Brown Eyed Handsome Man by Buddy Holly, tabs and chords at PlayUkuleleNET

Brown Eyed Handsome Man

Biography:

Charles Hardin Holley (September 7, 1936 – February 3, 1959), known as Buddy Holly, was an American musician, singer-songwriter and record producer who was a central and pioneering figure of mid-1950s rock and roll.

He was born in Lubbock, Texas, to a musical family during the Great Depression, and learned to play guitar and sing alongside his siblings. His style was influenced by gospel music, country music, and rhythm and blues acts, and he performed in Lubbock with his friends from high school.

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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.