[Intro]
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[Estrofe]
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I've held it all inward, Lord knows
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 I've tried 
I've held it all inward, Lord knows I've tried 
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But it's an awful awakening in a
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 country boy's life 
But it's an awful awakening in a country boy's life 
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To look in the mirror in total
      A 
 surprise 
To look in the mirror in total surprise 
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At the hair on your shoulders and the
  E           A 
 age in your eyes
At the hair on your shoulders and the age in your eyes
[Refrão]
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Amanda, light of my life 
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Fate should have made you a
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 gentleman's wife 
Fate should have made you a gentleman's wife 
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Amanda, light of my life 
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Fate should have made you a
  E           A 
 gentleman's wife
Fate should have made you a gentleman's wife
[Instrumental]
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A  E  A
[Estrofe]
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It's a measure of people who don't
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 understand 
It's a measure of people who don't understand 
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The pleasures of life in a hillbilly
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 band 
The pleasures of life in a hillbilly band 
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I got my first guitar when I was
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 fourteen 
I got my first guitar when I was fourteen 
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Now I'm crowding 30 and still wearing
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 jeans.
Now I'm crowding 30 and still wearing jeans.
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Amanda, light of my life 
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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
[Refrão]
 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
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 gentleman's wife
Fate should have made you a gentleman's wife