UNITED STATES
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                            Washington, D.C.  20549

                                    FORM 13F

                              FORM 13F COVER PAGE

Report for the Calendar Year or Quarter Ended:   March 31, 2000
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Check here if Amendment [ ]; Amendment Number:
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  This Amendment (Check only one.):     [ ] is a restatement.
                                        [ ] adds new holdings entries.

Institutional Investment Manager Filing this Report:

Name:         AmSouth Bank
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Address:      1900 Fifth Avenue North
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              Birmingham, Alabama 35203
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Form 13F File Number: 28- 6472
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The institutional investment manager filing this report and the
person by whom it is signed hereby represent that the person
signing the report is authorized to submit it, that all
information contained herein is true, correct and complete, and
that it is understood that all required items, statements,
schedules, lists, and tables, are considered integral parts of
this form.

Person Signing this Report on Behalf of Reporting Manager:

Name:      Carl L. Gorday
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Title:     Assistant General Counsel and Assistant Secretary
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Phone:     205-326-5183
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Signature, Place, and Date of Signing:

/s/Carl L. Gorday              Birmingham, AL             5/12/2000
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(Signature)                   (City, State)               (Date)

Report Type (Check only one.):

[ ]  13F HOLDINGS REPORT.  (Check here if all holdings of this reporting manager
     are reported in this report.)


[X]  13F NOTICE.  (Check here if no holdings reported are in this report, and
     all holdings are reported by other reporting manager(s).)

[ ]  13F COMBINATION REPORT.  (Check here if a portion of the holdings for this
     reporting manager are reported in this report and a portion are reported by
     other reporting manager(s).)

List of Other Managers Reporting for this Manager:
[If there are no entries in this list, omit this section.]

     Form 13F File Number          Name

     28-00108                         AmSouth Bancorporation
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     [Repeat as necessary.]