like the old man's  gettin' on.
 1920 when he stepped to the bar,
 Drank to the dregs of the whiskey jar.
 1930 when the walls caved in,
 He made his way sellin' red-eyed gin.
 Delilah Jones was the mother of twins,
 Two times over and the rest were sins.
 Raised eight boys, only I turned bad,
 Didn't get the lickin's that the other ones had.
Tumble  down shack in Bigfoot county,
Snowed  so hard that the roof  caved in.
Delilah Jones  went to meet  her God,
 And the old  man never was the same again.
 Daddy made whiskey and he made it well,
 Cost two dollars and it burnt like hell.
 I cut hick'ry just to fire the still,
 Drink down a bottle and ready to kill.
 And in the key of D:
 Brown-Eyed Woman
 (Hunter, Garcia)
Gone  are the days when the ox  fall down,
Take  up the yoke and plow the fields  around.
Gone  are the days when the ladies  said, "Please,
Gentle  Jack Jones, won't you come home to me?"
Brown-eyed  women and red grenadine,
 The bottle  was dusty but the liquor  was clean.
Sound  of the thunder with the rain  fallin' down,
 And it looks  like the old man's  gettin'  on.
 1920 when he stepped to the bar,
 Drank to the dregs of the whiskey jar.
 1930 when the walls caved in,
 He made his way sellin' red-eyed gin.
 Delilah Jones was the mother of twins,
 Two times over and the rest were sins.
 Raised eight boys, only I turned bad,
 Didn't get the lickin's that the other ones had.
Tumble  down shack in Bigfoot county,
Snowed  so hard that the roof  caved in.
Delilah Jones  went to meet  her God,
 And the old  man never was the same again.
 Daddy made whiskey and he made it well,
 Cost two dollars and it burnt like hell.
 I cut hick'ry just to fire the still,
 Drink down a bottle and ready to kill.

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Readable chord sheet for Brown Eyed Women by Grateful Dead

[Dm]Gone are the days when the [F]ox fall down,

[C]Take up the yoke and plow the [Bb]fields around.

[Dm]Gone are the days when the [F]ladies said, "Please,

[Bb]Gentle Jack Jones, won't you come home to [F]me?"

[C]Brown-eyed women and red grenadine,

The [Bb]bottle was dusty but the [F]liquor was [C]clean.

[Bb]Sound of the thunder with the [F]rain fallin' [Dm]down,

And it [Gm]looks like the old man's[Bb] gettin' [F]on.

1920 when he stepped to the bar,
Drank to the dregs of the whiskey jar.
1930 when the walls caved in,
He made his way sellin' red-eyed gin.

Delilah Jones was the mother of twins,
Two times over and the rest were sins.
Raised eight boys, only I turned bad,
Didn't get the lickin's that the other ones had.

[Cm]Tumble down shack in [Bb]Bigfoot [F]county,
[Cm]Snowed so hard that the [Bb]roof caved [F]in.
[Dm]Delilah [C]Jones went to [Bb]meet her [Am]God,
And the [Bb]old man never was the same [F]again.

Daddy made whiskey and he made it well,
Cost two dollars and it burnt like hell.
I cut hick'ry just to fire the still,
Drink down a bottle and ready to kill.

And in the key of D:

Brown-Eyed Woman
(Hunter, Garcia)

[Bm]Gone are the days when the [D]ox fall down,

[A]Take up the yoke and plow the f[G]ields around.

[Bm]Gone are the days when the [D]ladies said, "Please,

[G]Gentle Jack Jones, won't you come home to [D]me?"

[A]Brown-eyed women and red grenadine,

The [G]bottle was dusty but the [D]liquor was [A]clean.

[G]Sound of the thunder with the [D]rain fallin' [Bm]down,

And it [Em]looks like the old man'[G]s gettin'[D] on.

1920 when he stepped to the bar,
Drank to the dregs of the whiskey jar.
1930 when the walls caved in,
He made his way sellin' red-eyed gin.

Delilah Jones was the mother of twins,
Two times over and the rest were sins.
Raised eight boys, only I turned bad,
Didn't get the lickin's that the other ones had.

[Am]Tumble down shack in [G]Bigfoot [D]county,
[Am]Snowed so hard that the [G]roof caved [D]in.
[Bm]Delilah [A]Jones went to m[G]eet her G[Am]od,
And the [G]old man never was the same [D]again.

Daddy made whiskey and he made it well,
Cost two dollars and it burnt like hell.
I cut hick'ry just to fire the still,
Drink down a bottle and ready to kill.

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