Brown Eyed Handsome Man chords

Johnny Rivers

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Intro: E 

#1. 
E 
Arrested on charges of unemployment, he was  

sitting in the witness stand. 
                            A 
The judge's wife called the district attorney 
          B                    E 
said, you free that brown-eyed man. 
                              B 
You want your job, you better free that  
           E 
brown-eyed man. 


E 
Way back in history, three thousand years back, 

ever since the world began. 
                                       A 
There's been a whole lot of good women shed a tear 
      B                   E 
for a brown-eyed handsome man. 
                       B                   E 
A lotta trouble with a brown-eyed handsome man. 

#2. 
E 
Flying across the desert in a TWA I saw a woman  

walking across the sand. 
                                   A 
She been a-walkin' thirty miles en route to Bombay 
          B                   E 
to meet a brown-eyed handsome man. 
                      B                   E 
Her destination was a brown-eyed handsome man. 


INTERLUDE: E A B E 

#3. 
E 
Milo Venus was a beautiful lass, she had the world  

in the palm of her hand. 
                            A 
She lost both her arms in a wrestling match to get  
  B                   E 
a brown-eyed handsome man. 
                             B                   E 
She fought and won herself a brown-eyed handsome man. 

 
E 
Way back in history, three thousand years back, 

ever since the world began. 
                                       A 
There's been a whole lot of good women shed a tear 
      B                   E 
for a brown-eyed handsome man. 
                       B                   E 
A lotta trouble with a brown-eyed handsome man. 


INTERLUDE: E A B E 


OUTRO: 
E 
Well, three to two the count with nobody on, he hit a  

high fly into the stand. 
                      A                         B 
Rounding third he was headed for home, it was a brown  
              E                                B 
eyed handsome man..that won the game, it was a brown  
              E 
eyed handsome man. 

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