Amsterdam


Song: Amsterdam Band: Guster Album: Keep It Together Tabbed by TFG12786 Great song, but too many poorly-written tabs. Here's a way to play it pretty close to what they do 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-|