Woody Guthrie – Brown Eyes (Guitar)
Key
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Versions
(2)
Guitar
Ukulele
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Chords
Tabbed from the recording from the American Folk Anthology (disc 2)
[Chorus:]
G D G D Those brown eyes I loved so well. Those brown eyes I long to see. D A D How I long for those brown eyes. Strangers they have grown to be. D A D Just a year ago today, when my brown eyes went away D A D Up in heaven I long to be, where a brown-eyed angel waits for me
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D A Last night I passed her on the street, I bowed my head 'cause I could not D speak D A D Another man was at her side, soon I thought she'd be his bride.
[Chorus]
Other versions of the song have slightly different lyrics, as stated below.
D A D One evening when the sun was low my brown eyes whispered, "I must go." D A D Not one second would she wait. She kissed my cheek and left my gate.
[Chorus:]
G D G D Those brown eyes I loved so well. Those brown eyes I long to see. D A D How I long for those brown eyes. Strangers they have grown to be. D A D One night I met her on the street. I tipped my hat but I could not speak. D A D Another man was by her side. Soon I thought she'd be his bride.
[Chorus]
D A D 'Twas just a year ago today, they laid my own brown eyes away. D A D Six long years for me she cried. It was her brother by her side.
[Chorus]