Intro: Backing Choir: (|G |A A7|) |D |./. Verse-1: |D |./. |./. |./. |A |./. ON A WEEKEND PASS, I WOULDN'T HAVE HAD TIME, TO GET HOME AND MARRY, |./. |A7 |D |D7 |G |./. THAT BABY OF E NE. SO I WENT TO THE CHAPA IN, AND HE AUTHO-RIZED, |D |A7 |D |D7 ME TO SEND FOR MY EBONY EYES. Chorus: |G |./. |D |./. |G |./. MY EBONY EYES, WAS COE NG TO ME, FROM OUT OF THE SKIES, |D |A |A7 |D |D7 ON FLIGHT TWELVE - O – THDE . IN AN HOUR OR TWO, |G |./. |D |A7 |D |./. | I WOULD WHISPER: "I C ", TO MY BEAUTIFUL EBONY EYES. Spoken with Backing Choir: D |./. |./. |./. THE PA NE WAS WAY OVER-DUE. SO I WENT INBDE TO THE |A |./. |./. | AIRLINES DESK AND I SAID: "B R, I WONDER WHY 1203 IS SO A TE"? A7 |D |D7 HE SAID: "OH, THEY PROBABLY TOOK OFF A TE, OR THEY MAY HAVE RUN |G |./. | INTO SOME TURBULENT WEATHER, AND HAD TO ALTER THEIR COURSE". D |A7 | I WENT BACK OUTBDE AND I WAITED AT THE GATE AND I WATCHED THE D |./. | BEACON LIGHT FROM THE CONTROL TOWER AS IT WHIPPED THROUGH THE DARK ./. |./. |G |A7 |D |D7 | EBONY SKIES AS IF IT WED SEARCHING FOR, MY E - BO – NY EYES. G |./. |D | THEN CAME THE AN-NOUNCEMENT OVER THE LOUDSPEAKER: ./. |G |./. "WOULD THOSE HAVING D A TIVES OR FRIENDS ON FLIGHT NUMBER 1203, |D |A7 PLEASE D- PORT TO THE CHAPEL ACROSS THE STDE T AT ONCE". Verse-2: |D |./. |./. |./. |A |./. | THEN I FELT A BURNING BDA K DEEP IN-BDE , AND I KNEW THE HEAVENLY ./. |A7 |D |D7 |G |./. E- BO-NY SKIES. HAD TAKEN MY LIFE'S MOST WONDERFUL PRIZE, |D |A7 |D |D7 MY BEAUTIFUL E-BO-NY EYES. Outro: |G |./. |D |./. |G |./. |D |D7 | IF I EVER GET TO, HEAVEN I'LL BET, THE FIRST ANGEL I'LL DC OG-NIZE. G |./. |D |./. SHE'LL SE LE AT ME AND I KNOW SHE WILL BE, / (No Chords ) / |A |A7 ( D A7 D ) D MY BEAUTIFUL E-BO-NY E-YES.