• Song:

    Brown Eyed Handsome Man

  • Artist:

    Waylon Jennings

  • Album:

    RCA Country Legends

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***************** BROWN EYED HANDSOME MAN ******************

written by Chuck Berry

performed by Waylon Jennings.


Verse 1:
          D (xx0232@1)Flying across the desert in aTWA (x02210@1)
	I saw awoman (x02210@1)walking across the sand
                                            G (320003@1)She been a-walkin' thirty miles en route to L.A.
                   A (x02220@1)                D (xx0232@1)To get abrown (x02210@1)eyed handsome man
                                C/G (3x555x@1)              D (xx0232@1)Her destination was abrown (x02210@1)eyed handsome man


Verse 2:
         D (xx0232@1)Milo Venus was abeautiful (x02210@1)lass

	She had the world in the palm of her hand
                                          G (320003@1)But she lost both her arms in awrestling (x02210@1)match
                   A (x02220@1)                D (xx0232@1)To get abrown (x02210@1)eyed handsome man
                                       C/G (3x555x@1)              D (xx0232@1)She fought and won herself abrown (x02210@1)eyed handsome man


Chorus:
         G (320003@1)Way back in history three thousand years
               D (xx0232@1)Back every since the world began
                                      G (320003@1)There's been alot (x02210@1)of good women shed atear (x02210@1)                A (x02220@1)                D (xx0232@1)For abrown (x02210@1)eyed handsome man
                                      C/G (3x555x@1)              D (xx0232@1)That's what the trouble was brown eyed handsome man


Verse 4: (a tone higher)
         E (022100@1)Beautiful daughter couldn't make up her mind

	Between adoctor (x02210@1)and alawyer (x02210@1)man
                                        A (x02220@1)Her mother told her daughter go out and find yourself
            B (x2444x@1)                E (022100@1)Abrown (x02220@1)eyed handsome man
                                    D (xx0232@1)                E (022100@1)Just like your daddy is abrown (x02210@1)eyed handsome man


Verse 5:
           E (022100@1)Arrested on charges of unemployment

	He was sitting in the witness stand
                                        A (x02220@1)The judge's wife called up the district attorney
                   B (x2444x@1)                 E (022100@1)Said you free that brown eyed man
                                       D (xx0232@1)                 E (022100@1)You want your job you better free that brown eyed man


Chorus:
	 A (x02220@1)Way back in history three thousand years
               E (022100@1)Back every since the world began
                                      A (x02220@1)There's been alot (x02210@1)of good women shed atear (x02210@1)                B (x2444x@1)                E (022100@1)For abrown (x02210@1)eyed handsome man
                                     D (xx0232@1)                E (022100@1)That's what the trouble is brown eyed handsome man

Thanks to Thomas Lindsey for the lyrics.
Perret Charles-Amir : perret@diva.univ-mlv.fr

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