Amanda Ruth:Everly Brothers.
On Mercury Records in 1985.
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:
G F G G F G F
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:
G F G G F G F
Amanda, Amanda Ruth..Amanda, Amanda Ruth..
C Bb C Bb
Amanda, Amanda Ruth..
INTERLUDE: F Bb G F G F C Bb C Bb C Bb G Dm7
G F Bb
CHORUS:
G F G G F G F
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:
G F G G F G F
Amanda, Amanda Ruth..Amanda, Amanda Ruth..
G F G G F G F
Amanda, Amanda Ruth..Amanda, Amanda Ruth..
G F G G F G F
Amanda, Amanda Ruth..Amanda, Amanda Ruth..
G F G G F G F
Amanda, Amanda Ruth..Amanda, Amanda Ruth..(Fade.)
An eighties smash from Kraziekhat.