Strawberry Blonde Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[G]
[Am]She was

[Verse 1]
not [C]the [D]girl next door
[C]But [G]the girl from 'round [C]the corner
[Am]It was at the tail end o[D]f grade four
When she [G]came to school
one morn[C]ing

[Verse 2]
And all [C]eyes were [D]upon [G]her as
she [D]took her [Em]seat[C]
Her name was [D]Amanda [G]with
pretty [D]eyes of [Em]green
And [Am]hair [Em]of bl[C]onde,
[D]strawberry blo[C]nde[G][Am]
Springtime and [D]dandelions
And [G]summer

[Verse 3]
'round the [C]corner[Am]
Was at the tail end [D]of age nine
With a [G]million dreams [C]before her
She lived with her [D]mother in
[G]an old de[D]crepit [Em]house[C]

[Verse 4]
[C]If there was [D]trouble [G]she kept it to [D]herself
[Em]All summer long,[C]
[D]the strawberry blo[G]nde[Em]
And by her [Bm]face [C]there was
[G]no way to [C]tell
It seemed like [G]all was well
[D]in her world

[Verse 5]
[B][Em]
But the neighbours [Bm]said[C]
Her mother [G]had lost her will
[C]To gin and [G]sleeping pills
It [D]was no life for a little [G]girl

[Interlude 1]
[G][C][G][Am][D]
[Am][G][C][Am][D][Am][G][C][B][Em]

[Verse 6]
Still I [Em]see her [Bm]face f[C]ramed in b[G]lue sky
[C]At the top of a s[G]lide com[D]ing down[B]
[Em]And when the sirens wail[Bm]ed[C]
(her mother [G]had failed [C]to rise)

[Verse 7]
All the [C]neighbors [G]stood outside
As [D]Amanda just stared at the [G]ground[Am]
Time flies and [D]years are piled
I'd [G]forgotten all [C]about [G]her[Am]

[Verse 8]
When I [Am]saw her d[D]own the aisle
[C]Of [G]a streetcar with her [C]daughter
Then I heard [D]Amanda [G]say as
[D]she got [Em]up[C]
[D]"See'[G]mon Samantha, girl,
this [D]is our [Em]stop"

[Verse 9]
[Em]And they were [C]gone[D][C]
[D]Two strawberry blo[G]ndes[C]