Steel Eyes - Shawn Phillips
Tuning: A, E A D G B E
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I could manage
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better how it’
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moved around:
e|-----------0
B|-0h5--------
G|-------6----
D|-----7------
A|-0----------
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-7-|
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-7-|
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|---------0-----|
e|------------
B|-4---------4
G|-------6----
D|-----7------
A|-0----------
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-7-|
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|---------0-----|
e|------------
B|-0h3--------
G|-------4----
D|-----5------
A|-0----------
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-5-|
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|---------0-----|
e|------------
B|-2---------2
G|-------4----
D|-----5------
A|-0----------
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-5-|
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|---------0-----|
That whole thing twice
Followed by this:
e|------------
B|-0h1--------
G|-------2----
D|-----3------
A|-0----------
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-3-|
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-3-|
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|---------0-----|
e|------------
B|-----3------
G|---2---2---2
D|-----3------
A|-0----------
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[Intro]
x2
Finish on a regular A major chord
[Verse 1] (Simply arpeggiate the chords)
I talk to the
lady with the
steel gray eye
s
While the sun
is going down
And we talk of
the things th
at we wish to
know
But she's real
ly not around
And the sunset
on the mounta
in is the same
#
color
As her cascade
chestnut hair
And now loving
is in living
for forgetting
#
your past
So now why the
distant stare
?
Could it be th
ere is someone
who remains
In her heart a
nd she cares?
[Interlude] (On every second chord, add a harmonic on the high e string)
x2
Finish on a regular A major chord
[Whistled part] (Same as verse)
x2
finish on a regular A major chord
[Verse 2]
And the ice of
her kisses li
ngers on and o
n
And the image
of her body li
ve
Yet you walked
on black sand
by the sea's
turmoil
In the dark of
a velvet nigh
t
Then you sat d
own and gave y
our hands to b
e kissed and l
oved
Could not you
hear a gentle
sigh?
And by the sta
rs part contro
l of your wand
#
ering life
Do you believe
in not tellin
g lies?
But it was goo
d that you wer
e warm
On your way ba
ck home, short
love, goodbye
Strum loudly A(add9)