Chords for Eddie Coffey - Black Around The Eyes
Tempo:
102.7 bpm
Chords used:
D
G
A
E
C#
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[D] [A] [C#] [D]
I left my dear old loopy home in [A] the year of [D] 64.
I went to work as a miner [G] boy up in the [D] Labrador.
I'd go to work at 8 o [G]'clock and work from there till [D] 5.
At supper time you'd see us come [A] with black [E] around [D] our eyes.
We'll eat when [A] we are hungry, we'll drink when [D] we are dry.
Tobacco when we want to smoke [G] is heaven when [D] we die.
If ever [A] I stay in Wabash [G] it'll have to [D] be my own.
I'm just a plain old loopy, [A] I'm a thousand miles [D] from home.
I met a girl in Wabash and I [Em] liked her [D] very well.
One evening we went for a walk, [G] we went to the [D] hotel.
She ordered up some old champagne [G] with good old [D] Johnny Rye.
And when I looked her [G] over she [A] had black [D] around her eye.
We'll eat when we are [A] hungry, we'll drink when [D] we are dry.
Tobacco when we want to smoke [G] is heaven when [D] we die.
If ever I stay in Wabash [G] it'll have to [D] be my own.
I'm just a plain old loopy, [A] I'm a thousand miles [D] from home.
One evening after [A] supper time when all our [D] work was done, we headed for the snake pit.
It [G] was there we had [D] some fun.
A waiter came to our table [G] with his white shirt and his [D] tie.
And when I looked him over he [A] had black around [D] his eye.
We'll eat when we are hungry, [A] we'll drink when [D] we are dry.
Tobacco when we want to [G] smoke is heaven when [D] we die.
If ever I stay in [G] Wabash it'll have to be my [D] own.
I'm just a plain old loopy, [A] I'm a thousand [D] miles from home.
One day I went to Carole [G] Lake and [A] a girl I [D] chanced to meet.
She took me to her father's [G] house and said, here boy [D] have a seat.
He said, my daughter you will [G] not date.
And then I asked him [D] why.
I see you are from Wabash, [A] you got black around [D] your eye.
[N] We'll eat when we are hungry, we'll drink when we are dry.
Tobacco when we want to smoke is heaven when we die.
If ever I stay in Wabash it'll have to be my own.
I'm just a plain old loopy, I'm a thousand [D] miles from [B] home.
[D] My name I will not mention [A] in the chorus of [D] this song.
I am a good old loopy from [G] the Cape Shore I [D] belong.
When next August comes [G] around St.
John's I'm gonna [D] fly.
I'm sure they all will know [A] me, I'll have black [E] around my [D] eye.
And now my song is [G] endless [A] friends and these few [D] words are joy.
Don't ever let your sons or [G] daughters work for Wabash [D] mine.
To see us coming off of [G] work would make our [D] girlfriends cry.
With our hard hats and our glasses [A] and black around [D] our eyes.
I left my dear old loopy home in [A] the year of [D] 64.
I went to work as a miner [G] boy up in the [D] Labrador.
I'd go to work at 8 o [G]'clock and work from there till [D] 5.
At supper time you'd see us come [A] with black [E] around [D] our eyes.
We'll eat when [A] we are hungry, we'll drink when [D] we are dry.
Tobacco when we want to smoke [G] is heaven when [D] we die.
If ever [A] I stay in Wabash [G] it'll have to [D] be my own.
I'm just a plain old loopy, [A] I'm a thousand miles [D] from home.
I met a girl in Wabash and I [Em] liked her [D] very well.
One evening we went for a walk, [G] we went to the [D] hotel.
She ordered up some old champagne [G] with good old [D] Johnny Rye.
And when I looked her [G] over she [A] had black [D] around her eye.
We'll eat when we are [A] hungry, we'll drink when [D] we are dry.
Tobacco when we want to smoke [G] is heaven when [D] we die.
If ever I stay in Wabash [G] it'll have to [D] be my own.
I'm just a plain old loopy, [A] I'm a thousand miles [D] from home.
One evening after [A] supper time when all our [D] work was done, we headed for the snake pit.
It [G] was there we had [D] some fun.
A waiter came to our table [G] with his white shirt and his [D] tie.
And when I looked him over he [A] had black around [D] his eye.
We'll eat when we are hungry, [A] we'll drink when [D] we are dry.
Tobacco when we want to [G] smoke is heaven when [D] we die.
If ever I stay in [G] Wabash it'll have to be my [D] own.
I'm just a plain old loopy, [A] I'm a thousand [D] miles from home.
One day I went to Carole [G] Lake and [A] a girl I [D] chanced to meet.
She took me to her father's [G] house and said, here boy [D] have a seat.
He said, my daughter you will [G] not date.
And then I asked him [D] why.
I see you are from Wabash, [A] you got black around [D] your eye.
[N] We'll eat when we are hungry, we'll drink when we are dry.
Tobacco when we want to smoke is heaven when we die.
If ever I stay in Wabash it'll have to be my own.
I'm just a plain old loopy, I'm a thousand [D] miles from [B] home.
[D] My name I will not mention [A] in the chorus of [D] this song.
I am a good old loopy from [G] the Cape Shore I [D] belong.
When next August comes [G] around St.
John's I'm gonna [D] fly.
I'm sure they all will know [A] me, I'll have black [E] around my [D] eye.
And now my song is [G] endless [A] friends and these few [D] words are joy.
Don't ever let your sons or [G] daughters work for Wabash [D] mine.
To see us coming off of [G] work would make our [D] girlfriends cry.
With our hard hats and our glasses [A] and black around [D] our eyes.
