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Amsterdam

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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

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  Light 'em up                       Unh!                 |-muted strngs-|

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                                                                    Oh yeah

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                                                                       Yeah!

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      |-tap harmonics--|                                 Looking good through

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  the window                                        Shinin' red  and  blue

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  light    yeah                         A little thick              but still
                                         in the bottom

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  lookin'                                                              got a
  alright, yeah

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  pocket fulla money                                         got me a long
                                                                       night
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    ahead                                       quick stop by         score
                                                    the bulldog           me
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  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)