# Date: Mon, 17 Nov 1997 10:30:46 +1300 From: "Kean, John" <keanj@agresearch.cri.nz> To: 'Olga - rock' <guitar@olga.net>, 'Olga - acoustic' <acoustic@olga.net> Subject: TAB: Strawberry Blonde - Ron Sexsmith Strawberry Blonde - Ron Sexsmith ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >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 She was not the ^Dgirl next door But the ^Ggirl from 'round the ^Ccorner ^Am S'at the tail end ^Dof grade four When she ^Gcame to school one ^Cmorning ^C All eyes were u^Dpon her^G as she ^G/F#took her ^Emseat ^C Her name was A^Dmanda,^G with pretty ^G/F#eyes of ^Emgreen And hair of ^Cblonde^D, strawberry ^Gblonde

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 And by her ^Bmface^C there was no ^Gway to tell ^C It seemed like ^Gall was well^D in her world ^B7 ^Em But the neighbours ^Bmsaid^C her mother had^G lost her will ^C To gin and ^Gsleeping pills It ^Dwas no life for a little ^Ggirl

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"

And they were ^Cgone,^D ^C ^D Two strawberry ^Gblond^Gadd2es ^G

-------------------------------- John Kean keanj@agresearch.cri.nz --------------------------------

Ron Sexsmith - Strawberry blonde