A Pair of Brown Eyes
by The Pogues
One [G] summer evening drunk to hell
I [Am] sat there nearly [C] lifeless
An [G] old man in the corner sang
where the [C] waterlilies [Am] grow
And [G] on the jukebox Johnny sang
[Am] about a thing called [C] love
and it's [G] how are you [Am] kid
and [C] whats your [G] name
and [C] how would you bloody [Am] know
In [G] blood and death 'neath a screaming sky
I [Am] lay down on the [C] ground
And the [G] arms and legs of other men
Were [C] scattered all [Am] around
Some [G] cursed some prayed some prayed then cursed
Then [Am] prayed and bled some [C] more
Chorus
And the [G] only [Am] thing that [C] I could [G] see
Was a [G] pair of brown [Am] eyes that was [C] looking at [G] me
But [G] when we got [Am] back labelled [C] parts one to [G] three
There [G] was no pair of [Am] brown eyes [C] waiting for [G] me
And a [G] rovin' a [Am] rovin' a [C] rovin' I'll [G] go
For a [C] pair of brown [Am] eyes
Break on [C] x2
I [G] looked at him he looked at me
All [Am] I could do was [C] hate him
While [G] Ray and Philomena sang
Of [C] my elusive [Am] dreams
I [G] saw the streams, the rolling hills
Where [Am] his brown eyes were [C] waiting
And [G] I thought [Am] about a [C] pair of brown [G] eyes
That [C] waited once for [Am] me
So [G] drunk to hell I left the place
Sometimes [Am] crawling, sometimes [C] walking
A [G] hungry sound came across the breeze
So I [C] gave the walls a [Am] talking
And I [G] heard the sounds of long ago
[Am] From the old [C] canal
And the [G] birds were [Am] whistling [C] in the [G] trees
Where the [C] wind was gently [Am] laughing
Chorus
And a [G] rovin' a [Am] rovin' a [C] rovin' I'll [G] go
And a [G] rovin' a [Am] rovin' a [C] rovin' I'll [G] go
And a [G] rovin' a [Am] rovin' a [C] rovin' I'll [G] go
For a [C] pair of brown [Am] eyes
For a [C] pair of [D] brown [G] eyes
Break on [C] x2
Chorus
Break on [C] to fade
My Elusive Dreams (Chorus) which Ray and Philomena sang
I know you're [C] tired of [F] following
[G7] My elusive [C] dreams and schemes
[F] For they're only [C] fleeting things
[G7] My elusive [C] dreams
I [Am] sat there nearly [C] lifeless
An [G] old man in the corner sang
where the [C] waterlilies [Am] grow
And [G] on the jukebox Johnny sang
[Am] about a thing called [C] love
and it's [G] how are you [Am] kid
and [C] whats your [G] name
and [C] how would you bloody [Am] know
In [G] blood and death 'neath a screaming sky
I [Am] lay down on the [C] ground
And the [G] arms and legs of other men
Were [C] scattered all [Am] around
Some [G] cursed some prayed some prayed then cursed
Then [Am] prayed and bled some [C] more
Chorus
And the [G] only [Am] thing that [C] I could [G] see
Was a [G] pair of brown [Am] eyes that was [C] looking at [G] me
But [G] when we got [Am] back labelled [C] parts one to [G] three
There [G] was no pair of [Am] brown eyes [C] waiting for [G] me
And a [G] rovin' a [Am] rovin' a [C] rovin' I'll [G] go
For a [C] pair of brown [Am] eyes
Break on [C] x2
I [G] looked at him he looked at me
All [Am] I could do was [C] hate him
While [G] Ray and Philomena sang
Of [C] my elusive [Am] dreams
I [G] saw the streams, the rolling hills
Where [Am] his brown eyes were [C] waiting
And [G] I thought [Am] about a [C] pair of brown [G] eyes
That [C] waited once for [Am] me
So [G] drunk to hell I left the place
Sometimes [Am] crawling, sometimes [C] walking
A [G] hungry sound came across the breeze
So I [C] gave the walls a [Am] talking
And I [G] heard the sounds of long ago
[Am] From the old [C] canal
And the [G] birds were [Am] whistling [C] in the [G] trees
Where the [C] wind was gently [Am] laughing
Chorus
And a [G] rovin' a [Am] rovin' a [C] rovin' I'll [G] go
And a [G] rovin' a [Am] rovin' a [C] rovin' I'll [G] go
And a [G] rovin' a [Am] rovin' a [C] rovin' I'll [G] go
For a [C] pair of brown [Am] eyes
For a [C] pair of [D] brown [G] eyes
Break on [C] x2
Chorus
Break on [C] to fade
My Elusive Dreams (Chorus) which Ray and Philomena sang
I know you're [C] tired of [F] following
[G7] My elusive [C] dreams and schemes
[F] For they're only [C] fleeting things
[G7] My elusive [C] dreams
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