| G |
| Old Red eyes is back |
| A7 | C | G |
| Red from the night before the night before |
| G | A7 | C | G |
| Walked into the wrong bar walked into a door |
| G |
| Old Red's in town |
| A7 | C | G |
| And sitting late at night he doesn't make a sound |
| G | A7 | C | G |
| Just adding to the wrinkles on his deadly frown |
| G | A7 | C | G |
| They're only red from all the tears that I should've shed |
| G | A7 | C | G |
| They're only red from all the women that I could've wed |
| G | A7 | C | G |
| So when you look into these eyes I hope you realise |
| G |
| They could never be blue |
| A7 | C |
| They could never be blue |
| G | G |
| They could never be blue |
| A7 | C | G |
| They could never be blue |
| G |
| Listen up Old Red |
| A7 | C | G |
| You never listened to a word the doctor said |
| G | A7 | C | G |
| He told you if you drank another you'd be dead |
| G |
| Old Red eyes is back |
| A7 | C | G |
| His shoulders ache all over and his brain is sore |
| G | A7 | C | G |
| He pours a drink and listens to his body thaw |
| G | A7 | C | G |
| They're only red from all the thoughts unused inside my head |
| G | A7 | C | G |
| They're only red from all the things I could have done instead |
| G | A7 | C | G |
| So when you look into these eyes I hope you realise |
| G |
| They could never be blue |
| A7 | C |
| They could never be blue |
| G | G |
| They could never be blue |
| A7 | C | G |
| They could never be blue |
| G | A7 | C | G/B |
| Blue is a street without an end |
| G | A7 | C | G/B |
| Red is the colour of my hell |
| G/D | A7 | C | G/B |
| Blue is a greeting from a friend |
| G/D | A7 | C | G |
| Red is the color of farewell |
| G |
| Old Red he died |
| A7 | C | G |
| And every single landlord in the district cried |
| G | A7 | C | G |
| An empty bottle of whisky laying by his side |
| G | A7 | C | G |
| A lazy little tear running from each eye |
| G |
| They could never be blue |
| A7 | C |
| They could never be blue |
| G | G |
| They could never be blue |
| A7 | C | G |
| They could never be blue |