THE EVERLY BROTHERS: EBONY EYES (Loudermilk) 3/4 - 106
To play in the Original E-key recording, place a Capo on the 2nd Fret.
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Intro: Backing Choir: (|G |A A7|) |D |./.
Verse-1:
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ON A WEEKEND PASS, I WOULDN'T HAVE HAD TIME, TO GET HOME AND MARRY,
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THAT BABY OF MINE. SO I WENT TO THE CHAPLAIN, AND HE AUTHO-RIZED,
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ME TO SEND FOR MY EBONY EYES.
Chorus:
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MY EBONY EYES, WAS COMING TO ME, FROM OUT OF THE SKIES,
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ON FLIGHT TWELVE - O – THREE. IN AN HOUR OR TWO,
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I WOULD WHISPER: "I DO", TO MY BEAUTIFUL EBONY EYES.
Spoken with Backing Choir:
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THE PLANE WAS WAY OVER-DUE. SO I WENT INSIDE TO THE
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AIRLINES DESK AND I SAID: "SIR, I WONDER WHY 1203 IS SO LATE"?
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HE SAID: "OH, THEY PROBABLY TOOK OFF LATE, OR THEY MAY HAVE RUN
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INTO SOME TURBULENT WEATHER, AND HAD TO ALTER THEIR COURSE".
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I WENT BACK OUTSIDE AND I WAITED AT THE GATE AND I WATCHED THE
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BEACON LIGHT FROM THE CONTROL TOWER AS IT WHIPPED THROUGH THE DARK
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EBONY SKIES AS IF IT WERE SEARCHING FOR, MY E - BO – NY EYES.
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THEN CAME THE AN-NOUNCEMENT OVER THE LOUDSPEAKER:
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"WOULD THOSE HAVING RELATIVES OR FRIENDS ON FLIGHT NUMBER 1203,
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PLEASE RE-PORT TO THE CHAPEL ACROSS THE STREET AT ONCE".
Verse-2:
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THEN I FELT A BURNING BREAK DEEP IN-SIDE, AND I KNEW THE HEAVENLY
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E- BO-NY SKIES. HAD TAKEN MY LIFE'S MOST WONDERFUL PRIZE,
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MY BEAUTIFUL E-BO-NY EYES.
Outro:
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IF I EVER GET TO, HEAVEN I'LL BET, THE FIRST ANGEL I'LL RECOG-NIZE.
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SHE'LL SMILE AT ME AND I KNOW SHE WILL BE,
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MY BEAUTIFUL E-BO-NY E-YES.
DAIRYBEAT (André H. Hofman, Purmerend, The Netherlands).
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