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.
AD
To get a brown eyed handsome man
C/GD
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
AD
To get a brown eyed handsome man
C/GD
She fought and won herself a brown eyed handsome man
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
AD
For a brown eyed handsome man
C/GD
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
BEA brown eyed handsome man
DE
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
BE
Said you free that brown eyed man
DE
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
BE
For a brown eyed handsome man
DE
That's what the trouble is brown eyed handsome man
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