INTRO: G F G F G F G F

G   F          G     G   F          G   F
Amanda, Amanda Ruth..Amanda, Amanda Ruth..

#1.
C                                      F C
We read the paper and we pick the show.
C                                      F C
I met her there but my watch was slow.
C                             F C
She came early and I came late.
C                      F         C
We never met, it was a hell of a date.

CHORUS:
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Amanda, Amanda Ruth..Amanda, Amanda Ruth..

#2.
C                                            F C
The way we met, she was a friend of a friend.
C                                       F C
They needed money and I had it to lend.
C            F C                F C
She had five.....she wanted ten.
C  
I gave her all my money so I got none to spend.

CHORUS:
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Amanda, Amanda Ruth..Amanda, Amanda Ruth..
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Amanda, Amanda Ruth..


INTERLUDE: F Bb G F G F C Bb C Bb C Bb G Dm7

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CHORUS:
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Amanda, Amanda Ruth..Amanda, Amanda Ruth.. 

#3.
C                                              F C
She burns her biscuits and her gravy is strange.
C                                         F C
Can’t fry a chicken in a micro-wave range.
C                F C                   F C
Her salt’s tasty.....her sugar’s sweet.
C 
No, she can’t cook but she’s got something to eat. 


CHORUS:
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Amanda, Amanda Ruth..Amanda, Amanda Ruth..
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Amanda, Amanda Ruth..Amanda, Amanda Ruth..
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Amanda, Amanda Ruth..Amanda, Amanda Ruth..
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Amanda, Amanda Ruth..Amanda, Amanda Ruth..(Fade.)