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Song title:      Bette Davis Eyes
Original Album:  New Arrangement (Jackie de Shannon 1974)
Other Album:     Mistaken Identity (Kim Carnes)

Words and Music by Donna Weiss and Jackie de Shannon
Copyright © 1981 EMI America
Published by EMI Music Publishing

Transcribed by Gavin Chart (contactus@gartfrets.net)


NOTE:
This song was written in 1974, but the version sung by Kim Carnes has that 
signature synth riff written by keyboardist Bill Cuomo.

Keyboard parts are arranged for guitar


INTRO:
Notes:


[play: GF1 then GF3]   [x2]


VERSE:
Notes:

 Guitar Figure 1               Guitar Figure 2

   Bbsus2      Dm       C        Bbsus2      Bbsus2   F
|-----1--------------------|  |-----1--------------1------|
|--------1-----------3--1--|  |--------1--------------1---|
|-----------3-----2--------|  |-----------3-----3---------|
|--------------0-----------|  |--------------3------------|
|--1--------------------3--|  |--1------------------------|
|--------------------------|  |-----------------------1---|


 Guitar Figure 3               Guitar Figure 5

   Bbsus2      Dm       C
|-----1--------------1-----|  |---------|
|--------1--------3-----0--|  |---------|
|-----------3--2-----------|  |---------|
|--------------0-----------|  |--3-0-3--|
|--1--------------------3--|  |---------|
|--------------------------|  |---------|




                           [GF1]
Her hair is Harlowe-gold
                           [GF2]
Lips sweet surprise
                           [GF3]
Her hands are never cold

She's got Bette Davis' eyes


[play: | F | F/A | [GF5 repeated] ]


VERSE:
Notes:

 Guitar Figure 3               Guitar Figure 4

   Bbsus2      Dm       C           Bbsus2   C        Dm
|-----1--------------1-----|  |-----1--------------0--1---|
|--------1--------3-----0--|  |--------1--------1---------|
|-----------3--2-----------|  |-----------3--0------------|
|--------------0-----------|  |-----------------------0---|
|--1--------------------3--|  |--1-----------3------------|
|--------------------------|  |---------------------------|


 Guitar Figure 7

|--8--------8--------8--------8--------|
|----10-------10-------10-------10-----|
|-------10-------10-------10-------10--|
|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|


                              [GF3]
She'll turn the music on you
                              [GF4]
You won't have to think twice
                              [GF3]
She's pure as New York snow
                              [GF7]
She's got Bette Davis' eyes


BRIDGE:
Notes:

 Guitar Figure 6

|--10---10-11-13----10---8---8---8---8-10----10-11-13---10--8--|
|--------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------|


Chords:
Dm  xx0231    Bbsus2  113311
F   x33211    C       x32010

           Dm                  F                 Bbsus2         F
And she'll tease you, she'll unease you, all the better just to please you.
         Dm               F                  Bbsus2          F
She's precocious, and she knows just what it takes to make a pro blush.
         B              Dm                      C                 [GF5 & GF6]
She's got Greta Garbo's standard size, she's got Bette Davis eyes [GF3] [x2]


VERSE:
Notes:


 Guitar Figure 2                 Guitar Figure 3             Guitar Figure 5

   Bbsus2      Bbsus2/C F         Bbsus2      Dm       C
|-----1--------------1------|  |-----1--------------1-----|  |---------|
|--------1--------------1---|  |--------1--------3-----0--|  |---------|
|-----------3-----3---------|  |-----------3--2-----------|  |---------|
|--------------3------------|  |--------------0-----------|  |--3-0-3--|
|--1-----------3------------|  |--1--------------------3--|  |---------|
|-----------------------1---|  |--------------------------|  |---------|



[GF5 repeated]

                             [GF3]
She'll let you take her home
                             [GF2]
Whets her appetite...
                             [GF3]
She'll lay you on the throne
She's got Bette Davis eyes


[play: | F | F/A |]


VERSE:
Notes:

 Guitar Figure 3               Guitar Figure 4

   Bbsus2      Dm       C           Bbsus2   C        Dm
|-----1--------------1-----|  |-----1--------------0--1---|
|--------1--------3-----0--|  |--------1--------1---------|
|-----------3--2-----------|  |-----------3--0------------|
|--------------0-----------|  |-----------------------0---|
|--1--------------------3--|  |--1-----------3------------|
|--------------------------|  |---------------------------|


                             [GF3]
She'll take a tumble on you
                             [GF4]
Roll you like you were dice
                             [GF3]
Until you come up blue
She got Bette Davis eyes


BRIDGE 2:
She'll expose you when she snows you.
Hope you breathe with the crumbs she throws you.
She's ferocious and she knows just what it takes to make a pro blush
All the boys used to think she's a spy, she's got Bette Davis eyes.