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| VERSE |
| G | C | G | |
| I | threw aw | ay your g | reatest hits |
| C | G | D | G | |
| You | left them | here the | day you | split |
| G | C | G | |
| Your | bass gui | tar and | shag CD |
| C | G | D | G | C | |
| Well | they don't | mean that | much to | me right | now |
| Am | |
| I'm going through your | things |
| C | Am | |
| These | days, I'm changing all my | strings |
| CBORUS |
| G | Em | |
| I'm gonna write you a | letter |
| Bm | D | |
| I'm gonna write you a | book |
| G | Em | |
| I wanna see your re | action |
| Bm | |
| I wanna see how it | looks |
| D | C | |
| From | way up on your | cloud |
| Am | |
| Where you've been hiding | out |
| C | |
| Are you g | etting somewhere? |
| Am | |
| Or did | you get lost in Amsterdam? |
| INTERLUDE |
| G | - | Em | - | D | - | D/G | - | C |
| VERSE |
| G | C | G | |
| You won't | get too f | ar from me |
| C | G | D | G | |
| bel | ieving | everyt | hing you | read |
| G | C | G | |
| You're | wasted | in the | great unknown |
| C | G | D | G | C | |
| and | I am | finally | ready | to dis | pose |
| Am | |
| of all your vintage | clothes |
| C | Am | |
| Your | drugs and every secret | code |
| CBORUS |
| G | Em | |
| I'm gonna write you a | letter |
| Bm | D | |
| I'm gonna write you a | book |
| G | Em | |
| I wanna see your re | action |
| Bm | |
| I wanna see how it | looks |
| D | C | |
| From | way up on your | cloud |
| Am | |
| Where you've been hiding | out |
| C | |
| Are you g | etting somewhere? |
| Am | |
| Or did | you get lost in Amsterdam? |
| INTERLUDE |
| (one guitar, single strum chords) |
| G | - | Em | - | D | - | D/G | - | C | |
| (f | ul | l i | ns | tr | um | enta | ti | on, regular strum) |
| G | - | Em | - | D | - | D/G | - | C |
| VERSE |
| G | C | G | |
| From your | red bal | loon you were |
| C | G | D | G | |
| a | super | high tech | jet fig | hter |
| G | C | G | |
| Floating | over | planet earth |
| C | G | D | G | C | |
| Come | back down | here, I'll | show you | where it | hurts |
| Am | |
| Take this bitter | pill |
| C | |
| Is it easy to | swallow? |
| CBORUS |
| G | Em | |
| I'm gonna write you a | letter |
| Bm | D | |
| I'm gonna write you a | book |
| G | Em | |
| I wanna see your re | action |
| Bm | |
| I wanna see how it | looks |
| D | C | |
| From | way up on your | cloud |
| Am | |
| Never coming | down |
| C | |
| Are you g | etting somewhere? |
| Am | |
| Or did | you get lost in Amsterdam? |
| Outro |
| Amsterdam |
| G |
| *CHORD DIAGRAMS* |
e|--3----0----2----3----0----0----2--| B|--3----1----3----3----1----0----3--| G|--0----0----2----2----2----0----4--| D|--0----2----0----0----2----2----4--| A|--2----3----x----x----0----2----2--| E|--3----x----x----x----x----0----x--|
| G | C | D | D/G | Am | Em | Bm | |
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