Amsterdam

Song

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-|