Green Eyes chords by Erykah Badu

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Difficulty: Advanced

Part 1:
G9b13     Am/C
  My eyes are green
B7B7            Bbmaj7Bbmaj7
  'Cause I eat a lot of vegetables
A7A7 Dm/A Ebdim/A A7A7  Am/C    B7B7        Bbmaj7Bbmaj7
    It don't have nothing to do with your new friend
  G9b13  Am/C
My eyes are green
B7B7            Bbmaj7Bbmaj7
  'Cause I eat a lot of vegetables
A7A7 Dm/A Ebdim/A A7A7  Am/C    B7B7        Bbmaj7Bbmaj7
    It don't have nothing to do with your new friend

    Am/C   B7B7
I don't care, I swear
  Bbmaj7Bbmaj7
I'm too thru with you I am
        Am/C    B7B7
You don't mean nothing to me
    Bbmaj7Bbmaj7
So go ahead and be with your friend

  G9b13   Am/C
My eyes are green
B7B7            Bbmaj7Bbmaj7
  'Cause I eat a lot of vegetables
A7A7 Dm/A Ebdim/A A7A7  Am/C    B7B7
    It don't have nothing to do with your new
Cm7Cm7 Dbmaj7Dbmaj7 Ebmaj7Ebmaj7 Fm7Fm7 Cm7Cm7 Dbmaj7Dbmaj7 Ebmaj7Ebmaj7 Fm9Fm9
friend

Part 2:
Cm7Cm7 Dbmaj7Dbmaj7 Ebmaj7Ebmaj7 Fm7Fm7
 I'm insecure
Cm7Cm7  Dbmaj7Dbmaj7 Ebmaj7Ebmaj7 Fm7Fm7
 But I can't help it
Cm7Cm7  Dbmaj7Dbmaj7    Ebmaj7Ebmaj7 Fm7Fm7
 My mind says move on
Cm7Cm7  Dbmaj7Dbmaj7  Ebmaj7Ebmaj7 Fm7Fm7
 My heart lags behind
      Fm11Fm11
But I don't love you any more
Ebmaj7add13
I'm so insecure
Dm7b5add11      G7#5#9
Never knew that love did this
Cm7Cm7 Dbmaj7Dbmaj7 Ebmaj7Ebmaj7 Fm7Fm7
Ooh, ooh, ooh
Cm7Cm7 Dbmaj7Dbmaj7 Ebmaj7Ebmaj7 Fm7Fm7
Ooh, ooh, ooh

Cm7Cm7  Dbmaj7Dbmaj7 Ebmaj7Ebmaj7    Fm7Fm7  Cm7Cm7    Dbmaj7Dbmaj7
 I can't remember the last time I felt this way
 Ebmaj7Ebmaj7   Fm7Fm7
About somebody
Cm7Cm7     Dbmaj7Dbmaj7   Ebmaj7Ebmaj7 Fm7Fm7
 You've done something to my mind
Cm7Cm7   Dbmaj7Dbmaj7     Ebmaj7Ebmaj7 Fm7Fm7
 And I can't control it
      Fm11Fm11
But I don't love you any more
Ebmaj7add13
Yes I do, I think
Dm7b5add11     G7#5#9
Loving you is wrong
Cm7Cm7 Dbmaj7Dbmaj7 Ebmaj7Ebmaj7 Fm7Fm7
Ooh, ooh, ooh
Cm7Cm7 Dbmaj7Dbmaj7 Ebmaj7Ebmaj7 Fm7Fm7
Ooh, ooh, ooh

Cm7Cm7 Dbmaj7Dbmaj7 Ebmaj7Ebmaj7 Fm7Fm7
 La   di-da
Cm7Cm7  Dbmaj7Dbmaj7 Ebmaj7Ebmaj7 Fm7Fm7
 Dum-dee-  da-da
Cm7Cm7   Dbmaj7Dbmaj7 Ebmaj7Ebmaj7 Fm7Fm7
Dum-didi-da-di-da-di-da
Cm7Cm7   Dbmaj7Dbmaj7 Ebmaj7Ebmaj7 CDFCFC
Dum-didi-da-di-dum-di

Cm7Cm7        CDFCF DbDb
  I'm so confused
Dbm7Dbm7
  You tried to trick me, yeah

C#m7C#m7 Dmaj7Dmaj7 EMaj7Emaj7 F#m7F#m7 C#m7C#m7 Dmaj7Dmaj7 EMaj7Emaj7 F#m7F#m7
Ooh,   ooh, ooh
C#m7C#m7            Dmaj7Dmaj7
Never knew that love could hurt like this
EMaj7Emaj7           F#m7F#m7
Never thought I would but I got dissed
C#m7C#m7           Dmaj7Dmaj7
Makes me feel so sad and hurt inside
EMaj7Emaj7         F#m7F#m7
Feel embarrassed so I want to hide
C#m7C#m7          Dmaj7Dmaj7
Silly me I thought your love was true
EMaj7Emaj7          F#m7F#m7
Change my name to Silly E. Badu
C#m7C#m7           Dmaj7Dmaj7
Before I heal, it's gonna be a while
EMaj7Emaj7          F#m7F#m7
I know it's gonna be a while, chile

