Key: A major•
Intro 1
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Verse 1
D
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not the girl next door
D
A
D
But the girl from 'round the corner
Bm
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It was at the tail end of grade four
Verse 2
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A
And all eyes were upon her as
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F#m
D
she took her seat
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A
Her name was Amanda with
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F#m
pretty eyes of green
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F#m
D
And hair of blonde,
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Bm
strawberry blonde
Verse 3
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'round the corner
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With a million dreams before her
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F#m
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an old decrepit house
Verse 4
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E
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If there was trouble she kept it to herself
F#m
D
All summer long,
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F#m
the strawberry blonde
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And by her face there was
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no way to tell
Verse 5
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F#m
C#m
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But the neighbours said
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To gin and sleeping pills
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It was no life for a little girl
Interlude 1
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D
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Bm
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Bm
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D
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D
C#
F#m
Verse 6
F#m
C#m
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Still I see her face framed in blue sky
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E
C#
At the top of a slide coming down
F#m
C#m
D
And when the sirens wailed
A
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(her mother had failed to rise)
Verse 7
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All the neighbors stood outside
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Bm
As Amanda just stared at the ground
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D
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Bm
I'd forgotten all about her
Verse 8
Bm
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When I saw her down the aisle
D
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D
Of a streetcar with her daughter
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Then I heard Amanda say as
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F#m
D
she got up
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"See'mon Samantha, girl,
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F#m
this is our stop"
Verse 9
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D
And they were gone
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D
Two strawberry blondes
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