Title:Brown Eyed Girl
Artist:Van Morrison
Album: Blowin' Your Mind!
Release Date: June 1967
I tabbed this entire song by ear on my 21 fret acoustic.
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/\ = slide up/down (Note: all slides are crushed slides)
Tuning: Standard (from highest to lowest - eBGDAE)
Chords You'll Need:
G - [320003]
C - [x32010]
D - [xx0232]
Em- [022000]
Key: G Major
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Guitar 1: Rhthym
Verse:
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G C G D
I IV I V
Chorus:
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C D C Em
IV V IV VIm
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Guitar Two: Lead
(0:00 - 0:14)
Intro
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(0:00 - 0:40) Verse One G C|-3---3---------0--3--------3-3-----3-------8/10--10--8--7--5-||-0-------------1----0------0-----0---------------------------||-0------0------0------0----0---0-----------------------------||-0-------------2-----------0---------------------------------||-2-------------3-----------2---------------------------------||-3-------------x-----------3---------------------------------|
Hey where did we go Days when the rains came
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Down in the hollow Playin' a new game
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Laughin' and a-runnin', hey hey Skippin' and a-jumpin'
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In the misty mornin' fog With our, hearts a-thumpin'
(0:40 - 0:53)
Chorus One
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And you, Brown eyed girl You're my brown eyed girl
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(0:53 - 1:19)
Verse Two
(backed by a whistle-type instrument)
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Whatever happened, To Tuesday and so slow
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Goin' down to the old mine With a transistor radio
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Standin' in the sunlight laughin' Hidin' behind a rainbows wall
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Slippin' and a-slidin' All along the waterfall with you,
(1:19 - 1:30)
Chorus Two
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Brown eyed girl You're my brown eyed girl
(1:30 - 1:35) Bridge 1A|---3---5-5--7--5---3--2------------------------------------------||-----------------------------------------------------------------||-----------------------------------------------------------------||-----------------------------------------------------------------||-----------------------------------------------------------------||-----------------------------------------------------------------|
Do you remember when we used to sing...
(1:35 - 1:48)
Bridge 1B
G G G C C C G G G D D D
Sha la la la la la la la la la la la te da
(1:48 - 1:52)
Bridge Two
(Before Bass Solo)
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(Bass Solo 1:52-2:01)
(2:01 - 2:26)
Verse Three
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So hard to find my way Now that I'm all on my own
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I saw you just the other day My you have grown
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Cast my memory back there lord, Sometime's I'm ovecome, thinkin' about
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Makin' love in the green grass Behind the stadium with you
(2:26 - 2:42)
Chorus Three
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Brown eyed girl You're my brown eyed girl
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Do you remember when we used to sing...
(2:42- 3:03)
Bridge One
(Repeat Until Fade)
G G G C C C G G G D D D
Sha la la la la la la la la la la la te da
Thats it. It's a very fun song to play. Enjoy.
