Christy Moore - Apair Of Brown Eyes

one [ D ] summer evening drunk to hell i [ Em ] sat there nearly [ G ] lifeless ,
an [ D ] old man in the corner sang where the [ G ] water lilies [ Em ] grow ,
and [ D ] on the juke box johnny sang [ Em ] about a thing called [ G ] love ,
and it’s [ D ] how are you [ Em ] kid , [ G ] whats your [ D ] name ,
and [ G ] how would you bloody [ Em ] know .
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in [ D ] blood and death ’neath the screaming sky ,
i [ Em ] lay down on the [ G ] ground ,
and the [ D ] arms and legs of other men ,
were [ G ] scattered all A [ Em ] round ,
some [ D ] cursed some prayed some [ G ] prayed then [ D ] cursed ,
then [ G ] prayed and bled some [ Em ] more ,

and the [ D ] only thing that [ Em ] i could [ G ] see ,
was A [ D ] pair of brown [ Em ] eyes that were [ G ] looking at [ D ] me ,
but when we got [ Em ] back labelled [ G ] parts one to [ D ] three ,
there was no [ Em ] pair of brown eyes [ G ] lookin at [ D ] me .
and a rovin’a [ Em ] rovin’a [ G ] rovin’i’ll [ D ] go ,
for A [ G ] pair of brown [ Em ] eyes .

i looked at him he looked at me , all i could do was hate him ,
while ray and philomena sang of my elusive dreams ,
i saw the streams the rolling hils , where his brown eyes were waiting ,
and i thought about a pair of brown eyes that waited once for me .

so drunk to hell i left the place sometimes crawling sometimes walking ,
a hungry sound came across the breeze so i gave the walls a talking .
and i heard the sound of long ago , from the old canal ,
and the birds were whistling in the trees ,
where the wind was gently laughing .

and [ D ] a rovin , A [ Em ] rovin A [ G ] rovin i’ll [ D ] go for A [ G ] pair of brown [ D ] eyes ,
for A [ G ] pair of brown [ D ] eyes .