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    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

    X:9
    T:A Pair of Brown Eyes
    M:6/8
    L:1/8
    K:C
    Q:1/4=110
    D|"G"G2AB2G|B2dd2G|"Am"AB2A2G| "C"EG2z2D|
    "G"G2AB2G|Bd2d2B/2G/2| "C"AG2AB2 |"Am"A3z2D|
    "G"G2AB2 G|B d2d2G|"Am"A2BA2G |"C"E3zGE|
     "G"D3/2E/2 D"Am"E2G |"C"A2G"G"G2B| "C"cc BAG2|"Am"E3 z2 z|
    T: My elusive dreams (chorus)
    M: 4/4
    L: 1/4
    K: C
    z G c e|"C"g3 g|"F"agf2|"G7"z d/2e/2 f3/2 g/2|
    "C"f3/2 e/2 e2| "F"z f/2f/2 e3/2 d/2| "C"e3/2 d/2 c2| "G7"z d/2d/2 c3/2 B/2| "C"c4||