Chuck Berry – Brown Eyed Handsome Man (Guitar)

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As recorded by Chuck Berry (1956 single release) [Intro] N.C. Eb N.C. Eb N.C. [Verse 1]
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Arrested on charges of unemployment

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He was sittin' in the witness stand

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The judge's wife called up the district attorney

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She said "Free that brown-eyed man

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If you want your job you'd better free that brown eyed man"
[Verse 2]
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Flyin' across the desert in a TWA

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I saw a woman walkin' 'cross the sand

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She been walkin' 30 miles en route to Bombay

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To meet a brown-eyed handsome man

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Her destination was a brown-eyed handsome man
[Verse 3]
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Way back in history, 3000 years

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In fact, ever since the world began

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There's been a whole lotta good women sheddin' tears

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Over a brown-eyed handsome man

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It's a lot of trouble with a brown-eyed handsome man
[Guitar & Piano Solos] |Eb |Eb |Eb |Eb | |Eb |Ab |Bb |Eb | |Eb |Eb |Eb |Eb | |Eb |Eb |Eb |Ab | |Bb |Eb |Ab Bb|Eb | |Eb |Eb |Eb |Eb | |Eb |Ab |Bb |Eb | [Verse 4]
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Beautiful daughter couldn't make up her mind

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Between a doctor and a lawyer man

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Her mother told her, "Darling, go out and find

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Yourself a brown-eyed handsome man

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Just like your daddy, he's a brown-eyed handsome man"
[Verse 5]
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Milo's Venus was a beautiful lass

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She had the world in the palm of her hand

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She lost both her arms in a wrestling match

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To meet a brown-eyed handsome man

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She fought and won herself a brown-eyed handsome man
[Verse 6]
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Two-three the count with nobody on

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He hit a high fly into the stand

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Roundin' third, he was headed for home

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It was a brown-eyed handsome man

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That won the game, it was a brown-eyed handsome man
[Outro] Eb Ab Eb