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From: "Mark D. Dittmer" 
                                  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,     
 
 
 
 I realize this tab is far from complete, but it's a start.  I tried to make 
 this tab as accurate and as readable as I could.
 -Mark Dittmer  (March 5, 1995)
 
 mdittmer@freenet.calgary.ab.ca  (home)
 mddittme@acs.ucalgary.ca  (school)
 

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