--------------------------------------------------------------------------- Brown Eyed Handsome Man - Buddy Holly --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tabbed by: maguri Tuning: Standard Buddy Holly Brown Eyed Handsome Man (recorded 1956/57) (Chuck Berry) Released on "Reminiscing" (1963) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- INTRO E e|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| B|----121415151514|1212121415------|----121415151514|1212121415------| G|----131313131313|1313131313------|----131313131313|1313131313------| D|--1414--14141414|1414141414------|--1414--14141414|1414141414------| A|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| E|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| SOLO E e|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| B|1212121214--1212|----------------|1212121214--1212|----------------| G|1313131314--1313|--13131313131313|1313131314--1313|--13131313131313| D|----------------|--14141414141414|----------------|--14141414141414| A|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| E|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| E A B E e|--------11111111|--------12121212|11--9---7---5---|4---------------| B|1212121212121212|1414141414141414|12--10--9---7---|5---------------| G|13131313--------|14141414--------|----------------|----------------| D|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| A|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| E|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| E D E D E D E D e|4---4---2-------|4-4---4-2-2-----|4---4---2-------|4-4---4-2-2-----| B|5---5---3-------|5-5---5-3-3-3-3-|5---5---3-------|5-5---5-3-3-3-3-| G|--------------4-|------------4-4-|--------------4-|------------4-4-| D|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| A|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| E|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| E D E D E D E D e|4---4---2-------|4-4---4-2-2-----|4---4---2-------|4-4---4-2-2-----| B|5---5---3-------|5-5---5-3-3-3-3-|5---5---3-------|5-5---5-3-3-3-3-| G|--------------4-|------------4-4-|--------------4-|------------4-4-| D|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| A|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| E|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| --------------------------------------------------------------------------- | INTRO | E Arrested on charges of unemployment He was sittin in the witness stand A The judge's wife called up the district attorney B E To say "free that brown eyed man" A B E If you want your job you'd better free that brown eyed man. E Flyn' across the desert in the TWA I saw a woman walking across the sand A She been walkin' 30 miles en route to Bombay B E To meet a brown eyed handsome man A B E Her destination was a brown eyed handsome man. E Way back in history 3000 years Back ever since the world begin A There's been a whole lotta good women shed a tear B E For a brown eyed handsome man A B E A lot of trouble for a brown eyed handsome man. SOLO E Beautiful daughter couldn't make up her mind 'tween a doctor and a lawyer man A The mother told the daughter "go out and find B E Yourself a brown eyed handsome man" A B E That's what your daddy was: a brown eyed handsome man. E Milo Venus was a beautiful lass She had the world at the palm of her hand A But she lost both the arms in a wrestling match B E To get a brown eyed handsome man A B E She fought and won herself a brown eyed handsome man. E Two, three, the count with nobody on He hit a high fly into the stand A Round the third he was headin' for home B E He was a brown eyed handsome man. A B E That won the game he was a brown eyed handsome man SOLO