Steel Eyes - Shawn Phillips

Tuning: A, E A D G B E

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I figured out 
I could manage
original. I al
better how it’
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The song revol

this song by e
, though it mi
so checked liv
s played. :)
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ves around one

ar, so it’s as
ght not be ide
e performances
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 shape that is

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ntical to the
 to understand
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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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-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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-3-|
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-3-|
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|---------0-----|   

[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)

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