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Eyes Bass

(ver. 1)
The Honeycombs
The Honeycombs
Written by Ken Howard and Alan Blaikley; released as a single with "If You've 
Got To Pick A Baby" as the B-side.

6/8 time

Intro:
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Verse:
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  Eyes        I've        seen in some crowded    places,


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  staring from lonely     faces,                  Wanting someone     to


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  want        them        too.

Verse:
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  Eyes        that        night after night   are trying


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  to keep themselves from crying,                 Making  be- lieve   their


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  dreams      are         true.               But

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  eyes                        of someone who's in love,


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                                      Who   would ever have thought that I'd


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  find        them        there?

Verse:
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  Eyes        that        watch as we drew    to- gether,


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  wondering if we   could e - ver                 Find all the love   they'd


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  ne     -    ver         know.

Verse:
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  Eyes        that        now we have left    be- hind us             in


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  places you        never find us,                Where people go    'cause


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  they're     a     -     lone.

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  Now         I           gaze in the eyes of the one         I


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  love,                   Now         no          longer a -  lone and a-


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  fraid       and         sad.

Verse (solo):
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Verse (solo):
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  Eyes                        of someone who's in love,


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                                      Who   would ever have thought that I'd


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  find        them        there?

Verse:
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  Eyes        that        watch as we drew    to- gether,


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  wondering if we   could e - ver                 Find all the love   they've


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  ne     -    ver         known.

Verse:
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  Eyes        that        now we have left    be- hind us             in


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  places you        never find us,                Where people go    'cause


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  they're     a     -     lone.

Refrain:
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  Now         I           gaze in the eyes of the one         I


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  love,                   Now         no          longer a -  lone and a-


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  fraid                   and

Outro:
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  sad.


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