Johnny Rivers – Brown Eyed Handsome Man (Guitar)

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Album - At The Whiskey A Go Go - #13 on BB Hot 200 on IMPERIAL Records in 1964. INTRO: E #1.
E
Arrested on charges of unemployment, he was 
sitting in the witness stand.
                            A
The judge's wife called the district attorney

          B                    E
said, you free that brown-eyed man.

                              B
You want your job, you better free that 

           E
brown-eyed man.
CHORUS:
E
Way back in history, three thousand years back,
ever since the world began.
                                       A
There's been a whole lot of good women shed a tear

      B                   E
for a brown-eyed handsome man.

                       B                   E
A lotta trouble with a brown-eyed handsome man.
#2.
E
Flying across the desert in a TWA I saw a woman 
walking across the sand.
                                   A
She been a-walkin' thirty miles en route to Bombay

          B                   E
to meet a brown-eyed handsome man.

                      B                   E
Her destination was a brown-eyed handsome man.
INTERLUDE: E A B E #3.
E
Milo Venus was a beautiful lass, she had the world 
in the palm of her hand.
                            A
She lost both her arms in a wrestling match to get 

  B                   E
a brown-eyed handsome man.

                             B                   E
She fought and won herself a brown-eyed handsome man.
CHORUS:
E
Way back in history, three thousand years back,
ever since the world began.
                                       A
There's been a whole lot of good women shed a tear

      B                   E
for a brown-eyed handsome man.

                       B                   E
A lotta trouble with a brown-eyed handsome man.
INTERLUDE: E A B E OUTRO:
E
Well, three to two the count with nobody on, he hit a 
high fly into the stand.
                      A                         B
Rounding third he was headed for home, it was a brown 

              E                                B
eyed handsome man..that won the game, it was a brown 

              E
eyed handsome man.
...E A B E...E A B E. A sixties smash from Kraziekhat.