Prettiest Eyes – Beautiful South
Standard Tuning
Capo 4
Chords used:
C F Am G Dm D7
0 1 0 3 1 2
1 1 1 3 3 1
0 2 2 0 2 2
2 3 2 0 0 0
3 3 0 2 0 0
0 1 0 3 0 0
Verse
/C F C D7
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3-|-3-----3------------|------------------3-|-3-----3------------|------------------3-|
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Line one is the time That you, you first stayed over at mine
Line two we're away And we both, we both had nowhere to stay
C D7 C D7 \
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/ x2
And we drank our first bottle of wine And we cried
Well the bus-shelter's always OK When you're young
Chorus (Strum)
C F
Now you're older and I look at your face
C F
Every wrinkle is so easy to place
C Am
And I only write them down just in case
G G
That you die
C Am
Let's take a look at these crows feet, just look
F G
Sitting on the prettiest eyes
C Am
Sixty 25th of Decembers
F G
Fifty-nine 4th of Julys
F G
Not through the age or the failure, children
C Am
Not through the hate or despise
C Am
Take a good look at these crows feet
G (Begin plucking verse again)
Sitting on the prettiest eyes
Verse
/C F C D7
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1-|-1--------1h3-----1-|-1--------1h3-----1-|-1--------1h3-------|--------1---------1-|
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Line three I forget But I think, I think it was our first ever bet
Line four in a park And the things, the things that people do in the dark
C D7 C D7 \
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|-3-----3------------|------------------3-|-3-----3------------|------------------3-|
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/ x2
And the horse we backed was short of a leg Never mind
I could hear the faintest beat of your heart Then we did
Chorus (Strum)
C F
Now you're older and I look at your face
C F
Every wrinkle is so easy to place
C Am
And I only write them down just in case
G G
That you die
C Am
Let's take a look at these crows feet, just look
F G
Sitting on the prettiest eyes
C Am
Sixty 25th of Decembers
F G
Fifty-nine 4th of Julys
F G
Not through the age or the failure, children
C Am
Not through the hate or despise
C Am
Take a good look at these crows feet
G (Begin plucking verse again)
Sitting on the prettiest eyes
C F C C
Well my eyes look like a map of the town
C F C C
And my teeth are either yellow or they're brown
Dm G C
But you'll never hear the crack of a frown
Am
When you are here
F G
You'll never hear the crack
(Begin 1st bar of intro and repeat) C
Of a frown
