Capo 3 

Intro: D 

verse 1 
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He was arrested on charges of unemployment 

He was standing at the witness stand 

The judges wife, she told the district attorney 
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You better, free that brown eyed man 
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You want your job you better, free that brown eyed man 

verse 2 
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I went flying cross the desert on a TWA I saw 

A woman walking cross the sand 

She went walking thirty miles in route to Bombay to get a 
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Brown eyed handsome man 
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Her destination was a brown eyed handsome man 

verse 3 
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And now way back in history, two thousand years 

Ever since the world began 

Theres been a whole lot of good women shedding some tears over a 
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Brown eyed handsome man 
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A lot of trouble with a brown eyed handsome man 

verse 4 
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And the Venus de Milo was a beautiful lass 

she had the world in the palm of her hands 

She lost both her arms in a wrestling match over a 
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Brown eyed handsome man 
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She fought and won herself a brown eyed handsome man 

Verse 5 
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And the beautiful daughter couldn’t make up her mind 

between the doctor and a lawyer man 

Her mama said, doll, just go out and find yourself a 
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Brown eyed handsome man 
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Like your real daddy was a brown eyed handsome man 
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He was a brown eyed handsome man, don’t you know he was a 
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Brown eyed handsome man 

Interlude 
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Verse 6 
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And it was three to the count, there wasn’t nobody home 

He hit a high flyer into the stands 

He rounded third, he was heading for home, he was a 
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Brown eyed handsome man 
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Like Henry Aaron he was a brown eyed handsome man 
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He was a brown eyed handsome man, don’t you know he was a 
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Brown eyed 

Verse 7 
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He was arrested on charges of unemployment 

He was standing at the witness stand 

The judges wife, she told the district attorney 
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You better, free that brown eyed man 
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You want your job you better, free that brown eyed 
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Free that brown eyed, free that brown eyed man