Amsterdam
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                             by Al Stewart
         
         
                   D
                   Oh I just came back from Haarlem
         
                   On the very last day of Autumn
                                                                  A
                   Made it through the customs, took the bus into town.
                       Em
                   The flat looked cold and empty
                       C
                   The chairs unused and dusty
                          A                                 D
                   Just a few old letters and papers lying around.
                   D
                   The Dutch people were friendly
         
                   You know they put me up and they fed me
                                                 G
                   All along a tour of one night stands.
                   Gm 
                   All my days and all my ways
                       D     A
                   Are so confused
                                        Em
                   But I tell you right now
                       G                              D
                   I'm going to make it back to Amsterdam.
         
         
         
         
                                    Bm      E
                   And you can feel fine anytime
                                 A                   D 
                   You choose to lose yourself for a while
                             G
                   Bottle of wine
                      A                  D
                   In some back street cafe
                                 Bm                E
                   Or out on the streets there's a chance
                              A                D
                   For you to meet anybody you please
                              G
                   Taking the time
                      E                G     A
                   To ease your blues away
         
         
         
                   D
                   Fred was a crazy driver
         
                   He took us at a hundred miles an hour
                                                       G
                   Down a side street out of a traffic jam
                   Gm 
                   All my days and all my ways 
                       D     A
                   Are so confused
                                        Em
                   But I tell you right now
                                G                     D
                   I'm going to make it back to Amsterdam.
         
         
                   Bm  E  A  D  G  A  D  Bm  E  A  D  G  E  G  A  D
         
         
                   D
                   Oh I just came back from Haarlem
         
                   And the very thing I was wanting
                                                           A
                   Was to find a way to let you know how I felt
                       Em
                   You can't say much in an evening
                          C
                   If you know you'll soon be leaving
                                            A                       D
                   There's not much time to talk, and it's maybe as well
                   D
                   But I wanted to give you something
         
                   Because you know you really helped me
                                                                       G
                   So I've written you a song with a small West Indian band
                       Gm 
                   And though it seems some days that all my ways 
                       D        A
                   Are bound to lose
                                    E
                   I tell you right now
                       G                              D
                   I'm going to make it back to Amsterdam
                         Bm
                   Amsterdam
                         E
                   Amsterdam
                         G
                   Amsterdam 
                                  D    G D
                   Ba ba ba ba ba ba
         
         
         
         
                   The song was recorded in Eb not D as notated. I play it 
                   using these chords with a capo on the first fret.
         
                   Thanks to Patrick for his assistance.
         
         
Notation by        Ray Hewitt.
                   R.A.Hewitt@man1301.wins.icl.co.uk