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AMSTERDAM - Guster
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Tabbed by: Dave
Email: donovandave@msn.com
Tuning: Standard (EADGBe)
*chord diagrams on bottom*
[VERSE]
G C G
I threw away your greatest hits
C G D G
You left them here the day you split
G C G
Your bass guitar and shag CD
C G D G C
Well they don't mean that much to me right now
Am
I'm going through your things
C Am
These days, I'm changing all my strings
[CHORUS]
G Em
I'm gonna write you a letter
Bm D
I'm gonna write you a book
G Em
I wanna see your reaction
Bm
I wanna see how it looks
D C
From way up on your cloud
Am
Where you've been hiding out
C
Are you getting somewhere?
Am
Or did you get lost in Amsterdam?
[INTERLUDE]
G - Em - D - D/G - C
G - Em - D - D/G - C
[VERSE]
G C G
You won't get too far from me
C G D G
believing everything you read
G C G
You're wasted in the great unknown
C G D G C
and I am finally ready to dispose
Am
of all your vintage clothes
C Am
Your drugs and every secret code
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/g/guster/amsterdam_crd_ver_2.html ]
[CHORUS]
G Em
I'm gonna write you a letter
Bm D
I'm gonna write you a book
G Em
I wanna see your reaction
Bm
I wanna see how it looks
D C
From way up on your cloud
Am
Where you've been hiding out
C
Are you getting somewhere?
Am
Or did you get lost in Amsterdam?
[INTERLUDE]
(one guitar, single strum chords)
G - Em - D - D/G - C
(full instrumentation, regular strum)
G - Em - D - D/G - C
G - Em - D - D/G - C
[VERSE]
G C G
From your red balloon you were
C G D G
a super high tech jet fighter
G C G
Floating over planet earth
C G D G C
Come back down here, I'll show you where it hurts
Am
Take this bitter pill
C
Is it easy to swallow?
[CHORUS]
G Em
I'm gonna write you a letter
Bm D
I'm gonna write you a book
G Em
I wanna see your reaction
Bm
I wanna see how it looks
D C
From way up on your cloud
Am
Never coming down
C
Are you getting somewhere?
Am
Or did you get lost in Amsterdam?
[Outro]
Amsterdam
G - Em - D - D/G - C
G - Em - D - D/G - C
G - Em - D - D/G - C
G - Em - D - D/G - C
G
*CHORD DIAGRAMS*
e|--3----0----2----3----0----0----2--|
B|--3----1----3----3----1----0----3--|
G|--0----0----2----2----2----0----4--|
D|--0----2----0----0----2----2----4--|
A|--2----3----x----x----0----2----2--|
E|--3----x----x----x----x----0----x--|
G C D D/G Am Em Bm
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