Strawberry Blonde Lyrics

Date: Mon, 17 Nov 1997 10:30:46 +1300
From: "Kean, John"
To: 'Olga - rock' , 'Olga - acoustic'
Subject: TAB: Strawberry Blonde - Ron Sexsmith
Strawberry Blonde - Ron Sexsmith
>From "Other Songs".
INTRO:(pick melody out from within a G chord)
VERSE 1:
She was not the girl next door
But the girl from 'round the corner
S'at the tail end of grade four
When she came to school one morning
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
VERSE 2:
Springtime and dandelions
And summer 'round the corner
At the tail end of age nine
With a million dreams before her
She lived with her mother in an old decrepit house
If there was trouble at home she kept it to herself
All summer long, the strawberry blonde
CHORUS 1:
And by her face there was no way to tell
It seemed like all was well in her world
But the neighbours said her mother had lost her will
To gin and sleeping pills
It was no life for a little girl
SOLO: (pick melody out from within chords)
CHORUS 2:
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
All the neighbours stood outside
As Amanda just stared at the ground
VERSE 3:
Time flies and years are piled
I'd forgotten all about her
When I saw her down the aisle
Of a streetcar with her daughter
Then I heard Amanda say as she got up
"C'mon Samantha, girl this is our stop"
And they were gone,
ad2
Two strawberry blondes
John Kean
keanj@agresearch.cri.nz