A Pair Of Brown Eyes original guitar chords by 
The Pogues 
Key: G major•
Verse 1
C
C
Am7
C
I sat there nearly lifeless
C
Am7
"Where the Water Lilies Grow"
Am7
C
About a thing called love
G
Am7
And it's "How are you, kid?'
C
G
and "What's your name?"
C
Am7
And "How'd you bloody know?
Verse 2
Am7
C
I laid down on the ground
C
Am7
Were scattered all around
some prayed, then cursed
Am7
C
Then prayed, then bled some more
G
Am7
C
G
And the only thing that I could see
C
G
that was looking at me
C
G
labeled parts one to three
C
G
waiting for me
Chorus 1
G
Am7
C
G
And a rovin', a rovin', a rovin' I'll go
C
Am7
For a pair of brown eyes
Interlude 1
C
C
C
Am7
C
C
C
Am7
Verse 3
Am7
C
All I could do was hate him
C
Am7
Of my elusive dreams
Am7
C
Where his brown eyes were waiting
G
Am7
C
G
And I thought about a pair of brown eyes
C
Am7
That waited once for me
Verse 4
Am7
C
Sometimes crawling, sometimes walking
C
Am7
So I gave the walls a talking
Am7
C
From the old canal
G
Am7
C
G
And the birds were whistling in the trees
C
Am7
Where the wind was gently laughing
Chorus 2
G
Am7
C
G
And a rovin', a rovin', a rovin' I'll go
Am7
C
G
A rovin', a rovin', a rovin' I'll go
Am7
C
G
And a rovin', a rovin', a rovin' I'll go
C
Am7
For a pair of brown eyes
C
D
G
for a pair of brown eyes
Interlude 2
C
C
C
Am7
C
C
C
Am7
Chorus 3
G
Am7
C
G
And a rovin', a rovin', a rovin' I'll go
Am7
C
G
And a rovin', a rovin', a rovin' I'll go
Am7
C
G
And a rovin', a rovin', a rovin' I'll go
C
Am7
For a pair of brown eyes
C
D
G
for a pair of brown eyes
Outro 1
C
C
C
Am7
C
C
C
Am7
G
Am7
C
G
C
Am7
C
C
C
Am7
C
C
C
Am7
G
Am7
C
G
C
Am7
[Repeat and fade]
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TunerE A D G B E
ChordsC G Am7 D
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