Van Halen – Amsterdam tab

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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

  0:00e----------------------------------------------------------------------------|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-|

  0:06e--------------------------------------------------------------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

  0:12e--------------------------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-----------------------------|


  0:17e--------------------------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!

  0:23e----------------------------------------------------------------------------|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

  0:30e----------------------------------------------------------------------------|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

  0:36e----------------------------------------------------------------------------|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

  0:44e----------------------------------------------------------------------------|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

  0:52e----------------------------------------------------------------------------|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  0:58e----------------------------------------------------------------------------|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  1:05e----------------------------------------------------------------------------|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)