Guster - "Amsterdam"
Tabbed by: J.A.
This is a great new song off their new CD "Keep It Together". I think this is
pretty much correct - i'm not finished with the intro but i think its just G-C-D.
it would probably work like that if you want to try it.
Standard tuning
Verse 1
G C
Threw away your greatest hits
D C
You left them here the day you split
G C
Bass guitar and shag CD
D C
Well they dont mean that much to me right now
Am
I'm goin through your things
C
These days
Am
I'm changin' all my strings
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/g/guster/amsterdam_crd.html ]
Chorus
G Em
Gonna write you a letter
Bm C
Gonna write you a book
G Em
Wanna see your reaction
D
Wanna see how it looks
Am C
From way upon your cloud, you've been hiding out
Am
Are you getting somewhere
C
Or did you get lost in Amsterdam
post-chorus riff: G-Em-D-Dadd9-C
Verse 2
G C
You wont get too far from me
D C
Believing everything you read
G C D C
You wasted in the great unknown and I am finally ready to dispose
Am
Of all your village clothes
C
Your drugs
Am
Every secret code
Chorus
post-chorus riff
Verse 3
From your red balloon you were
A super-high tech jet fighter
Floating over planet earth come back down here I'll show you where it hurt
Take this bitter pill
It isnt easy to swallow
Chorus
post-chorus riff
Chords:
G: 320033
C: x32010
D: xx0232
Dadd9: xx0233
Em: 022000
Am: x02210
Bm: x24432