Don Williams cover
[Estrofa]
     A                   D         
I’ve held it all inward, God knows,
 A 
 I’ve tried, 
I’ve held it all inward, God knows, I’ve tried, 
     A                      E   
But it’s an awful awakening in a
       A 
 country boy’s life, 
But it’s an awful awakening in a country boy’s life, 
     A               D        
To look in the mirror in total
  A 
 surprise. 
To look in the mirror in total surprise. 
     A                           E 
At the hair on my shoulders and the
        A 
 age in my eyes.
At the hair on my shoulders and the age in my eyes.
[Estribillo]
A       D           A 
Amanda, light of my life. 
     A                     
Fate should have made you a
 E          A 
 gentleman’s wife. 
Fate should have made you a gentleman’s wife. 
A       D           A 
Amanda, light of my life. 
     A                     
Fate should have made you a
 E          A 
 gentleman’s wife.
Fate should have made you a gentleman’s wife.
[Estrofa]
     A                   D        
It’s a measure of people who don’t
  A 
 understand, 
It’s a measure of people who don’t understand, 
     A                      E       
The pleasures of life in a hillbilly
   A 
 band. 
The pleasures of life in a hillbilly band. 
     A                   D      
I got my first guitar when I was
    A 
 fourteen, 
I got my first guitar when I was fourteen, 
     A                      E   
Well I finally made forty, still
       A 
 wearing jeans.
Well I finally made forty, still wearing jeans.
[Estribillo]
A       D           A 
Amanda, light of my life. 
     A                     
Fate should have made you a
 E          A 
 gentleman’s wife. 
Fate should have made you a gentleman’s wife. 
A       D           A 
Amanda, light of my life. 
     A                     
Fate should have made you a
 E          A 
 gentleman’s wife.
Fate should have made you a gentleman’s wife.