Bette Davis Eyes was written in 1974 by Jackie DeShannon (Music) & Donna Weiss (Lyrics). The song was later popularized by Kim Carnes who recorded a version in Jan, 1981 with the single released from the album, Mistaken Identity on March 10, 1981.
Music: F Major in 4/4 time at 116 bpm.
Chords: F, F/Eb, Bb, Dm, C
Beginners: Relatively easy. The Bb can be played as an open chord or barre chord. The F/Eb looks a little scary but is very easy to play - simply an F chord leading with an Eb bass note... see charts below.
Intro: 4/4 (Drums) ||: Bb - Dm | C | Bb - Dm | C :||Bb - Dm C Bb - C
1. Her hair is Har-low gold___ Her lips sweet sur-prise
F Bb - Dm C F
Her hands are nev-er cold___ She's got Bet-te Davis eyes
Bb - Dm C Bb - C
She'll turn her mu-sic on you___ You won't have to think twice
Dm Bb - Dm C F | F/Eb |
She's pure as New York snow___ She got Bet-te Davis eyes
Dm FChorus: And she'll tease you___ She'll un-ease you
Bb F
All the bet-ter just to please you
Dm F
She's pre-co-cious__ And she knows just what it
Bb F
Takes to make a pro blush
Bb Dm
She got Greta Garbo's stand-off sighs
C Bb - Dm | C | Bb - Dm | C |
She's got Bette Davis eyes
Bb - Dm C Bb - C
2. She'll let you take her home___ It whets her app-e-tite
F Bb - Dm C F
She'll lay you on her throne___ She got Bet-te Davis eyes
Bb - Dm C Bb - C
She'll take a tumb-le on you___ Roll you like you were dice
Dm Bb - Dm C F | F/Eb |
Un-til you come out blue___ She's got Be-tte Davis Eyes
Dm FChorus: She'll ex-pose you___ When she snows you
Bb F
Off your feet with the crumbs she throws you
Dm F
She's fer-o-cious__ And she knows just what it
Bb F
Takes to make a pro blush
Bb Dm
All the boys think she's a spy
C ||: Bb - Dm | C :|| x3 | F | F/Eb |
She's got Bet-te Davis eyes
Dm FChorus: And she'll tease you___ She'll un-ease you
Bb F
All the bet-ter just to please you
Dm F
She's pre-co-cious__ And she knows just what it
Bb F
Takes to make a pro blush
Bb Dm
All the boys think she’s a spy
C ||: Bb - Dm | C | Bb - Dm | C :||
She's got Bette Davis eyes
Bb - Dm C Bb - Dm | C |
** She’ll tease you___ She'll un-ease you
Bb - Dm C Bb - C | F |
Just to please you___ She's got Bette Davis eyes
Bb - Dm C Bb - Dm | C |
She'll ex-pose you___ When she snows you
Bb - Dm C Bb - C | F |
She knows ya’___ She's got Bette Davis eyes...