Topic: Eyes Like Mountain Water
Here is a story song I've been playing with. Kind of a "in the past and then back to the present" story if you know what I mean. Hope you like it. For some reason I hear it with a banjo ...sure wish I could play one.
Eyes Like Mountain Water By Jeff Gilpin
October 24, 2011
Verse 1
[F]His family moved to the city
Just [ ]before the start of school
[Bb]They got out of the mountains
Left the streams and mountain [F]cool
Because the [C]city education
Would be [Bb]better for the children
And they [C]wanted their children
To have it [Bb]better than it ever was for [F]them
Chorus 1
Because you [Bb]sometimes want what’s better
Even though it [F]wasn’t really bad there
You [C]figure that it may be worth a [F]shot
But you [Bb]have to give up something
Just to [F]try and grab that brass ring
Even [C]though the ring you reach for’s not a [Bb]lot
Verse 2
[F]So he started school there
[ ]Met a bunch of new faces
Who [Bb]didn’t seem much different
From those that he knew in the mountain [F]places
But [C]one face caught his eye there
With a [Bb]smile as bright as sunshine
And [C]eyes like mountain water
That [Bb]somehow seemed to stop him in [F]tracks
Chorus 2
But for [Bb]her it wasn’t the same
She [F]never even knew his name
And [C]there was nothing he could do to [F]change it
Her [Bb]eyes were for another
So he [F]tried to look the other
Way but [C]somehow his eye’s always came back to [Bb]her
Bridge
Then [Bb]life goes on and on again
Without getting near a happy [ ]end
[Bb]His went on and hers went on [F]too
But [Am]after so much time
He [Dm]still remembers the rhyme
Some [Bb]memories seem always to keep [C]true [Bb]
Verse 3
[F]Many years passed by him
Life and [ ]living left him aged
Then [Bb]he stumbled across her
It was like he turned back the [F]pages
He [C]recognized her in an instant
Though her [Bb]sunshine seemed more settled
But [C]even the setting sunlight
Can [Bb]take your breath away in the [F]skies
Chorus 3
And they [Bb]talk about the years
Some of [F]laughter some of tears
She [C]smiled remembering them all [F]well
And the [Bb]boy that she had the eyes for
He was [F]gone but not forgotten
And those [C]eyes [Bb]...oh the stories they could [F]tell
J E T S
...and yet a Washington Commanders fan (unless they change their name again) ...long story...HTT...C
...and yet a Washington Commanders fan (unless they change their name again) ...long story...HTT...C