Key:
D
G
A
E
C#
D
G
A
[D] _ _ _ _ [A] _ [C#] _ [D] _ _
_ I left my dear old loopy home in [A] the year of [D] 64.
I went to work as a miner [G] boy up in the [D] Labrador.
I'd go to work at 8 o [G]'clock and work from there till [D] 5.
At supper time you'd see us come [A] with black [E] around [D] our eyes.
We'll eat when [A] we are hungry, we'll drink when [D] we are dry.
Tobacco when we want to smoke [G] is heaven when [D] we die.
If ever [A] I stay in Wabash [G] it'll have to [D] be my own.
I'm just a plain old loopy, [A] I'm a thousand miles [D] from home. _
I met a girl in Wabash and I [Em] liked her [D] very well.
One evening we went for a walk, [G] we went to the [D] hotel.
She ordered up some old champagne [G] with good old [D] Johnny Rye.
And when I looked her [G] over she [A] had black [D] around her eye. _
We'll eat when we are [A] hungry, we'll drink when [D] we are dry.
Tobacco when we want to smoke [G] is heaven when [D] we die.
If ever I stay in Wabash [G] it'll have to [D] be my own.
I'm just a plain old loopy, [A] I'm a thousand miles [D] from home. _
One evening after [A] supper time when all our [D] work was done, we headed for the snake pit.
It [G] was there we had [D] some fun.
A waiter came to our table [G] with his white shirt and his [D] tie.
And when I looked him over he [A] had black around [D] his eye.
_ We'll eat when we are hungry, [A] we'll drink when [D] we are dry.
Tobacco when we want to [G] smoke is heaven when [D] we die.
If ever I stay in [G] Wabash it'll have to be my [D] own.
I'm just a plain old loopy, [A] I'm a thousand [D] miles from home.
_ One day I went to Carole [G] Lake and [A] a girl I [D] chanced to meet.
She took me to her father's [G] house and said, here boy [D] have a seat.
He said, my daughter you will [G] not date.
And then I asked him [D] why.
I see you are from Wabash, [A] you got black around [D] your eye.
_ [N] We'll eat when we are hungry, we'll drink when we are dry.
Tobacco when we want to smoke is heaven when we die.
If ever I stay in Wabash it'll have to be my own.
I'm just a plain old loopy, I'm a thousand [D] miles from [B] home.
[D] _ My name I will not mention [A] in the chorus of [D] this song.
I am a good old loopy from [G] the Cape Shore I [D] belong.
When next August comes [G] around St.
John's I'm gonna [D] fly.
I'm sure they all will know [A] me, I'll have black [E] around my [D] eye.
_ And now my song is [G] endless [A] friends and these few [D] words are joy.
Don't ever let your sons or [G] daughters work for Wabash [D] mine.
To see us coming off of [G] work would make our [D] girlfriends cry.
With our hard hats and our glasses [A] and black around [D] our eyes. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ I left my dear old loopy home in [A] the year of [D] 64.
I went to work as a miner [G] boy up in the [D] Labrador.
I'd go to work at 8 o [G]'clock and work from there till [D] 5.
At supper time you'd see us come [A] with black [E] around [D] our eyes.
We'll eat when [A] we are hungry, we'll drink when [D] we are dry.
Tobacco when we want to smoke [G] is heaven when [D] we die.
If ever [A] I stay in Wabash [G] it'll have to [D] be my own.
I'm just a plain old loopy, [A] I'm a thousand miles [D] from home. _
I met a girl in Wabash and I [Em] liked her [D] very well.
One evening we went for a walk, [G] we went to the [D] hotel.
She ordered up some old champagne [G] with good old [D] Johnny Rye.
And when I looked her [G] over she [A] had black [D] around her eye. _
We'll eat when we are [A] hungry, we'll drink when [D] we are dry.
Tobacco when we want to smoke [G] is heaven when [D] we die.
If ever I stay in Wabash [G] it'll have to [D] be my own.
I'm just a plain old loopy, [A] I'm a thousand miles [D] from home. _
One evening after [A] supper time when all our [D] work was done, we headed for the snake pit.
It [G] was there we had [D] some fun.
A waiter came to our table [G] with his white shirt and his [D] tie.
And when I looked him over he [A] had black around [D] his eye.
_ We'll eat when we are hungry, [A] we'll drink when [D] we are dry.
Tobacco when we want to [G] smoke is heaven when [D] we die.
If ever I stay in [G] Wabash it'll have to be my [D] own.
I'm just a plain old loopy, [A] I'm a thousand [D] miles from home.
_ One day I went to Carole [G] Lake and [A] a girl I [D] chanced to meet.
She took me to her father's [G] house and said, here boy [D] have a seat.
He said, my daughter you will [G] not date.
And then I asked him [D] why.
I see you are from Wabash, [A] you got black around [D] your eye.
_ [N] We'll eat when we are hungry, we'll drink when we are dry.
Tobacco when we want to smoke is heaven when we die.
If ever I stay in Wabash it'll have to be my own.
I'm just a plain old loopy, I'm a thousand [D] miles from [B] home.
[D] _ My name I will not mention [A] in the chorus of [D] this song.
I am a good old loopy from [G] the Cape Shore I [D] belong.
When next August comes [G] around St.
John's I'm gonna [D] fly.
I'm sure they all will know [A] me, I'll have black [E] around my [D] eye.
_ And now my song is [G] endless [A] friends and these few [D] words are joy.
Don't ever let your sons or [G] daughters work for Wabash [D] mine.
To see us coming off of [G] work would make our [D] girlfriends cry.
With our hard hats and our glasses [A] and black around [D] our eyes. _ _ _ _ _ _