A Pair Of Brown Eyes Lyrics Chords and tin whistle notes
By Shane MacGowan and The Pogues [ song lyrics ] From one of the best songwriters in the world, The Pogues play this one in the key of Cmajor, always change the key to suit your own voice. Also recorded by Christy Moore. Tin whistle notes and sheet music included. If you'd like to play along with The Pogues version then use the chords below. No capo, key of G Major for this version. A pair of brown eyes tenor guitar / mandola tab included in CGDA tuning. PDF Guitar Tab included
[G]One summer evening drunk as hell,
I [Am]sat there nearly [C]lifeless.
An [G]old man in the corner sang,
Where the [Am]water lilies grow.
And [G]On the jukebox Johnny sang,
A[Am]bout a thing called [C]love.
And it's [G]"how are you [Am]kid? [C]What's your [G]name?
And [C]how'd you bloody [Am]know
[2]
In[G] blood and death 'neath the screaming sky,
I[Am] lay down on the[C] ground,
And the[G] arms and legs of other men,
Were[Am] scattered all around,
Some[G] cursed some prayed some prayed then cursed,
Then[Am] prayed and bled some more,
And the[G] only [Am] thing that[C] I could[G] see,
Was a[G] pair of brown[Am] eyes that were[C] looking at [G]me,
But when we got[Am] back labelled[C] parts one to[G] three,
There was no pair of [Am] brown eyes[C] lookin at[G] me.
And a rovin'a[Am] rovin'a[C] rovin'I'll[G] go,
For a[C] pair of brown[Am] eyes.
I [G]looked at him he looked at me,
[Am]all I could do was [C]hate him,
While [G]Ray and Philomena sang
Of [Am] my elusive dreams,
I [G]saw the streams the rolling hils,
Where[Am] his brown eyes were [C]waiting,
And I [G]thought a[Am]bout a [C]pair of brown [G]eyes
That [C]waited once for [Am]me.
So [G]drunk to hell I left the place
Sometimes [Am]crawling sometimes [C]walking,
A [G]hungry sound came across the breeze
So I [Am]gave the walls a talking.
And I [G]heard the sound of long ago,
[Am]from the old [C]canal,
And the [G]birds were [Am]whistling [C]in the [G]trees,
Where the [C]wind was gently [Am]laughing.
And[G] a rovin,a[Am] rovin a[C] rovin I'll[G] go
And[G] a rovin,a[Am] rovin a[C] rovin I'll[G] go
And[G] a rovin,a[Am] rovin a[C] rovin I'll[G] go
For a[C] pair of brown[Am] eyes,
For a[C] pair of [Am] brown[G] eyes
I [Am]sat there nearly [C]lifeless.
An [G]old man in the corner sang,
Where the [Am]water lilies grow.
And [G]On the jukebox Johnny sang,
A[Am]bout a thing called [C]love.
And it's [G]"how are you [Am]kid? [C]What's your [G]name?
And [C]how'd you bloody [Am]know
[2]
In[G] blood and death 'neath the screaming sky,
I[Am] lay down on the[C] ground,
And the[G] arms and legs of other men,
Were[Am] scattered all around,
Some[G] cursed some prayed some prayed then cursed,
Then[Am] prayed and bled some more,
And the[G] only [Am] thing that[C] I could[G] see,
Was a[G] pair of brown[Am] eyes that were[C] looking at [G]me,
But when we got[Am] back labelled[C] parts one to[G] three,
There was no pair of [Am] brown eyes[C] lookin at[G] me.
And a rovin'a[Am] rovin'a[C] rovin'I'll[G] go,
For a[C] pair of brown[Am] eyes.
I [G]looked at him he looked at me,
[Am]all I could do was [C]hate him,
While [G]Ray and Philomena sang
Of [Am] my elusive dreams,
I [G]saw the streams the rolling hils,
Where[Am] his brown eyes were [C]waiting,
And I [G]thought a[Am]bout a [C]pair of brown [G]eyes
That [C]waited once for [Am]me.
