Intro: C F C C G7 C  

C  F  C 
I've held it all inward Lord knows I've tried, 
G7  C
But it's an awful awakening in a country boy's life: 

F  C 
To look in the mirror in total surprise,  
G7  C
At the hair on your shoulders and the age in your eyes... 
F  C  
Amanda light of my life, 
G7  C
Fate should have made you a gentleman's wife 
F  C
Amanda light of my life,
C
Fate should have made you a wife    
 
Insrumental 
 
F  C
It's a measure of people who don't understand 
G7  C
The pleasures of life in a  hillbilly band  
F  C
I got my first guitar when I was fourteen   
G7  C
Now I'm crowding 80 and still wearing jeans        
 
F  C
Amanda light of my life 
G7  C
Fate should have made you a gentleman's wife 
F  C
Amanda light of my life  
C
Fate should have made you a wife 

 			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.