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Amanda by Boston

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                                   AMANDA

                                     by
                                   Boston

             (Notated by Jeff Estefan: jae@explorer.jpl.nasa.gov)

Words & Music by Tom Scholz

INTRO:  G  C/G  G  C/G

VERSE 1:
G       C/G              G
Babe, tomorrow's ...
        Em                       Bm
There's somethin' I jus...
        C
I don't think I ...
         G/B                Am        G
what I'm feelin' ...
          Dsus4 D
knowin' I ...

VERSE 2:
    G      C/G                G
And I, I'm gettin' ...
Em                   Bm
I don't wanna see ..
           C
If I could ...
         G/B                      Am        G
will you turn out the ..
           D        C/D  G/D  D
knowin' ..

CHORUS:
          Em
I'm gonna take ...
    Am7                 D      Dsus4 D D(add9) D
and make you ...
          Em
I'm gonna tell ...;
        Am7                 D     Dsus4 D D(add9) D
I can't wait another ...
          Em
I'm gonna say it ...
    Am7                    D
and make you ...(second time: Oh, girl.)
  Csus2
I love you. (not sung second time)

VERSE 3:
G      C/G                   G
And, I feel ..
    Em                       Bm
I'm lookin' for the ...
       C 
Do you ...
        G/B               Am             G
Are you ready for me - ...
               D       D7sus4
I don't ...

VERSE 4:
G      C/G                G
So, it may be too ....
    Em                       Bm
The feelin' takes so ...
   C
If I tell ...
         G/B                Am         G
will you turn me ...
               D
I don't ....

INSTRUMENTAL: C/↓  G/↓  ↓  Bm
      Em  Am7  D  Em  Am7  D (to chorus)

BRIDGE (lead-in: E  Bm7 E Bm7):
E            Bm7
You and I, I know that ....
            E 
And I swear, I ...
  Bm7
Tomorrow may be ...
C              D
You, you and ...
       G       D/F#   Em
we can share ...
     Em/D      C   C/B
It's now ...
      Am         Am/G    D
and tomorrow ...
C/D  G/D       D
Oh. Ooo ...

FINAL VERSE:
G    C/G               G
And, feelin' ...
        Em                       Bm
I don't wanna wait my ...
   Am   Am/G                D
to say  -  I'm ...

"TRICKY" CHORDS:
G          3x0003
C/G        3x2013
G/B        x2x033
Dsus4      xx0233
D(add9)    xx0230
C/D        xx0553
G/D        xx0433
Csus2      x3x03x
D7sus4     xx0213
D/F#       2x023x
Em/D       xx0000
C/B        x22010
Am/G       3x2210

Sounds excellent on a 12-string!

>From Boston - Third Stage
Copyright 1987, Cherry Lane Music Co, Inc.