Waylon Jennings - Brown Eyed Handsome Man guitar chord

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

written by Chuck Berry

performed by Waylon Jennings.

Verse 1:

D

Flying across the desert in a TWA

I saw a woman walking across the sand

G

She been a-walkin' thirty miles en route to L.A.

A D

To get a brown eyed handsome man

C/G D

Her destination was a brown eyed handsome man

Verse 2:

D

Milo Venus was a beautiful lass

She had the world in the palm of her hand

G

But she lost both her arms in a wrestling match

A D

To get a brown eyed handsome man

C/G D

She fought and won herself a brown eyed handsome man

Chorus:

G

Way back in history three thousand years

D

Back every since the world began

G

There's been a lot of good women shed a tear

A D

For a brown eyed handsome man

C/G D

That's what the trouble was brown eyed handsome man

Verse 4: (a tone higher)

E

Beautiful daughter couldn't make up her mind

Between a doctor and a lawyer man

A

Her mother told her daughter go out and find yourself

B E

A brown eyed handsome man

D E

Just like your daddy is a brown eyed handsome man

Verse 5:

E

Arrested on charges of unemployment

He was sitting in the witness stand

A

The judge's wife called up the district attorney

B E

Said you free that brown eyed man

D E

You want your job you better free that brown eyed man

Chorus:

A

Way back in history three thousand years

E

Back every since the world began

A

There's been a lot of good women shed a tear

B E

For a brown eyed handsome man

D E

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