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Song: Amy's Song
Artist: Switchfoot
Album: New Way to Be Human
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The second chord of the intro might be  G/F#or  D/F#cuz the chord is 
not very clear in the original song, but personally I think  Gsounds better.
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Intro:
DAmy's Ggone
And Dtime rolls Gon
How Dfar? How Gfast? HoDw long?
Verse 1:
The Dlast time we saw GAmy
She was Dheaded for the Gshore
DFighting off the Gvolatile gray DskiesG  
Verse 2:
She said Dnow begins forGever
And that Dno one knows their Gtime
We Dbid farewell not Gknowing
That might Dbe our last good-Gbye
Chorus:
 DAmy was a fighter
     F#m7She cut like CasiuG2s Clay
She burned like a fiBbmaj7re
DespiA7te these rains
 DWhere time was a question
    F#m7She only knew oG2ne song:
                         Bbmaj7        A7   D(lead into interlude)
She's singing, "How far, how fast, how long?"
Interlude 1:  D   D/G  D  
Verse 3:
SalDvation is a fGire
In the miDdnight of the soGul
It Dlights up like a Gcan of gasolineD  G  
Verse 4:
Yeah, Dshe's a freedom fiGghter
She's a stand Dup kind of girlG  
She's Dout to start a fGire
In a bar Dcode plastic worldG  
Chorus
Interlude 2:  D   D/G(x4)
Verse 5:
                     D(G)
When everything stops moving
                           D(G)
And I stop to catch my breath
                      D(G)
And ride my train of thought
                  D(G)
All the way round
Verse 6:
My Dthoughts return to GAmy
And the fDire she's begunG  
She Dcame when we were freGezing
And Dleft us burning Gup
Chorus
Outro:  D   G(x3)  Dand fade out

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Amys Song

by Switchfoot

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

G/F#

D/F#

F#m7

Bbmaj7

D/G

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Song: Amy's Song

Artist: Switchfoot

Album: New Way to Be Human

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G/F# D/F#

The second chord of the intro might be or cuz the chord is

not very clear in the original song, but personally I think sounds better.

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Intro:

D G

Amy's gone

D G

And time rolls on

D G D

How far? How fast? How long?

Verse 1:

D G

The last time we saw Amy

D G

She was headed for the shore

D G D G

Fighting off the volatile gray skies

Verse 2:

D G

She said now begins forever

D G

And that no one knows their time

D G

We bid farewell not knowing

D G

That might be our last good-bye

Chorus:

Amy was a fighter

F#m7 G2

She cut like Casius Clay

Bbmaj7

She burned like a fire

Despite these rains

Where time was a question

F#m7 G2

She only knew one song:

Bbmaj7 A7 D

(lead into interlude)

She's singing, "How far, how fast, how long?"

D D/G D

Interlude 1:

Verse 3:

D G

Salvation is a fire

D G

In the midnight of the soul

D G D G

It lights up like a can of gasoline

Verse 4:

D G

Yeah, she's a freedom fighter

D G

She's a stand up kind of girl

D G

She's out to start a fire

D G

In a bar code plastic world

Chorus

D D/G

Interlude 2: (x4)

Verse 5:

D G

()

When everything stops moving

D G

()

And I stop to catch my breath

D G

()

And ride my train of thought

D G

()

All the way round

Verse 6:

D G

My thoughts return to Amy

D G

And the fire she's begun

D G

She came when we were freezing

D G

And left us burning up

Chorus

D G D

Outro: (x3) and fade out

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