[Verse]
F
One summer evening drunk to hell
Gm A#
I sat there nearly lifeless
F
An old man in the corner sang
A# Gm
where the waterlilies grow
F
And on the jukebox Johnny sang
Gm A#
about a thing called love
F Gm
and it's how are you kid
A# F
and whats your name
A# Gm
and how would you bloody know
[Verse]
F
In blood and death 'neath a screaming sky
Gm A#
I lay down on the ground
F
And the arms and legs of other men
A# Gm
Were scattered all around
F
Some cursed some prayed some prayed then cursed
Gm A#
Then prayed and bled some more
F Gm A# F
And the only thing that I could see
F Gm
Was a pair of brown eyes
A# F
that was looking at me
F Gm
But when we got back labelled
A# F
parts one to three
F Gm
There was no pair of brown eyes
A# F
waiting for me
[Chorus]
F Gm A# F
And a rovin' a rovin' a rovin' I'll go
A# Gm
For a pair of brown eyes
F Gm A# F 2x
[Verse]
F
I looked at him he looked at me
Gm A#
All I could do was hate him
F
While ray and philomena sang
A# Gm
Of my elusive dreams
F
I saw the streams, the rolling hills
Gm A#
Where his brown eyes were waiting
F Gm A# F
And I thought about a pair of brown eyes
A# Gm
That waited once for me
F
So drunk to hell I left the place
Gm A#
Sometimes crawling sometimes walking
F
A hungry sound came across the breeze
A# Gm
So I gave the walls a talking
F
And I heard the sounds of long ago
Gm A#
From the old canal
F Gm A# F
And the birds were whistling in the trees
A# Gm
Where the wind was gently laughing
[Chorus]
F Gm A# F
And a rovin' a rovin' a rovin' I'll go
F Gm A# F
And a rovin' a rovin' a rovin' I'll go
F Gm A# F
And a rovin' a rovin' a rovin' I'll go
A# Gm
For a pair of brown eyes
A# C F
For a pair of brown eyes
F Gm A# F
And a rovin' a rovin' a rovin' I'll go
F Gm A# F
And a rovin' a rovin' a rovin' I'll go
F Gm A# F
And a rovin' a rovin' a rovin' I'll go
A# Gm
For a pair of brown eyes
A# C F
For a pair of brown eyes
[Verse]
F
One summer evening drunk to hell
Gm A#
I sat there nearly lifeless
F
An old man in the corner sang
A# Gm
where the waterlilies grow
F
And on the jukebox Johnny sang
Gm A#
about a thing called love
F Gm
and it's how are you kid
A# F
and whats your name
A# Gm
and how would you bloody know
[Verse]
F
In blood and death
'neath a screaming sky
Gm A#
I lay down on the ground
F
And the arms and legs of other men
A# Gm
Were scattered all around
F Some cursed some prayed
some prayed then cursed
Gm A#
Then prayed and bled some more
F Gm And the only thing
A# F
that I could see
F Gm
Was a pair of brown eyes
A# F
that was looking at me
F Gm
But when we got back labelled
A# F
parts one to three
F Gm
There was no pair of brown eyes
A# F
waiting for me
[Chorus]
F Gm And a rovin' a rovin'
A# F
a rovin' I'll go
A# Gm
For a pair of brown eyes
F Gm A# F 2x
[Verse]
F
I looked at him he looked at me
Gm A#
All I could do was hate him
F
While ray and philomena sang
A# Gm
Of my elusive dreams
F
I saw the streams,
the rolling hills
Gm A#
Where his brown eyes were waiting
F Gm And I thought about
A# F
a pair of brown eyes
A# Gm
That waited once for me
F
So drunk to hell I left the place
Gm Sometimes crawling
A#
sometimes walking
F
A hungry sound came
across the breeze
A# Gm
So I gave the walls a talking
F
And I heard the sounds of long ago
Gm A#
From the old canal
F Gm And the birds were
A# F
whistling in the trees
A# Gm
Where the wind was gently laughing
[Chorus]
F Gm And a rovin' a rovin'
A# F
a rovin' I'll go
F Gm And a rovin' a rovin'
A# F
a rovin' I'll go
F Gm And a rovin' a rovin'
A# F
a rovin' I'll go
A# Gm
For a pair of brown eyes
A# C F
For a pair of brown eyes
F Gm And a rovin' a rovin'
A# F
a rovin' I'll go
F Gm And a rovin' a rovin'
A# F
a rovin' I'll go
F Gm And a rovin' a rovin'
A# F
a rovin' I'll go
A# Gm
For a pair of brown eyes
A# C F
For a pair of brown eyes