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Song: Amanda
By: Waylon Jennings
1ST VERSE
A D A
I've held it all in, Lord knows I've tried
A E A
But it's an awful awakening in a country boy's life
A D A
To look in the mirror in total surprise
A E A
At the hair on my collar and the age in my eyes.
CHORUS
A D A
Amanda, light of my life
A E A
Fate should have made you a gentleman's wife
A D A
Amanda, light of my life
A E A
Fate should have made you a gentleman's wife
2ND VERSE
It's a measure of people who don't understand
The pleasures of life in a Hillbilly band.
I got my first guitar when I was fourteen
Now I'm pushing 30(?), still wearing jeans.
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The verse is "Look in the mirror in total surprise/ At the hair on my shoulders and the age in my eyes." Also, the last verse is "well I finally made 40; still wearin' jeans" -caseyheilman | 5/13/2003 | first line is god know I tried not Lord. -Dkuttner | 9/13/2003 | first line is god know I tried not Lord. -Dkuttner | 9/13/2003 | FIRST LINE IS (IVE HELD IT ALL IN LORD, GOD KNOWS IVE TRIED) -JUG12321 | 1/24/2005 | the original version says "i'm over 30, still wearin' jeans -JonBjr | 2/19/2005 | The chords seem alright, but I think it would be E7. It's all personal preference if it's either E or E7, because in a lot of songs, it might be difficult to tell, but I have a manuscr i pt version of this song, and it's in F, and the chord that would be E in the key of a is C7. Like the chords here are A,D,E: well, the manuscr i pt has F,Bb,C7. The key is right, but I think it's an E7. Myself, I like playin it in Bb, if I'm not playin with the recording, cause I sound better in Bb, myself. And the "still wearing jeans" line, in some live versions, he plays around with the words on that line. In one version, he says "Ive finally made forty, and still wearin jeans", and in a nother version, he says "Im pushin 30, and still wearin jeans." But the original recording is the right way. I like that idea anyway, being 40 years old and still wearin jeans. Waylon has some of the most awesome words in his songs. -macg1 | 9/24/2005 | First line is "I've held it all inward, God knows I try." -tyler1501 | 10/18/2005 | Last line of the song is "now I've finnally made 40 and still wearing jeans". -bluegrass30009 | 1/12/2006 |
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