Rolling Stones – Far Away Eyes chords

"Far Away Eyes" (Mick Jagger/Keith Richards) 
From the album "Some Girls" (1978) by The Rolling Stones

Chords for guitar and piano interpreted by Sidney P. Salgado (sid_9000@msn.com)


INTRO:
F F/G Bb/A Bb C 
F F/G Bb/A Bb


Bb                 C                           FI was driving home early Sunday morning through Bakersfield
                            F/G Bb/A                  BbListening to gospel music on the colored radio station
                     CAnd the preacher said, 
                              F                 F/G Bb/A"You know you always have the Lord by your side"
            Bb                             CAnd I was so pleased to be informed of this 
                            F            F/G Bb/A BbThat I ran twenty red lights in his honor
          F      C             F F/G Bb/AThank you Jesus, thank you Lord
 Bb                                C                       FI had an arrangement to meet a girl, and I was kind of late
                                     F/G Bb/AAnd I thought by the time I got there she'd be off
 Bb                                                  C   FShe'd be off with the nearest truck driver she could find
                   F/G Bb/A           BbMuch to my surprise, there she was sittin in the corner
 C              F          F/G Bb/A     BbA little bleary, worse for wear and tear
       F         C           F F/G Bb/AWas a girl with far away eyes


CHORUS:
             Bb            CSo if you're down on your luck
       F F/G Bb/A  BbAnd you can't harmonize
       F         C        F F/G Bb/AFind a girl with far away eyes
              Bb        CAnd if you're downright disgusted
   F F/G Bb/A         BbAnd life ain't worth a dime
      F         C             F F/G Bb/A BbGet a girl with far away eyes


GUITAR SOLO CHORDS:
Bb C F F/G Bb/A
Bb F C F F/G Bb/A


 Bb                             C   Well the preacher kept right on saying that 

All I had to do was 
F                             F/G Bb/A                         BbSend ten dollars to the church of the sacred bleeding heart of Jesus
                      CLocated somewhere in Los Angeles, California
        FAnd next week they'd say my prayer on the radio
           F/G Bb/A Bb        And all my dreams would come true
           C            F F/G Bb/A Bb               FSo I did, the next week, I got a prayer with a girl
     C                                   F F/G Bb/A Bb Well, you know what kind of eyes she got


CHORUS:
             Bb           CSo if you're down on your luck
         F F/G Bb/A   Bb I know you all sympathize
        F         C           F F/G Bb/A Bb Find a girl with far away eyes
               Bb        C And if you're downright disgusted
        F F/G Bb/A     Bb And life ain't worth a dime
      F         C            F F/G Bb/A   Bb Get a girl with far away eyes
             Bb           CSo if you're down on your luck
         F F/G Bb/A   Bb I know you all sympathize
        F        C           Bb F Bb F   END Get a girl with far away eyes