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)