Key D..Banjo tuned to E ?Moderate to slow
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Steel blue eyes
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And coal-black hair
Not large in size
D
But strong as a bear
D
His eyes could cut right thru you
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Or soften to corn-flower blue
Reflecting, and under- standing
D
And caring?? too
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Late in life, the cataracts came
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Primitive methods took his lenses too
Replaced by thick glasses, what a shame
D
No more eyes of blue
D
Dad told me in last few days
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He had been to earths edge, and I knew
As he whispered those words,
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I saw, once again those eyes of blue
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I saw, once again those eyes of blue