Song: Amsterdam
Band: Guster
Album: Keep It Together
Tabbed by TFG12786
Great song, but too many poorly-written tabs.
Here's a way to play it pretty close to what they do
Guitars 1 & 2 w/ Light Overdrive unless indicated
Guitars 1 & 2 (Intro/Main Verse Riff):
e|--xxx-xxx-x--x-x-xxx-xxx-xxx--x-x-x-xxx--|
b|--333-888-101010-333-888-333-101010-333--|
g|--000-000--0-0-0-000-000-000--0-0-0-000--|
d|--000-000--0-0-0-000-000-000--0-0-0-000--|
a|--222-777--9-9-9-222-777-222--9-9-9-222--|
E|--333-888-101010-333-888-333-101010-333--|
Pre-Chorus Guitar 1 (listen to recording for strumming pattern):
e|--8--5--|
b|--8--5--|
g|--9--5--|
d|-10--7--| x2
a|-10--7--|
E|--8--5--|
Pre-Chorus Guitar 2 (Clean):
e|----7---7-----7---7----------7------7--7-10-7---|
b|--10--10-10-10-10--8-10-8-10---8-10---8-8--8-8--|
g|------------------------------------------------|
d|------------------------------------------------|
a|------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------|
e|-7---7---7-------------7------7--7-10-7--|
b|--10--10--10-8---88-10---8-10---8-8--8-8-|
g|-----------------------------------------|
d|-----------------------------------------|
a|-----------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------|
Chorus Guitar 1 (once again, listen to the recording for the pattern):
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/g/guster/amsterdam_tab_ver_2.html ]
e|-3--0--2--2--3--0--2--2--0--0--0--0--|
b|-3--0--3--3--3--0--3--3--1--1--1--1--|
g|-0--0--4--2--0--0--4--2--2--0--2--0--|
d|-0--2--4--0--0--2--4--0--2--2--2--2--|
a|-2--2--2--0--2--2--2--0--0--3--0--3--|
E|-3--0--2--x--3--0--2--x--0--0--0--0--|
Chorus Guitar 2 (overdriven)(follows chord progression):
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
b|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
g|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
d|------------------------------0-0-0-0----------------------------0-0-0-0-|
a|---2-2-0-2---2-2-0-2---2-2-0-2----------2-2-0-2--2-2-0-2--2-2-0-2--------|
E|-3--------0---------2-----------------3--------0--------2----------------|
(clean)
e|---------7-7-8-8--------7-7-8-8--|
b|--10-10-8-8-8-8--10-10-8-8-8-8---|
g|-9--9-----------9--9-------------| x2
d|---------------------------------|
a|---------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------|
Post Chorus Guitar 1:
e|-x--x--x--x--x--|
b|-12-8--7--8--5--|
g|-x--x--x--x--x--|
d|-12-9--7--7--5--|
a|-10-7--5--5--3--|
E|-x--x--x--x--x--|
Post Chorus Guitar 2 (Heavier Overdrive, but not too heavy, strum fast):
e|----------------|
b|----------------|
g|-16-12-11-12-9--|
d|-x--x--x--x--x--| x2
a|-14-10-9--10-7--|
E|----------------|
Order:
Intro/Verse
Verse
Pre-Chorus
Chorus
Post Chorus
Verse
Pre-Chorus
Chorus
Post Chorus (watch intro guitar 2)
Verse (no guitar until midway thru)
Pre-Chours (guitar 2 follows guitar 1 at "Is it easy to swallow")
Chorus
Post Chorus x2
Outro Guitar 1: G x4
Outro Guitar 2:
e|---------------------------------|
b|---------------------------------|
g|---------------------------------|
d|---------------------------------|
a|------2-4-------2-4-------2-4----|
E|-33-3------33-3------33-3------3-|
