INTRO: C  G  Dm  Am  G  C


She never let her roots go brown
                          G
She kept moving them from town to town
                            Dm
Like she was running from a restless sound
                           Am G
That would use her name in vain


              C
Back then she was the one to know
                          G
We didn't like it, but we loved her so
                       Dm
It broke our hearts to let her go
               Am  G
As if we had a choice
         C
As if we had a choice
             G
Oh, as if we had a choice
             Dm
It broke our hearts to let her go
               Am G F
As if we had a choice


                  C
With far too many brows to soothe
                  G
There was just so much to prove
                      Dm
On occasion, with the ruthless move
                    Am G
And the smoking overpass


             C
Take it from one who tries
                                G
There's nothing friendly in the open skies
                      Dm
Nothing up there ever satisfies
                    Am G
The air is thin and cold
    C
The air is thin and cold
                 G
Yeah, the air is thin and cold
                      Dm
Nothing up there ever satisfies
                    Am G F
The air is thin and cold__


C
Amber Lee
                        G
Back then we called her Amber Lee
              Dm
We all landed in her way
                    Am G F       Em
We called her Amber Lee___


BRIDGE:
                              F
Both a first and second wife
                            Bb
Unhappy almost all her life
                                            A
The pain is sharper with a dull-edged knife
                           G
And the rust will lock you in


    C
The highway is her habitat
                         G
She wouldn't cut it as a diplomat
                        Dm
She's not sorry that it came to that
                     Am G 
But what's a girl to do__


     C
They call her names, 'cause they think they can
                              G
You wouldn't hear them if she was a man
                       Dm
We're all flashes in a great big pan
                           Am G
And they're turning up the heat
                C
They're turning up the heat
                      G
Yeah, they're turning up the heat
                       Dm
We're all flashes in a great big pan
                           Am G F
And they're turning up the heat__


C
Amber Lee
                        G
Back then we called her Amber Lee
       Dm
We all landed in her way
                    Am G C
We called her Amber Lee___