Richard Leigh (born in Washington, D.C., on 26 May 1951 ) is an American country music songwriter and singer. He is best known for penning "Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue" (sung by Crystal Gayle) for which, in 1978, he received a Grammy Award for "Best Country Song". Other prominent singers who have brought his songs number one status over the years include Billy Dean, Mickey Gilley, Reba McEntire, Barbara Mandrell, Kathy Mattea, Steve Wariner, and Don Williams. In 1994 he was inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Foundation Hall of Fame.
¡Cuatro años de duro trabajo!Este mes de mayo cumplimos cuatro años al aire. Seguimos trabajando en la difusión de este maravilloso instrumento, ¡gracias por participar en nuestra historia!
#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------# #This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the # #song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. # #------------------------------------------------------------------------------## From uunet!stanford.edu!agate!darkstar.UCSC.EDU!ucscb.UCSC.EDU!indigo Thu Oct 15 13:42:58 PDT 1992 Article: 2910 of alt.guitar.tab Path: nevada.edu!uunet!stanford.edu!agate!darkstar.UCSC.EDU!ucscb.UCSC.EDU!indigo From: [email protected] (Adam Schneider) Newsgroups: alt.guitar.tab Subject: CRD/TAB: "Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue" Date: 13 Oct 1992 23:01:38 GMT Organization: University of California, Santa Cruz Lines: 63 Message-ID: <[email protected]> NNTP-Posting-Host: ucscb.ucsc.edu
Yeah, I know it's a cheesy song, but I was having fun playing the chords the other night, so I thought I'd post it. I don't even remember who did this song back in the 70's. (So why dontcha put it in the "Various_Artists" directory when you archive it, James.)
DON'T IT MAKE MY BROWN EYES BLUE (Richard Leigh) ------------------------------------------------ [Each chord is half of a 4/4 measure]
CAmDm7G7CAmDm7G7 [intro]
CAmDm7G7 Don't know when I've been so blue CAm7Bm7-5 E7 Don't know what's come over you AmC/GD7/F#D7 You've found someone new FEm7FG7 And don't it make my brown eyes blue
I'll be fine when you're gone I'll just cry all night long Say it isn't true FF/GCC And don't it make my brown eyes blue
AmEm7FC Tell me no secrets, tell me some lies AmEm7FC Give me no reasons, give me alibis AmEm7FC Tell me you love me and don't let me cry Dm7EmFF/G Say anything but don't say goodbye
I didn't mean to treat you bad Didn't know just what I had But honey now I do FEm7FEm7 And don't it make my brown eyes, don't it make my brown eyes FF/GCAmDm7G7 Don't it make my brown eyes blue.
[Repeat the last four measures for as long as you want, then end on C or play the intro over and over and then end on C.]
Here's a little bit of tab for the intro; the spacing/timing is CORRECT. Fill in your own chords and bass and hammer-ons and stuff...
CAmDm7G7 E ----0-3---0-------------|------------------------| B ------------1-----------|------1---1-------------| G ----------------2-------|----2-------2---0-------| + + + + + + + +
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