Blue Eyes

Gram Parsons. Uncle Tupelo.

This is how I feel the majority of the time. The world, most of the time, is just too complicated. Too noisy. Too hard to figure out.

Sometimes, all I want to do is ditch everything except Sue, Vida, and that old pickup that's just about on its last legs. I wish we had a cabin somewhere and a long, tree-shaded dirt lane that led up to it. A garden out back. A big old barn. A few animals. Definitely a dog, or two. Aussies. And chickens. Maybe a couple of goats. A horse for Sue.

Gram Parsons wrote it. Uncle Tupelo sang it later. Because they realized what a great song it is.

Blue Eyes by Uncle Tupelo

INTRO:

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VERSE 1:

G                                                    D

Sometimes I get upset when people treat me bad

C                                                      G

I don't have time to think and so I get real mad

        C

And I pull my hair and find somewhere where I can be alone

D                                                                                         G

And when I do I think of you and head myself back home

CHORUS:

C                                        D   G

Where I got chores to keep me busy, a clock to keep my time

C                                          G                                                     D

A pretty girl to love me, with the same last name as mine

C                                                                                           G

When the flowers wilt, a big old quilt to keep us warm

D                                                                                                                                    

I got the sun to see your blue eyes, and tonight you're in my

G

arms

VERSE 2:

G                                                D

Sometimes I get unwound when fancy cars drive past

C                                                G

Money don't get me down, I can't make it last

                                                                                         C

And I bite my nails and if that fails I go get myself stoned

D                                                                                         G

And when I do I think of you and head myself back home

CHORUS

HARMONICA SOLO:

| G | G | D | D |

| D | C | C | G |

REPEAT VERSE 2

CHORUS

END:

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