A Bar In Amsterdam Chords & Tabs
Artist: Katzenjammer
Song: A Bar in Amsterdam
Album: Le Pop
Tabbed by: Gran Gizmo
Email: gran.gizmo@gmail.com
Tuning: Standard
Main theme:
(twice, originally played with a trumpet:)
Gm
e|--------------------------------------------------3----|
B|----3-3-3-3-3-------3---------3-3-3-3-3--------3-------|
G|----------------3-5------------------------3-5---------|
D|-(5)----------5--------5-----------------5-------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------|
Bb C (D)
e|--------------------------------------------------3----|
B|----3-3-3-3-3-------3---------3-3-3-3-3--------3-------|
G|----------------3-5------------------------3-5---------|
D|--------------5--------5-----------------5-------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------|
(then something like this, play palm muted and stroke up and down really fast)
(D)
e|--333333222222000000----------------------------------|
B|--------------------333333111111000000----------------|
G|--------------------------------------222222----0-----|
D|------------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------|
Hey!
Gm
Nine hours passed and how long will it last
Bb C (D)
says the man with the plan and a gun in his hand.
Gm
He's scared but prepared it might be as he feared
Bb C (D)
are they still in control, and safe behind the wall.
Gm
This evening's too quiet, oh we need a real riot
Bb C (D)
to shake and to break and to bite like a snake.
Gm
We're stuck in this attic so bored and so static,
Bb C D
tomorrow they'll ask us to throw off our masks.
Gm (Bb)
But the storm is a'coming 'cross the hills tonight,
Eb Bb F
like a vein full of rain to the hearts that should fight.
Gm Bb
The storm is a'coming 'cross the hills tonight,
Eb Bb F Gm
like a vein full of rain to the hearts that should fight.
[Main theme 1x]
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/k/katzenjammer/a_bar_in_amsterdam_tab.html ]
Gm
Mary's like me she's a loser to be,
Bb C (D)
got a lock on her door and a bed on the floor.
Gm
They will know they will win and then they'll come in.
Bb C (D)
There's nothing you could say to lead them astray.
Gm
We still live in silence like sworn threats of violence.
Bb C (D)
I long for an end and it's coming round the bend.
Gm
If we live through this night and we'd still be all right.
Bb C D
We'd flee to Siam or a bar in Amsterdam.
Gm Bb
But the storm is a'coming 'cross the hills tonight,
Eb Bb F
like a vein full of rain to the hearts that should fight.
Gm Bb
The storm is a'coming 'cross the hills tonight,
Eb Bb F Gm
like a vein full of rain to the hearts that should fight.
[Main theme 2x]
[weird solo:]
e|----------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------|
D|----/7b8r7b8~~5br~~3br~-2br-(1)-(0)-----|
A|----------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------|
e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------7-----------------7---10~---10-10-10-9-9-9-7-7-7-5-5-5-3-3-3-2-2-2--0~-|
D|---8---8---8--------8---8-------------------------------------------------------|
A|-----8----------8-8---8---------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Gm Bb
But the storm is a'coming 'cross the hills tonight,
Eb Bb F
like a vein full of rain to the hearts that should fight.
Gm Bb
The storm is a'coming 'cross the hills tonight,
Eb Bb F
like a vein full of rain to the hearts -
Gm Bb
But the storm is a'coming 'cross the hills tonight,
Eb Bb F Gm
like a vein full of rain to the hearts that should fight.
Gm Bb
The storm is a'coming 'cross the hills tonight,
Eb Bb F Gm
like a vein full of rain to the hearts - that should fight.
