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Amsterdam
Guster
Strum Guide:
SP 1:
D D U U D U
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
SP 2:
D U U U U U U U U
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
Intro Riff:
G5 C5 G5 C5
D U U U U U U U U
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
G5 D5 G5
U U U U U U U U
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
INTRO:
(SP 2 w/Intro Riff)
/ G – C – / G – - /
/ C – G - / D – G - /
G (½) C (½) G
I threw away your greatest hits
C G D G
You left them here the day you split
|
G (½) C (½) G C G D G |
Well they don't mean that much to me
(SP 1)
C (2) Am (2)
Right now, I'm going through your things
C (2) Am (2)
These days, I'm changing all my strings
CHORUS (SP 1):
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 Am (2)
From way up on your cloud
C (2)
Where you've been hiding out
Am (2)
Are you getting somewhere?
C (2)
Or did you get lost in Amsterdam?
SP 1
/ G - - - / Em - - - / D - - - / C - - - / (x2)
/ Gm (hold) - - / - - - - /
SP 2
G (½)
C (½) G
You won't get too far from me
C G
D G
believing everything you read
G (½) C (½) G
You're wasted in the great unknown
C G
D G
and I am finally ready to
(SP 1)
C (2) Am (2)
Dispose of all your vintage clothes
C (2) Am (2)
Your drugs and every secret code
CHORUS
(1 Strum Per Chord)
/ G - - - / Em - - - / D - - - / C - - - /
(SP 1)
/ G - - - / Em - - - / D - - - / C - - - / (x2)
(SP 2)
G (½) C (½) G
From your red balloon you were
C G
D G
a super high tech jet fighter
G (½) C (½) G
Floating over planet earth
C G
D G
Come back down here, I'll show you where it
(SP 1)
C (2) Am (2)
Hurts. Take this bitter pill
C (2)
Am (2)
Is it easy to swall - ow?
CHORUS
(SP1)
/ G - - - / Em - - - / D - - - / C - - - / (x4)
End on G
This file is the author's own work and represents his interpretation of this song. It's intended solely for private study, scholarship or research.
