Brown Eyed Handsome Man Chords
by Lyle Lovett
Brown Eyed Handsome Man by Lyle Lovett is a beginner-friendly guitar song played in the key of D with a capo on the 3st fret. It uses the chords D, C and G. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Intro: D
verse 1
D
He was arrested on charges of unemployment
He was standing at the witness stand
The judges wife, she told the district attorney
C G D
You better, free that brown eyed man
C G D
You want your job you better, free that brown eyed man
verse 2
D
I went flying cross the desert on a TWA I saw
A woman walking cross the sand
She went walking thirty miles in route to Bombay to get a
C G D
Brown eyed handsome man
C G D
Her destination was a brown eyed handsome man
verse 3
D
And now way back in history, two thousand years
Ever since the world began
Theres been a whole lot of good women shedding some tears over a
C G D
Brown eyed handsome man
C G D
A lot of trouble with a brown eyed handsome man
verse 4
D
And the Venus de Milo was a beautiful lass
she had the world in the palm of her hands
She lost both her arms in a wrestling match over a
C G D
Brown eyed handsome man
C G D
She fought and won herself a brown eyed handsome man
Verse 5
D
And the beautiful daughter couldn’t make up her mind
between the doctor and a lawyer man
Her mama said, doll, just go out and find yourself a
C G D
Brown eyed handsome man
C G D
Like your real daddy was a brown eyed handsome man
C G D
He was a brown eyed handsome man, don’t you know he was a
C G D
Brown eyed handsome man
Interlude
D
Verse 6
D
And it was three to the count, there wasn’t nobody home
He hit a high flyer into the stands
He rounded third, he was heading for home, he was a
C G D
Brown eyed handsome man
C G D
Like Henry Aaron he was a brown eyed handsome man
C G D
He was a brown eyed handsome man, don’t you know he was a
C G
Brown eyed
Verse 7
D
He was arrested on charges of unemployment
He was standing at the witness stand
The judges wife, she told the district attorney
C G D
You better, free that brown eyed man
C G
You want your job you better, free that brown eyed
C G C G D
Free that brown eyed, free that brown eyed man