A Pair Of Brown Eyes original guitar chords by
The Pogues

1985•Folk•550 views•

Key: G major•

Verse 1

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One summer evening, drunk to hell

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I sat there nearly lifeless

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An old man in the corner sang

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"Where the Water Lilies Grow"

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And on the jukebox, Johnny sang

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C

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About a thing called love

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And it's "How are you, kid?'

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C

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and "What's your name?"

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And "How'd you bloody know?

Verse 2

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In blood and death, 'neath a screaming sky

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I laid down on the ground

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And the arms and legs of other men

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Were scattered all around

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Some cursed, some prayed

some prayed, then cursed

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Then prayed, then bled some more

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C

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And the only thing that I could see

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Was a pair of brown eyes

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that was looking at me

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But when we got back

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labeled parts one to three

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There was no pair of brown eyes

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waiting for me

Chorus 1

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And a rovin', a rovin', a rovin' I'll go

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For a pair of brown eyes

Interlude 1

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Verse 3

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I looked at him, he looked at me

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All I could do was hate him

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While Ray and Philomena sang

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Of my elusive dreams

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I saw the streams, the rolling hills

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Where his brown eyes were waiting

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And I thought about a pair of brown eyes

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That waited once for me

Verse 4

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So drunk to hell, I left the place

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Sometimes crawling, sometimes walking

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A hungry sound came across the breeze

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So I gave the walls a talking

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And I heard the sounds of long ago

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From the old canal

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And the birds were whistling in the trees

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Where the wind was gently laughing

Chorus 2

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And a rovin', a rovin', a rovin' I'll go

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A rovin', a rovin', a rovin' I'll go

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And a rovin', a rovin', a rovin' I'll go

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For a pair of brown eyes

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for a pair of brown eyes

Interlude 2

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Chorus 3

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And a rovin', a rovin', a rovin' I'll go

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And a rovin', a rovin', a rovin' I'll go

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C

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And a rovin', a rovin', a rovin' I'll go

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For a pair of brown eyes

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for a pair of brown eyes

Outro 1

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[Repeat and fade]

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Chords

C
G
Am7
D

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The original key of A Pair Of Brown Eyes by The Pogues is G major.

The primary chords used in A Pair Of Brown Eyes are C, G, Am, D.

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Yes, this version uses open chords like C, G, Am, D, making it a great song for beginner guitarists.

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