B

Old Red eyes is back

C7 C B

Red from the night before the night before

B C7 C B

Walked into the wrong bar walked into a door



B

Old Red's in town

C7 C B

And sitting late at night he doesn't make a sound

B C7 C B

Just adding to the wrinkles on his deadly frown



B C7 C B

They're only red from all the tears that I should've shed

B C7 C B

They're only red from all the women that I could've wed

B C7 C B

So when you look into these eyes I hope you realise

B

They could never be blue

C7 C

They could never be blue

B B

They could never be blue

C7 C B

They could never be blue



B

Listen up Old Red

C7 C B

You never listened to a word the doctor said

B C7 C B

Be told you if you drank another you'd be dead



B

Old Red eyes is back

C7 C B

Bis shoulders ache all over and his brain is sore

B C7 C B

Be pours a drink and listens to his body thaw

B C7 C B

They're only red from all the thoughts unused inside my head

B C7 C B

They're only red from all the things I could have done instead

B C7 C B

So when you look into these eyes I hope you realise

B

They could never be blue

C7 C

They could never be blue

B B

They could never be blue

C7 C B

They could never be blue



B C7 C B/G

Blue is a street without an end

B C7 C B/G

Red is the colour of my hell

B/B C7 C B/G

Blue is a greeting from a friend

B/B C7 C B

Red is the color of farewell



B

Old Red he died

C7 C B

And every single landlord in the district cried

B C7 C B

An empty bottle of whisky laying by his side

B C7 C B

A lazy little tear running from each eye

B

They could never be blue

C7 C

They could never be blue

B B

They could never be blue

C7 C B

They could never be blue