Strawberry Blonde Chords Version 2 - RON Sexsmith

Intro

(pick melody out from within a G chord) A A 4 <4beat>, . , . , . , . , . , . , . , .

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Verse 1

Bm E She was not the girl next door A D But the girl from 'round the corner Bm E S'at the tail end of grade four A D When she came to school one morning D E A A/G# F#m All eyes were upon her as she took her seat D E A A/G# F#m Her name was Amanda, with pretty eyes of green D E A And hair of blonde, strawberry blonde

Verse 2

Springtime and dandelions And summer 'round the corner At the tail end of age nine With a million dreams before her She lived with her mother in an old decrepit house If there was trouble at home she kept it to herself All summer long, the strawberry blonde

Chorus

F#m C#m D A And by her face there was no way to tell D A E C#7 It seemed like all was well in her world F#m C#m D A But the neighbours said her mother had lost her will D A To gin and sleeping pills E A It was no life for a little girl

Solo

(pick melody out from within chords) Bm7 E A , . , . , . , . , . , . , . , . , . , . , . , .

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1.----------------. 2.---------------- D D C#7 , . , . , . , . , . , . , . , .

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Chorus

Still I see her face framed in blue sky At the top of a slide coming down And when the sirens wailed her mother had failed to rise All the neighbours stood outside As Amanda just stared at the ground

Verse 3

Time flies and years are piled I'd forgotten all about her When I saw her down the aisle Of a streetcar with her daughter Then I heard Amanda say as she got up "C'mon Samantha, girl this is our stop" D E D And they were gone, E A Aadd2 A Two strawberry blondes