Amanda Chords by Don Williams

[C#] _ _ _ [G] _ _ [Em] _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
I've held it all in word, _ Lord knows I've tried. _ _ _ _
It's an awful _ awakening [E] in a country [A] boy's life, _ _ _
To look in the mirror _ [D]
in total [A] surprise, _ _ _ _ At the hair on your shoulders [E]
and the ageing
in [A] your eyes. _ _
_ _ Amanda, _ _ _ _
[D] light of _ [A] _ _ _ _ _
my life, Fate _ should've made you [E] a _ _ [A] gentleman's wife. _ _ _
_ Amanda, _ _ _ _ _
[D] _ light of [A] my life, _ _ _ _ Fate should've made you [E] a _ _ [A] gentleman's wife. _ _
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[D] _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _
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[E] _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _
_ Well, a measure _ of people _
_ [D] don't [A] understand, _ _ _ _ The pleasures _ of life [E] in a hillbilly [A] _ band. _ _
_ I got my first guitar [D] when I was [A] fourteen, _ _ _ _ Now I'm crowding thirty [E] and still [A] wearing
_ jeans. _
_ _ _ _ Amanda, _ _
[D] _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ light of my life, Fate should've made you [E] a _ _ [A] gentleman's wife. _ _
_ _ Amanda, _ _ _ _
[D] light of [A] my life, _ _ _ _ _ Fate should've made you [E] a _ [A] gentleman's wife. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ Amanda, _
[D] light of [A] _ _ _ my life, Fate should've made you [E] a _ _ [A] gentleman's wife. _ _
_ Amanda, _ _ _ _ _ light of my _ life, _ _ Fate _ should've made [E] you a _ [A] gentleman's wife.
[E] _
Amanda, light of my life, Fate should've made you a gentleman's wife.
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