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Green Eyes
Words & Music by Alolpho Utrera & Nilo Menendez
English Translation by E. Rivera & E. Woods
Recorded by Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra, 1941
Vocals by Helen O'Connell & Bob Eberle
(D7) GM7 G
Your green eyes with their soft lights,
G6 GM7
Your eyes that promise sweet nights
G5 G6 Fdim D7 Fdim D7
Bring to my soul a long - ing, a thirst for love divine.
C C/B Am7 D7 C C/B Am7 D7
In dreams I seem to hold you, to find you and enfold you;
E7+5 E7 A7 D7 Am7 D7
Our lips meet, and our hearts, too, with a thrill so sublime.
(D7) GM7 G
Those cool and limpid green eyes,
G6 GM7
A pool where in my love lies
G G6 G6/F#
So deep that in my search - ing
Bm7-5 Am E7 Am
For happiness, I fear
Am+7 C Cm7
That they will ever haunt me,
Gdim G G/F# E
All through my life they'll taunt me,
E7 A7 D7
But will they ever want me, Green Eyes?
First Time:
Am7 D7 G Am7 alt D7
Make my dreams come true.
Last Time:
Am7 D7 G Am7 alt G
Make my dreams come true.
The lyric and guitar chord transcriptions on this site are the work of The Guitarguy and are intended for private study, research, or educational purposes only. Individual transcriptions are inspired by and and based upon the recorded versions cited, but are not necessarily exact replications of those recorded versions.
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