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Date: Monday, April 1  2002 
Subject: d/davis_stuart/amsterdam.tab
Amsterdam by Stuart Davis from the album Nomen est Numen
Submitted by Del Kreiser


Intro (guitar fill 1) 2x

Verse 1

D				  A				 G
You met her on the airplane  as I waved goodbye in a teary blur

			     D			A	     D
you pulled some strings  the stewardess sat you next to her

		  A			    G
In a gentle voice   with an affecting tone

				    D	       A	        D
you touched her hand on the armrest   over the first time zone

		     A					      G
Crossing over oceans   will break down boundaries, won't it?

		     D		             A                  G
Like any worldly man   you knew that and you seized the moment


(Chorus)
			 A 		 D	   A
While I was feeling sick   trying not to miss her

			     G			       D           G
at the terminal in Amsterdam   you grabbed her and you kissed her

			   A		    D    A  (pause)
But don't overestimate how wounded I should be

    G		       D
She pretended you were me

(guitar fill 1) 2x

Verse 2

Yea, she told me about you
No, she never hid it
Now I've calmed back down
and I'm glad you did it
It's common knowledge
how comforting a surrogate can be 
If it's comfort she needed
thanks for standing in as me
That's a heros' instinct
to which all men are true
and if I ever meet your girlfriend
I'm gonna do the same for you

Chorus

While I was feeling sick
trying not to miss her
at the terminal in Amsterdam
you grabbed her and you kissed her
But don't overestimate how jealous
I should be
She pretended you were me

(guitar fill 1) 2x

Outro Chorus

You never realized how lucky you could be
till she pretended you were me

(guitar fill 1) 4x



guitar fill 1

E |-2------------------------------2-|
B |-3------------------------------3-|
G |-2-222--------------------------2-|
D |-0----4---4442------2--5-000----0-|
A |--------0------0-4h5-5-5----2p0---|
E |-----------------------3----------|