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Practice SessionsBette Davis Eyes chords and lyrics
by Kim Carnes
- 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.
Bette Davis Eyes by Kim Carnes
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 F Chorus: 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 F Chorus: 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 F Chorus: 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...
- Free Music Transposition Simply highlight & copy the entire song chart above - then click on the link... more
- Key, note & chord transposition chart
F Major
Numbered Circles: Chord fingering - number inside circle indicates which finger to use
Unmarked strings: Play open
X: Don't play string
Barre Line: One finger holds down multiple strings
Same numbers in a column: Barre finger over marked strings
R: Root Note
B: Bass Note
Right Handed Charts:
Please Note: We have included Bb in the open position as well as a barre chord. If you can play barre chords you may prefer playing Bb using a mini-barre with the 3rd finger instead of fingers 2,3,4.
Left Handed Charts:
