Beautiful Brown Eyes

Roy Acuff

Written by Alton Delmore, Arthur Smith, Jerry Capehart

Key of G · Chords: I IV V

Open in Bluegrass Book: transpose, play along

Verse 1

G         G7              C
Beautiful beautiful brown eyes
G                         D7
Beautiful beautiful brown eyes
G         G7              C
Beautiful beautiful brown eyes
     D7                   G
I'll never love blue eyes again

Verse 2

          G7            C
Willie oh Willie I love you
G                    D7
Love you with all my heart
G           G7              C
Tomorrow we might have been married
    D7                   G
But ramblin' has kept us apart

Verse 1

G         G7              C
Beautiful beautiful brown eyes
G                         D7
Beautiful beautiful brown eyes
G         G7              C
Beautiful beautiful brown eyes
     D7                   G
I'll never love blue eyes again

Verse 3

                         G7 C
Down through the barroom he staggered
G                         D7
Staggered and fell by the door
    G                  G7   C
The last words that he ever uttered
     D7                      G
I'll never see brown eyes no more

Verse 1

G         G7              C
Beautiful beautiful brown eyes
G                         D7
Beautiful beautiful brown eyes
G         G7              C
Beautiful beautiful brown eyes
     D7                   G
I'll never love blue eyes again