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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)
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