• Song:

    Amanda In A Silverworld

  • Artist:

    Kenny Young

Amanda In A Silverworld
Kenny Young
From: Last Stage For Silverworld (1973)

Very long instrumental opening - at guitar version of riff:
| Em| (022000@1)D| (xx0232@1)C| (x32010@1)C| (x32010@1)Em| (022000@1)D| (xx0232@1)C| (x32010@1)C| (x32010@1)
Em (022000@1)       D (xx0232@1)                          
I see Amanda in a silver world 
C (x32010@1)               CSending (x32010@1)vibes and super flashes
 Em (022000@1)           D (xx0232@1)Amanda likes to see the world 
        C (x32010@1)               CThrough (x32010@1)sea blue eyes and orange glasses
G (320003@1)               A (x02220@1)           C (x32010@1)           G. (320003@1)Mad hatters and love sonnets, . the flighty dreams we read
G (320003@1)         A (x02220@1)             C (x32010@1)                G. (320003@1)Back to a perfect planet, . planted with the sweetest seed 
        D (xx0232@1)             CFor (x32010@1)the human breed, ah ha ha (ha ha)

Em (022000@1)       D (xx0232@1)
I see Amanda in a silver world 
C (x32010@1)               CWeaving (x32010@1)poems and stealing rhymes
 Em (022000@1)        D (xx0232@1)
Amanda had a mystic touch 
     C (x32010@1)            CThat (x32010@1)make illusions shape and shine
G (320003@1)       A (x02220@1)               C (x32010@1)                GNostalgia (320003@1)packages from the nineteen fifties - sixties shops
G (320003@1)          A (x02220@1)           C (x32010@1)          GDion (320003@1)and the Belmonts era, . and Sunday high school hops
   D (xx0232@1)             COh (x32010@1)what a flop, ah ha ha (ha ha)

| Em (022000@1)|   |
| Em| (022000@1)D| (xx0232@1)C| (x32010@1)C| (x32010@1)Em| (022000@1)D| (xx0232@1)C| (x32010@1)C| (x32010@1)| Em| (022000@1)D| (xx0232@1)C| (x32010@1)C| (x32010@1)Em| (022000@1)D| (xx0232@1)C| (x32010@1)C| (x32010@1)
Em (022000@1)       DI (xx0232@1)see Amanda in a silver world 
     C (x32010@1)                 CWith (x32010@1)wings in flight and heels on fire
 Em (022000@1)        D (xx0232@1)    
Amanda, when look back, girl,

C (x32010@1)             CYou'll (x32010@1)find new life a little higher
G (320003@1)               A (x02220@1)           C (x32010@1)           G. (320003@1)Mad hatters and love sonnets, . the flighty dreams we read
G (320003@1)         A (x02220@1)             C (x32010@1)                G. (320003@1)Back to a perfect planet, . planted with the sweetest seed 
        D (xx0232@1)             CFor (x32010@1)the human breed, ah ha ha (ha ha)

| Em| (022000@1)D| (xx0232@1)C| (x32010@1)C| (x32010@1)Em| (022000@1)D| (xx0232@1)C| (x32010@1)C| (x32010@1)Em| (022000@1)D| (xx0232@1)C| (x32010@1)C| (x32010@1)
Em (022000@1)       D (xx0232@1)                          
I see Amanda in a silver world 
C (x32010@1)               CSending (x32010@1)vibes and super flashes
 Em (022000@1)           D (xx0232@1)Amanda likes to see the world 
        C (x32010@1)               CThrough (x32010@1)sea blue eyes and orange glasses
 Em (022000@1)     D (xx0232@1)  C (x32010@1)  CAmanda (x32010@1)-- a -- a -- a

| Em | D | C | C | etc.

?1973 Kangaroo Music
Charted by Dexex

Note: In the recording I have, the whole song is a little sharp. If
you play along with the recording on a guitar tuned with a digital
tuner you'll find the chords in the chart just a little low. If you
play the song a half step higher you'll find the half step is too
high.

I suspect that the record's producers wanted a little more energy
from the track, and so sped it up just a little. Speeding up the
track would also make it just a little bit higher in pitch. This was
not an unusual practice when the track was recorded in 1973.

To test my theory I used iRehearse, which is a digital phrase trainer
that allows you to change the pitch and/or tempo of digital sound
files. (It's a great rehearsal tool.)

By lowering the pitch about 1/4 semi-tone (aka -30 "cents") I was
able to bring the recording back into perfect tune. 
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