Brown Eyed Girl – Van Morrison
Song Info
Other Versions: Bruce Springsteen, Bob Dylan & Adele
Key: G
Structure: Intro - Verse/Refrain - Verse/Refrain - Chorus - Break - Verse/Refrain - Chorus - End (fade out)
Did You Know? Van Morrison signed a recording contract without legal advice and as a result has never received royalties from the song.
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White Belt Version
Chords:
Django G Chord
Django C Chord
Django Em Chord
Django D Chord
Strumming Patterns:
"The Bouncer":
|D D U D D U |
Intro:
| G - - - | C - - - |G - - - |D - - - | x 2
Verse:
| G - - - | C - - - |G - - - |D - - - | x 4
Hey, where did we go, days when the rains came
Down in the hollow, playing a new game
Laughing, and a running, hey, hey, Skipping and a jumping
In the misty morning fog, with our hearts a thumpin' and...
Refrain:
| C - - - | D - - - |G - - - |Em - - - |
| C - - - | D - - - |G - - - |D - - - |
You, my brown eyed girl
You, my brown eyed girl
Verse:
| G - - - | C - - - |G - - - |D - - - | x 4
Whatever happened to Tuesday and so slow
Going down to the old mine with a transistor radio
Standing in the sunlight laughing, hiding ‘hind a rainbow's wall
Slipping and a sliding, hey, hey, All along the waterfall with...
Refrain:
| C - - - | D - - - |G - - - |Em - - - |
| C - - - | D - - - |G - - - |D - - - |
You, my brown eyed girl
You, my brown eyed girl
Chorus:
| D - - - | D - - - |
Do you remember when, we used to sing:
| G - - - | C - - - |G - - - |D - - - | x 4
Sha la la la la la la la la la la la te da Just like that
Sha la la la la la la la la la la la te da la te da
Break
Verse:
| G - - - | C - - - |G - - - |D - - - | x 4
So hard to find my way, now that I'm on my own
I saw you just the other day, my, how you have grown
Cast my memory back there Lord.
Sometimes I'm overcome thinkin' 'bout it
Makin' love in the green grass behind the stadium with...
Refrain:
| C - - - | D - - - |G - - - |Em - - - |
| C - - - | D - - - |G - - - |D - - - |
You, my brown eyed girl
You, my brown eyed girl
Chorus:
| D - - - | D - - - |
Do you remember when, we used to sing:
| G - - - | C - - - |G - - - |D - - - | x 4 (Repeat to fade)
Sha la la la la la la la la la la la te da
Sha la la la la la la la la la la la te da la te da
Final Chord Strum: G
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Orange Belt Version
Chords:
Open G Chord
Open C Chord
Open Em Chord
Open D Chord
Strumming Patterns:
"The Everyman":
|D D U U D U |
Intro:
| G - - - | C - - - |G - - - |D - - - | x 2
Verse:
| G - - - | C - - - |G - - - |D - - - | x 4
Hey, where did we go, days when the rains came
Down in the hollow, playing a new game
Laughing, and a running, hey, hey, Skipping and a jumping
In the misty morning fog, with our hearts a thumpin' and...
Refrain:
| C - - - | D - - - |G - - - |Em - - - |
| C - - - | D - - - |G - - - |D - - - |
You, my brown eyed girl
You, my brown eyed girl
Verse:
| G - - - | C - - - |G - - - |D - - - | x 4
Whatever happened to Tuesday and so slow
Going down to the old mine with a transistor radio
Standing in the sunlight laughing, hiding ‘hind a rainbow's wall
Slipping and a sliding, hey, hey, All along the waterfall with...
Refrain:
| C - - - | D - - - |G - - - |Em - - - |
| C - - - | D - - - |G - - - |D - - - |
You, my brown eyed girl
You, my brown eyed girl
Chorus:
| D - - - | D - - - |
Do you remember when, we used to sing:
| G - - - | C - - - |G - - - |D - - - | x 4
Sha la la la la la la la la la la la te da Just like that
Sha la la la la la la la la la la la te da la te da
Break
Verse:
| G - - - | C - - - |G - - - |D - - - | x 4
So hard to find my way, now that I'm on my own
I saw you just the other day, my, how you have grown
Cast my memory back there Lord.
Sometimes I'm overcome thinkin' 'bout it
Makin' love in the green grass behind the stadium with...
Refrain:
| C - - - | D - - - |G - - - |Em - - - |
| C - - - | D - - - |G - - - |D - - - |
You, my brown eyed girl
You, my brown eyed girl
Chorus:
| D - - - | D - - - |
Do you remember when, we used to sing:
| G - - - | C - - - |G - - - |D - - - | x 4 (Repeat to fade)
Sha la la la la la la la la la la la te da
Sha la la la la la la la la la la la te da la te da
Final Chord Strum: G
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