So [G]drunk to hell I left the place
Sometimes [Am]crawling sometimes [C]walking,
A [G]hungry sound came across the breeze
So I [Am]gave the walls a talking.
And I [G]heard the sound of long ago,
[Am]from the old [C]canal,
And the [G]birds were [Am]whistling [C]in the [G]trees,
Where the [C]wind was gently [Am]laughing.
And[G] a rovin,a[Am] rovin a[C] rovin I'll[G] go
And[G] a rovin,a[Am] rovin a[C] rovin I'll[G] go
And[G] a rovin,a[Am] rovin a[C] rovin I'll[G] go
For a[C] pair of brown[Am] eyes,
For a[C] pair of [Am] brown[G] eyes
Below is the list of tin whistle sheet music tabs in The Pogues Ebook, which includes A Pair Of Brown Eyes. Price €7.40.
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"It's just about a guy getting pissed at a bar round here," says Shane nonchalantly. "He's getting pissed because he's broken up with this bird and... you know how it is when you just go into a pub on your own to drink and it's really quiet and you get this old nutter who comes over and starts rambling on you. So this old guy starts on about how he came back from the war, the First World War. Or the Second. One of them anyway. And he tells him about the ship he had out there and how he got out and came back and this girl had fucked off with someone else, a girl with a pair of brown eyes. Which is the same situation as the young guy sitting there listening to all this rubbish and the jukebox playing Johnny Cash and Ray Lyman and Philomena Begley, classic London jukebox tracks. And in the end he gets to the stage where he says fuck it, and he goes stumbling out of the pub and he walks along the canal and starts feeling really bad, on the verge of tears, and he starts realizing that the old guy has had a whole fucking lifetime of that feeling, going through the war and everything, but his original reaction is to hate him and despise him. I'm not saying he goes back and starts talking to him but you know. Shane MacGowan
Key of D
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.
[2]
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.
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.
[2]
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.
Tin Whistle letter Notes. The CAPITAL letters are the low notes past below B. The lower case one's are the high notes past B.
D G A B G B d d G A B A G E G
One summer evening drunk to hell I sat there nearly lifeless
D G A B G B d d G G A B AG E
An old man in the corner sang where the water lilies grow
D G A B G B d d G A B A G E
And on the juke box Johnny sang about a thing called love
G E D D D E G A G G
And it's how are you kid and what's your name,
AB c B A G E
And ho'd you bloody know.
[2]
D G A B A A B d d
In blood and death 'neath the screaming sky,
GA B A G E
I lay down on the ground,
D D G A B G B d d
And the arms and legs of other men,
G A B A G E
Were scattered all around,
G E D D D E G A G G G
And a rovin'a rovin'a rovin'I'll go,
A B c B A G E G
For a pair of brown eyes. [ The sheet music is slightly different than my letter notes version]
There's more music letter notes here on the site .
D G A B G B d d G A B A G E G
One summer evening drunk to hell I sat there nearly lifeless
D G A B G B d d G G A B AG E
An old man in the corner sang where the water lilies grow
D G A B G B d d G A B A G E
And on the juke box Johnny sang about a thing called love
G E D D D E G A G G
And it's how are you kid and what's your name,
AB c B A G E
And ho'd you bloody know.
[2]
D G A B A A B d d
In blood and death 'neath the screaming sky,
GA B A G E
I lay down on the ground,
D D G A B G B d d
And the arms and legs of other men,
G A B A G E
Were scattered all around,
G E D D D E G A G G G
And a rovin'a rovin'a rovin'I'll go,
A B c B A G E G
For a pair of brown eyes. [ The sheet music is slightly different than my letter notes version]
There's more music letter notes here on the site .
A pair of brown eyes tenor guitar / mandola tab, tuning CGDA
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All of the sheet music tabs have been made as easy to play as was possible.
The price of the ebooks is €7.50
Other Pogues tin whistle notes in the ebooks include A Rainy Night In Soho, Lorelei, Streams Of Whiskey and The Broad Majestic Shannon.
