Strawberry Blonde chords by Ron Sexsmith

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Intro 1

She was

Verse 1
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not the girl next door
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But the girl from 'round the corner
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It was at the tail end of grade four
G 
When she came to school
C 
one morning

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Verse 2

And all eyes were upon her as

she took her seat

Her name was Amanda with

pretty eyes of green

And hair of blonde,

strawberry blonde

Springtime and dandelions

And summer

Verse 3
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'round the corner
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Was at the tail end of age nine
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With a million dreams before her
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She lived with her mother in
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an old decrepit house

Verse 4
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If there was trouble she kept it to herself
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All summer long,
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Em 
the strawberry blonde
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And by her face there was
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no way to tell
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It seemed like all was well
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in her world

Verse 5
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But the neighbours said
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Her mother had lost her will
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To gin and sleeping pills
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It was no life for a little girl

Interlude 1

Verse 6

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)

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All the neighbors stood outside

As Amanda just stared at the ground

Time flies and years are piled

I'd forgotten all about her

Verse 8
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When I saw her down the aisle
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Of a streetcar with her daughter
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Then I heard Amanda say as
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she got up
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"See'mon Samantha, girl,
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this is our stop"