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Amsterdam by Guster
Amsterdam
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):
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-|
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version 2
Guitar 1 - Intro Riff, Guitar 2 plays a G to the same rythm x3
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------5--5-5--7--7-7--------5--5-5--------7--7-7-------------------------|
A|-5-5-5--3--3-3--5--5-5-5--5-5-3--3-3-5--5-5-5--5-5-5--5-5------------------|
E|-3-3-3-----------------3--3-3--------3--3-3--------3--3-3------------------|
Guitar 1
e|----------------------------------------------------------------10---------|
B|---12-10--12-10--12--12-10--12-10-12------10-12----10-12----10------12-10--|
G|-12---------------------------------12--12-------12-------12--12--12-------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|----------------------------------------------------------------10~--------|
B|---12-10--12-10--12--12-10--12-10-12------10-12----10-12----10-------------|
G|-12---------------------------------12--12-------12-------12--12-----------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
"I'm goin' through your things..."
Guitar 2 x2
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7-------------------------|
A|--10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7-------------------------|
E|--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8---5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5-------------------------|
Guitar 1 x2
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------2-2------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------4-4---0-0-0------------------------------------------|
A|---2-2-0h2---2-2------2-2-0-------3p2--------------------------------------|
E|-3-3-3-----0-0-0-3/5-------------------------------------------------------|
"I'm gonna write you a letter..."
Guitar 2 x2
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-------------------------------------------|
G|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-------------------------------------------|
D|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Guitar 1 x3 then
e|-------7------7---8---8---8---8--------------7------7------8~--------------|
B|---10-----10-----------------------------10-----10-----10------------------|
G|--9--9---9--9---9---9---9---9-----------9--9---9--9---9--9-----------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
"Way up on your cloud..."
Guitar 2 (same pattern as before)
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-7-----------/------------10-----------------------------------------------|
A|-7-----------/------------10-----------------------------------------------|
E|-5-----------/------------8------------------------------------------------|
Guitar 1 x2
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--12--(x16)------8--(x16)----7---(x8)----b8---(x4)--r7--(x4)---5--(x16)--/-|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| muted |
e|---------7-------7~~-------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----8-------8-------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
The fun part
Guitar 2
e|--10-------------7-----------5-------5--5-----------3----------------------|
B|--12-------------8-----------7-------8--7-----------5----------------------|
G|--12-------------9-----------7-------7--7-----------5----------------------|
D|--12-------------9-----------7-------7--7-----------5----------------------|
A|--10-------------7-----------5-------5--5-----------3----------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
The rest is pretty much the same
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
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
| / slide up
| slide down
| h hammer-on
| p pull-off
| ~ vibrato
| + harmonic
| x Mute note
| b Bend up
| r Release
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