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Version 1 Version 2Far Away Eyes (M. Jagger/K. Richards) [Verse] G C I was driving home early Sunday morning through Bakersfield G D Listening to gospel music on the colored radio station G C And the preacher said, "You know you always have the G D Lord by your side" G And I was so pleased to be informed of this that I ran C G D Twenty red lights in his honor Thank you Jesus, thank you lord G C G D G C I had an arrangement to meet a girl, and I was kind of late G D And I thought by the time I got there she'd be off G C She'd be off with the nearest truck driver she could find G D Much to my surprise, there she was sittin in the corner G C A little bleary, worse for wear and tear G D G Was a girl with far away eyes [Chorus] C D So if you're down on your luck G C G C And you can't harmonize (2ND TIME: I KNOW YOU ALL SYMPATHIZE) G D G Find a girl with far away EYES C D And if you're downright disgusted G C And life ain't worth a dime G D G Get a girl with far away eyes [Verse] G C Well the preacher kept right on saying that all I had to do was send G D Ten dollars to the church of the sacred bleeding heart of Jesus G C Located somewhere in Los Angeles, California G D And next week they'd say my prayer on the radio G C And all my dreams would come true G D So I did, the next week, I got a prayer with a girl G D G Well, you know what kind of eyes she got [Chorus 2]