Chords for Ron Sexsmith - Strawberry Blonde.avi

[A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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[Bm] _ She was not [E] the girl next [Bm] door, [A] but the girl from around [D] the corner
_ [F#m]
[Bm] At the tail [E] end of grade four [A] when she came to school one [D] morning
_ [A] _
[D] _ All eyes [E] were upon [A] her _ [C#m] as she took a [F#m] seat
Her [D] _ name [E] was _ Amanda, [A] _ with pretty eyes of [F#m] green
Hair of [Bm] _ blonde, _ [E] _ _
strawberry [A] blonde _ _ _ _ _
[Bm] _ _ _ Springtime [E] and dandy lines [A] and summer round [D] the corner
[F#m] _
[Bm] At the tail [E] end of age [Bm] nine [A] with a million dreams [D] before her _
She _ lived [E] with her mother [A] in an [E] old decrepit [F#m] house _
_ [D] _ _ If [E] there was trouble at home [A] she [E] kept it to [F#m] herself
For [Bm] summer long, _ [E] _ this [A] strawberry blonde _ _ _ _
_ [F#m] _ _ And [C#m] by her _ [D] face _ [A] there was no way to [D] tell
It [A] seemed like all was [E] well in her world
_ _ [C#] _
_ [F#m] _ But the neighbors [C#m] _
said [D] _ her mother [A] had lost her [D] will
To gin [A] and sleep and pills, [E] it was no life for a [A] little girl _ _ _ _
_ [Bm] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
[F#m] _ [Bm] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ [D] Still [C#] _
_ [F#m] _ _ I [C#m] see her _ [D] face _ _ [A] framed in blue [D] sky
At the [A] top of a slide [E] _ coming down _ [C#] _
_ [F#m] _ when the [C#m] sirens _ wailed
[D] _ Her mother [A] had failed to [D] rise while the [A] neighbors stood outside
[E] As Amanda _ stood at [A] the ground _ _ _ _ _
_ [Bm] _ Time flies [E] and years of [A] bile that forgotten all [D] about her _
[F#m] _ [Bm] _ When I saw [E] her down the aisle [A] of a streetcar with [D] her daughter _
[A] _ [D] And I [E] heard a man _ [A] _ [C#m] say, has she [F#m] got her? _
_ _ [D] _ Come [E] on, Samantha, _ [A] _ [E] girl, this is [F#m] Oscar
And they were [Bm] gone, _ [E] _ _ _
_ _ [Bm] _ _ _ [E] _ two [A] strawberry _ _ blondes
[D] _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _