Amsterdam Chords
by Owen Danoff
Amsterdam by Owen Danoff is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of C. It uses the chords C, G7, F, G, Am and E. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
C G7 C
I’m too weak to hurt without it showing
C G7 C
I’m too sad to feel the rain come down
F G C
I’m too young to see my friends start going
C G7 C
I’m too high to find my way around
C G7 C
It’s too bright to be the starlight shining
C G7 C
It’s too neon not to be a sham
F G C
It’s too red to be the silver lining
C G7 C
But it’s beautiful in Amsterdam
C G7 C
Yeah it’s beautiful in Amsterdam
F C
Well I may bruise and burn
F Am
But I will have my turn
F E G
To live and lose and learn who I am
C
In Amsterdam
C G7 C
She’s too bold to buy that I’m not listening
C G7 C
I’m too cold to hold back from the glass
F G C
She’s too cheap to have what I've been missing
C G7 C
But she will distract me if I ask
C G7 C
Yeah she will distract me if I ask
F C
And I may bruise and burn
F Am
But I will have my turn
F E G
To live and lose and learn who I am
F
In Amsterdam