C#m7C#m7 Dmaj7Dmaj7 EMaj7Emaj7 F#m7F#m7 C#m7C#m7 Dmaj7Dmaj7 EMaj7Emaj7 F#m7F#m7
ad-libs:

C#m7C#m7 Dmaj7Dmaj7 EMaj7Emaj7    F#m7F#m7   C#m7C#m7
      I hope it's not too late
  Dmaj7Dmaj7   EMaj7Emaj7   F#m7F#m7
Too late, too late, too late, too...
F#m7F#m7
Feeling insecure
EMaj7Emaj7
Love has got me sore
C#m7C#m7
I don't want no more

Part 3:
C minorCm Abmaj7Abmaj7 Fm9Fm9 Dbmaj7Dbmaj7

C minorCm  Abmaj7Abmaj7 Fm9Fm9 Dbmaj7Dbmaj7
Oh, oh
   C minorCm Abmaj7Abmaj7 Fm9Fm9 Dbmaj7Dbmaj7 C minorCm Abmaj7Abmaj7 Fm9Fm9 Dbmaj7Dbmaj7
It's too late, oh, oh ooh, ooh
  C minorCm Abmaj7Abmaj7 Fm9Fm9 Dbmaj7Dbmaj7
I'm sorry I love you
  C minorCm  Abmaj7Abmaj7 Fm9Fm9 Dbmaj7Dbmaj7
At first it was cool
  C minorCm  Abmaj7Abmaj7 Fm9Fm9 Dbmaj7Dbmaj7
You told me you loved me too,
C minorCm  Abmaj7Abmaj7 Fm9Fm9 Dbmaj7Dbmaj7
ooh
  C minorCm         Abmaj7Abmaj7 Fm9Fm9 Dbmaj7Dbmaj7
And then you lost your love
  C minorCm         Abmaj7Abmaj7 Fm9Fm9 Dbmaj7Dbmaj7
Oh, then you lost your love
  C minorCm         Abmaj7Abmaj7 Fm9Fm9 Dbmaj7Dbmaj7
And then you lost your love
  C minorCm      Abmaj7Abmaj7 Fm9Fm9 Dbmaj7Dbmaj7
You wanted me to go away
   C minorCm  Abmaj7Abmaj7 Fm9Fm9 Dbmaj7Dbmaj7
But I can't go
    C minorCm  Abmaj7Abmaj7    Fm9Fm9 Dbmaj7Dbmaj7
See, I can't leave, it's too late
 C minorCm  Abmaj7Abmaj7    Fm9Fm9 Dbmaj7Dbmaj7
I can't leave, it's too late
 C minorCm  Abmaj7Abmaj7    Fm9Fm9 Dbmaj7Dbmaj7
I can't leave, it's too late
 C minorCm  Abmaj7Abmaj7    Fm9Fm9 Dbmaj7Dbmaj7 C majorC D MajorD FF C majorC FF Bb majorBb
I can't leave, it's too late

Abmaj7/Bb
Just make love to me
Abmaj7/Bb
Just one more time and then you'll see
Abmaj7/Bb
I can't believe I made a desperate plea
Abmaj7/Db

C#m7C#m7 Dmaj7Dmaj7 EMaj7Emaj7 F#m7F#m7 C#m7C#m7 Dmaj7Dmaj7 EMaj7Emaj7 F#m7F#m7
      What's with me? Me? Me, yeah, ye-ah, no, oh
     C#m7C#m7 Dmaj7Dmaj7    EMaj7Emaj7 F#m7F#m7
You see I can't leave, it's too late
 C#m7C#m7 Dmaj7Dmaj7    EMaj7Emaj7 F#m7F#m7
I can't leave, it's too late
        C#m7C#m7 Dmaj7Dmaj7    EMaj7Emaj7 F#m7F#m7
Don't you know, I can't leave, it's too late
     C#m7C#m7 Dmaj7Dmaj7
Can't go nowhere, no
   EMaj7Emaj7 F#m7F#m7
It's too late
C#m7C#m7 Dmaj7Dmaj7  EMaj7Emaj7 F#m7F#m7
       It's too late
C#m7C#m7 Dmaj7Dmaj7 EMaj7Emaj7 F#m7F#m7
       It's too late
C#m7C#m7 Dmaj7Dmaj7    EMaj7Emaj7 F#m7F#m7
       It's too late, yeah
C#m7C#m7 Dmaj7Dmaj7    EMaj7Emaj7 F#m7F#m7 C#C# D#D# F#F# C#C# F#F# BB
            Come on,   babe

Amaj7/B
Don't you wanna be strong with me?
Amaj7/B
You told me we could have a family
Amaj7/B
Wanna run to mama when you're down and low
Amaj7/D
But times get tough and there you go
Amaj7/B
Ooh, out the door you wanna run again
Amaj7/B
Open the arms and you'll come back in
Amaj7/B
Wanna run 'cause you say that you were afraid, afraid, oh
 Amaj7/D
Amaj7/B
Never knew what a friendship was
Amaj7/B
Never knew how to really love
Amaj7/B
You can't be what I need you to
Amaj7/D
And I don't know why I fuck with you
Amaj7/B
Amaj7/B
Amaj7/B
I know our love will never be the same
Amaj7/D
But I can't stand these growing pains