Brown Eyed Handsome Man Chords

by Buddy Holly
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Capo: no capo
Author Kraziekhat [pro] 64,755. Last edit on Feb 13, 2014

Chords

E
A
B
D

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This song is on Buddy Holly's 'Reminiscing' Album
released in 1963 and it hit the top 5 in the UK.
 Chuck Berry wrote & recorded BHM in 1956 and hit the charts
with it in 1957.
 That same year Buddy Holly did a 'cover' version of BHM.
 I've seen Chuck Berry play this in Key of Eb...Waylon Jennings
did it Key of D...Buddy Holly in E. And everybody has a different intro..
so pick what you like. KK.
#1.
E
Arrested on charges of unemployment 
 
he was sitting in the witness stand.
                               A
The judge's wife called up the District Attorney 
     B                    E
said free that brown eyed man..
E                            D                    E
You want your job you better free that brown eyed man.
 
#2.
E
Flying across the desert in a TWA 
 
I saw a woman walking across the sand.
                              A
She been walkin' thirty miles en route to Bombay
           B                   E
to reach a brown eyed handsome man.. 
E                     D                   E
Her destination was a brown eyed handsome man. 
 
#3.
E
Way back in history three thousand years,
 
back ever since the world began.
                                       A
There's been a whole lot of good women shedding tears 
      B                   E
for a brown eyed handsome man..
E                       D                   E
A lot of trouble..was a brown eyed handsome man.
 
#4.
E
The beautiful daughter couldn't make up her mind 
 
between a doctor and a lawyer man.
                               A
Her mother told her darling go out and find, yourself 
  B                   E
a brown eyed handsome man..
E                            D                   E
That's what your daddy is..a brown eyed handsome man. 
 
#5.
E
Milo Venus was a beautiful lass,
 
she had the world in the palm of her hand.
                                A
But she lost both her arms in a wrestling match,
         B                   E
to win a brown eyed handsome man..
E                            D                   E
She fought and won herself a brown eyed handsome man. 
 
#6.
E
Well, two, three..the count, with nobody on,
 
he hit a high fly into the stand.
                      A
Rounding third he was headed for home,
         B                   E
it was a brown eyed handsome man..
E                           D                   E
That won the game..it was a brown eyed handsome man.
 
 
A fifties smash from Kraziekhat.
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Brown Eyed Handsome Man – Buddy Holly
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6 comments
beatboy65
E B A E You want your job you better free that brown eyed man. the only D is in the solo. the only version I've come across that has a D in this line of the verse is the Waylon Jennings cover-- which also has a different tune!
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shaun75
Cheers,Kraziekhat, i really appreciate that. Could you tell me the chord solo that follows verse 3 (at 50 seconds)
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jbwolfgang49
Missed a verse: Way back in history 3000 years In fact every since the world began There’s been a whole lotta good women shedding tears Over a brown eyed handsome man They shed there tears for a brown eyed handsome man
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