AMSTERDAM
As Recorded by Van Halen
(From the album BALANCE/Warner Bros. Records)
Transcribed by Mark Dittmer Words and Music by
and Jeff Krinks Edward Van Halen, Sammy Hagar
Michael Anthony, and Alex Van Halen
0:00
| e |
| B |
| G |
| D 2~ 0 x x x x |
| A 2 0 x x x x |
| D 2 4 5 6 0 2 3 4 x x x x |
Light 'em up Unh! |-muted strngs-|
0:06
| e 0 2h3p2p0 0 |
| B 0 |
| G |
| D 2~ x x x x 0 |
| A 2 x x x x 0 |
| D 2 4 5 6 x x x x 0 2 3 4 |
Oh yeah
0:12
| e 4 5 0 2h3p2p0 0 |
| B 5 5 0 |
| G |
| D 2~ 0 |
| A 2 0 |
| D 2 4 5 6 0 2 3 4 |
0:17
| e 4 5 0 2h3p2p0 0 |
| B 5 5 |
| G 2 |
| D 2~ 0 2 |
| A 2 0 0 |
| D 2 4 5 6 0 2 3 4 |
Yeah!
0:23
| e |
| B /5 0 3 3 |
| G 2 2 |
| D /6 2h6p2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 |
| A T12 T9 T7 T7 T5 T4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 |
| D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 |
|-tap harmonics--| Looking good through
0:30
| e |
| B 0 3 3 |
| G /4 4 2 2 /4 4 |
| D /2 2 2~ 4 2 /6 /6 2h6p2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /2 2 |
| A /2 2 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /2 2 |
| D /2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /2 2 |
the window Shinin' red and blue
0:36
| e |
| B 0 3 3 |
| G 2 2 |
| D 2~ 4 2 /6 /7 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 7 |
| A 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 x\ 7 7 |
| D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 x\ 5~ 7 5~ 7 |
light yeah A little thick but still
in the bottom
0:44
| e |
| B 3 3 /5 0 3 3 |
| G 2 2 2 2 |
| D 0 2 0 2~ /6 2h6p2 0 0 0 0 0 |
| A x\ 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 |
| D x\ 2 6 2 4 6 0 0 0 0 0 |
lookin' got a
alright, yeah
0:52
| e |
| B 0 3 3 |
| G /4 4 2 2 |
| D 0 0 0 /2 2 2~ 4 2 /6 /6 2h6p2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 |
| A 0 0 0 /2 2 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 |
| D 0 0 0 /2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 |
pocket fulla money got me a long
night
0:58
| e |
| B 0 3 3 |
| G /4 4 2 2 2 2 |
| D /2 2 2~ 4 2 /6 /7 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 |
| A /2 2 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 x\ 0 0 |
| D /2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 x\ 0 0 |
ahead quick stop by score
the bulldog me
1:05
| e |
| B 3 |
| G 2 2 2 2 |
| D 2 2 0 5 2 |
| A 0 0 2 4 5 0 |
| D 5 |
some yeah Whoooaaaa Wham, bam, oh Amsterdam
panama red,