Chords for ♪♫ Van Morrison - Brown Eyed Girl (Tutorial)

[Eb] _ _ _ Hello, here's a [Db] tutorial for Van [G] Morrison's Brown Eyed Girl.
Great song to have in [C] any guitarist's repertoire.
Everyone [Cm] knows it, everyone loves to sing along to it, _ and it's an easy one to [G] play.
Chords are basically just [C] G, [G] C, _ [D] G, _ D, _ [Em] _ [C] with an E minor [Cm] in there as well _ for the verse.
[G] The intro [Cm] though is the fun bit, and I'll just play it slowly [G] for you and then I'll show you how to play it.
[A] _ _ [G] _
[C] _ _ _ [B] _ [Em] _ _ _ _
[Am] _ [G] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ _ [Am] _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Am] _ [D] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
So what you've got to do with your plectrum, [A] you're going to be using the first and third strings pretty much only.
_ [G]
The plectrum is going to be plucking the third string, and then you're going to use your third finger [C] _ [E] to grab [G] at the first string.
[C] So _ _ fret the first string on the [Ab] third, like that, and then use your third finger to fret the fourth [Fm] fret on the third [Em] string.
_ _ _ _ Okay, so you're going to be doing this. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Then just slide it up to the fifth and the fifth. _
Okay, so fifth on [Ab] the first, fifth on [Am] the third. _ _
Slide [A] it up two frets, so you've got seventh [G] and seventh.
_ Back down to the [Am] fifth.
_ [A] _
And then that first combination again, [G] first and, uh, sorry, third and [Em] fourth frets. _ _ _
[Am] _ _ [Bm] _ _ [F] _ [G] _ _ _
Alright, slide it right up now, same _ shape.
Slide it right up to the eighth and [C] ninth.
_ And then [Dm] to the ten-ten, [Em] _ _ twelve [Dm]-twelve, _ ten [Gm]-ten.
[Am] _ _ [Em] Alright, so _ exactly the same as what you did here. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ And then up [C] here.
[B] _ [Em] _ _
[Dm] _ [C] _ _ _ [Em] And back down here again.
[Am] _ [Bm] _ _ [Am] _ [G] _ _ _
[D] Then make a D. _ _ _ _
_ Grab the first and third.
And then you can just sort of pluck the, _ _ _ _ _ _ anything, not any water, just, _ _ _ kind of just anything. _ _ _ _
_ [Am] [G] Yeah. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Am] _ [G] _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ _ _ Alright, so that's the intro.
[F] It takes a bit of practice, but it's not too [Em] hard.
You'll get it in a bit.
_ _ [C] Right, the [G] verse. _
Just play it for you once. _ _
Hey, [C] where did we go?
_ [G] _ The days [D] when the rains came.
_ [G] _ _
Down [C] in the hollow.
_ _ [G] _ _
Playing [D] a new game.
_ [G] _ _
Laughing [C] at a rotten egg.
[G] Hey, _ skipping [D] out a jungle.
_ _ [G] _ In the [C] misty morning fog [G] with. _
Ah, [D] my heart's thumping [C] you. _
_ [D] _ A brown [G]-eyed girl. _
_ [Em] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
You're [D] my _ brown [G]-eyed girl. _
[D] _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
Okay, so I'll just show you that. _ _ _
G.
Hey, where did [C] we go?
C.
_ [G] _ G.
_ Days when [D] the rains came.
D.
Just keep [G] that up.
G.
_ _ [C] _ C. _ _
[G] _ G.
_ [D] _ _ D.
_ [G] Keep going.
_ _ Laughing [C] at a rotten egg.
[G] _ G.
Skipping [D] out a jungle.
D.
_ [G] _
G.
In the [C] misty morning fog with.
[G] C.
G.
[D] Ah, my heart's thumping [C] you.
Down to a C now.
_ _ _ To a [D] D. _
My brown-eyed [G] girl.
_ _ Now, when you get to the G here,
_ play your G, _ then just release the fifth string.
[Bb] _ [A] Which then, [G] _ _ _ _
[Gb] _ [Em] _ _ you want to try and get that little [G] bass bit in there.
_ [Dm] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ Just strum it. _
_ _ Off, on, off.
Sorry, on, off, on.
_ _ _ _ Then release the sixth string altogether.
Thumb comes onto the F sharp, so the [A] second _ [D] fret. _
_ [G] Then into an [Em] E minor. _ _ _
[G] So you get _ into [D] _ _
[Em] _ _ your E minor. _ _ _
Then release the fourth string to make your E minor 7.
To a C.
[C] _ _ _ _
You're [Em] my.
[D] _ D.
_ Brown [G]-eyed girl.
_ G. _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ [D] Throw that bit in there.
_ D to D7.
_ _ _ Then release [A] the second [D] string altogether.
D7.
_ _ Don't know what the chord is, but.
_ [G] Then back to your G.
So you [D] get.
_ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ I'm going to try and _ bring those [Em] little lead bits in there
that you can only really get with a second guitar.
[G] If you're just playing it solo, it's nice.
_ _ [C] _ _ _
[Em] _ [D] _ _ Brown [G]-eyed girl. _
_ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
You're my [D] _ brown-eyed [G] girl.
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ Okay, so that's the verse.
This is pretty much a three-verse song. _ _
_ _ [Ab] _ _ Just before you come into that nice _ [G] shalalala chorus bit.
[D] _ _
Do you remember when _ we _ used [G] to sing.
So you're just [D] sitting on that D7.
_ We [G] used to sing _ _ [C] shalalala.
_ _ [G] _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ Same _ [G]
chords.
G.
_ [C] _ C.
_ [G] _
_ D.
[D] _ C. _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ [C] Shalalala.
_ [G] _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ You [G] don't want to play C.
You can play C add 9. _ _
_ C.
Shalalala. _ _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ C.
[G] _
_ _ _ _ Shalalala. _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ Sixth _ _ _ _ _ _ string on the _ _ G [D] there if you want before you come into verse [G] 3. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ So [C] hard to find my way.
[G] _ Now that I'm [D] all on my own.
[G] _ _ _
[C] Saw you just the other day.
[G] _ My, [D] where you have grown.
[G] C or C add 9.
Cast my memory back there Lord. _ _ _
Sometimes I'm [D] overcome thinking about.
_ _ [G] Making love [C] in the green grass.
Whatever [G] you like. _
It's hard [D] to stay [C] younger with you.
_ [D] _ _ _ [G] Brown-eyed girl.
_ [D] _ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ [Em] You're [D] my _ brown [G]-eyed girl.
_ [D] _ _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ So _ that was more cover than a little tutorial wasn't.
_ _ _ [Ab]
I just wanted [Abm] to show you a couple of little bits [G] that you can do there.
Just to make it a bit more [C] exciting than just playing straight G, D, G, C.
[F] _ Excuse me.
[G] _
Anyway, I think that's [Ab] all you need for brown-eyed girl. _