Strawberry Blonde

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 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 
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 >From "Other Songs". 
  
 Transcribed by John Kean & Glenn Pearson. 
  
 Capo 2nd fret. 
  
  
 INTRO:(pick melody out from within a G chord) 
     G                      G 
 4/4 , . , . , . ,   .      , . , . , . ,   . 
 ||---------------------|-----------------------|| 
 ||---------------------|-----------------------|| 
 ||*-------0---------0--|-0h2---0--------------*|| 
 ||*-----------0-0h2----|-----------0-------0--*|| 
 ||---------------------|---------------0h2-----|| 
 ||--3------------------|-----------------------|| 
  
  
 VERSE 1: 
 Am               D 
  She was not the girl next door 
          G                    C 
  But the girl from 'round the corner 
 Am                 D 
  S'at the tail end of grade four 
           G                  C 
  When she came to school one morning 
 C               D      G       G/F#     Em 
  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 
  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: 
 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  C              G 
  But the neighbours said her mother had lost her will 
 C           G 
  To gin and sleeping pills 
     D                        G 
  It was no life for a little girl 
  
  
 SOLO: (pick melody out from within chords) 
     Am7               D                 G 
     , . , . , . , .   , . , . , . , .   , . , . , . , . 
 ||--------3---------|-2h3-2-0---------|-----------------| 
 ||--1---------------|-------------0h1-|-3-------0h1-3---| 
 ||*-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| 
 ||*-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| 
 ||------------------|-----------------|-----------------| 
 ||------------------|-----------------|-----------------| 
  
  
  1.----------------. 2.---------------- 
   C                   C       B7 
   , . , . , . , .     , . , . , . , . 
 |------------------||-----------------|| 
 |------------------||-----------------|| 
 |-0---------------*||-0---------------|| 
 |-----------------*||-----------------|| 
 |------------------||-----------------|| 
 |------------------||-----------------|| 
  
  
 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" 
                C    D   C 
  And they were gone, 
 D               G    Gadd2 G 
  Two strawberry blondes 
  
  
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  John Kean 
  keanj@agresearch.cri.nz 
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