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Katzenjammer - A Bar In Amsterdam Tabs

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A Bar In Amsterdam Tabs

(ver. 1)
Katzenjammer


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]

 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.
            
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