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Brown Eyed Handsome Man Tabs

(ver. 1)
Buddy Holly
Tuning: Standard

Buddy Holly
Brown Eyed Handsome Man (recorded 1956/57)
(Chuck Berry)
Released on "Reminiscing" (1963)



INTRO
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| INTRO |

E
Arrested on charges of unemployment 

He was sittin in the witness stand 
                               A
The judge's wife called up the district attorney 
        B                    E
To say "free that brown eyed man" 
                                  A         B          E
If you want your job you'd better free that brown eyed man. 

E
Flyn' across the desert in the TWA 

I saw a woman walking across the sand 
                             A
She been walkin' 30 miles en route to Bombay 
          B                   E
To meet a brown eyed handsome man 
                      A          B        E
Her destination was a brown eyed handsome man. 

E
Way back in history 3000 years 

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

SOLO

E
Beautiful daughter couldn't make up her mind 

'tween a doctor and a lawyer man 
                               A
The mother told the daughter "go out and find 
           B                   E
Yourself a brown eyed handsome man" 
                              A          B        E
That's what your daddy was: a brown eyed handsome man. 

E
Milo Venus was a beautiful lass 

She had the world at the palm of her hand 
                                A
But she lost both the arms in a wrestling match 
         B                   E
To get a brown eyed handsome man 
                             A          B        E
She fought and won herself a brown eyed handsome man. 

E
Two, three, the count with nobody on 

He hit a high fly into the stand 
                       A
Round the third he was headin' for home 
         B                   E
He was a brown eyed handsome man. 
                           A          B        E
That won the game he was a brown eyed handsome man

SOLO
            
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