Strawberry Blonde

Trying out my new guitar with one of my favourite Ron Sexsmith songs. Chord and lyric chart
(capo 2, key of D)
Intro G
Am7 D
She was not the girl next door
G C
But the girl from 'round the corner
Am7 D
It was at the tail end of grade four
G C
When she came to school one morning
C D G G/F# Em
And all eyes were upon her, as she took her seat
C D G G/F# Em
Her name was Amanda, with pretty eyes of green
C D G G
And hair of blonde, strawberry blonde

Am7 D
Springtime and dandelions
G C
And summer 'round the corner
Am7 D
Was at the tail end of age nine
G C
With a million dreams before her
C D G G/F# Em
She lived with her mother in an old decrepit house
C D G G/F# Em
If there was trouble at home she kept it to herself
C D G G
All summer long, the strawberry blonde

Em Bm C G
And by her face there was no way to tell
C G D B7
It seemed like all was well in her world
Em Bm
But the neighbours said
C G
Her mother had lost her will
C G
To gin and sleeping pills
D G
It was no life for a little girl

Am7 D G C
Am7 D G C B7

Em Bm C G
Still I see her face framed in blue sky
C G D B7
At the top of a slide coming down
Em Bm
And when the sirens wailed
C G
Her mother had failed to rise
C G
All the neighbours stood outside
D G G
As Amanda just stared at the ground


Am7 D
Time flies and years are piled
G C
I'd forgotten all about her
Am7 D
When I saw her down the aisle
G C
Of a streetcar with her daughter
C D G G/F# Em
Then I heard Amanda, say as she got up
C D G G/F# Em
"C'mon, Samantha, girl, this is our stop"
C D C
Then they were gone,
D G Gadd2 G
Two strawberry blondes