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A Pair Of Brown Eyes

The Pogues
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D-DU-UDU
 One summer  evening drunk to hell I sat  there nearly lifeless
 An old  man in the corner sang where the waterlilies  grow
 And on  the jukebox Johnny sang about  a thing called love
 and it's how  are you kid
 and whats  your name
 and how  would you bloody know
 In blood and death 'neath a 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 was looking  at me
 But when  we got back  labelled parts  one to three
 There was  no pair of brown  eyes waiting  for me
 And a rovin'  a rovin'  a rovin'  I'll go
 And a rovin'  a rovin'  a rovin'  I'll go
 And a rovin'  a rovin'  a rovin'  I'll go
 For a pair  of brown eyes
 For a pair  of brown  eyes
 Inst |  | |  | ||
 I looked at him he looked at me all I could do was hate him
 While Ray and Philomena sang of my elusive dream
 I saw the streams the rolling hills 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 sounds of long ago from the old canal
 And the birds were whistling in the trees where the wind was gently laughing
 Outro | | | |  | | ||

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Readable chord sheet for A Pair Of Brown Eyes by The Pogues

One su[G]mmer evening drunk to hell I s[Am]at there nearly l[C]ifeless
An ol[G]d man in the corner sang where the wa[C]terlilies gr[Am]ow
And o[G]n the jukebox Johnny sang ab[Am]out a thing called l[C]ove
and it's h[G]ow are you k[Am]id
and wh[C]ats your na[G]me
and h[C]ow would you bloody k[Am]now

In blood and death 'neath a 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 pa[G]ir of brown ey[Am]es that was loo[C]king at m[G]e
But w[G]hen we got bac[Am]k labelled part[C]s one to [G]three
There wa[G]s no pair of b[Am]rown eyes waiti[C]ng for me[G]
And a ro[G]vin' a r[Am]ovin' a r[C]ovin' I'll g[G]o
And a ro[G]vin' a r[Am]ovin' a r[C]ovin' I'll g[G]o
And a ro[G]vin' a r[Am]ovin' a r[C]ovin' I'll g[G]o
For a pa[C]ir of brown ey[Am]es
For a pa[C]ir of b[D]rown ey[G]es

Inst    |[C]    |[C]   [Am]|[C]    |[C]   [Am]||

I looked at him he looked at me all I could do was hate him
While Ray and Philomena sang of my elusive dream
I saw the streams the rolling hills 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 sounds of long ago from the old canal
And the birds were whistling in the trees where the wind was gently laughing

Outro   |[G] [Am] [C] [G]|[G] [Am] [C] [G]|[G] [Am] [C] [G]|[C]  [Am]  |[C]  [D]  [G]|[C] [G] [Am7] [G]||

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