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A Pair of Brown Eyes
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] water lilies [Am] grow, 
And [G] on the juke box Johnny sang[Am] about a thing called [C] love, 
And it's [G] how are you [Am] kid, [C] what’s your [G] name,
And [C] how would you bloody [Am] know.

In [G] blood and death 'neath the screaming sky, 
I [Am] lay down on the [C] ground,
And the [G] arms and legs of other men,
Were [C] scattered all a[Am]round,
Some [G] cursed some prayed some [C] prayed then [G] cursed, 
Then [C] prayed and bled some [Am] more,

And the [G] only thing that [Am] I could [C] see,
Was a [G] pair of brown [Am] eyes that were [C] looking at [G] me, 
But when we got [Am] back labelled [C] parts one to [G] three,
[G] There was no [Am] pair of brown eyes [C] waiting for [G] me. 
[G] And a rovin' a [Am] rovin' a [C] rovin' I'll [G] go,
For a [C] pair of brown [Am] eyes

Chorus:
And [G] a rovin, a [Am] rovin a [C] rovin I'll [G] go 
And [G] a rovin, a [Am] rovin a [C] rovin I'll [G] go 
And [G] a 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

Instrumental: [C] [C] [Am] [C] [C][C] [D] [G]

I [G] looked at him he looked at me,all I [Am] 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, [Am] where his brown eyes were [C] waiting,
And I [G] 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 sound of long ago, [Am] from the old [C] canal,
And the[G] birds were[Am] whistling[C] in the[G] trees,
Where[C] the wind was gently[Am] laughing.

Chorus:

Instrumental: [C] [C] [Am] [C]

Chorus:

Outro:
[G] [Am] [C] [G] x2
[C] [C] [Am] [C] x2

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