Key: A
Introduction:
A#m D#m
You and me got the whole day off
A#m D#m
Take a trip to Vincent Van Gogh
A#m D#m F
But the line went halfway round the block
G#m D#m
And we're looking for a place to rest
G#m B5
Every seat in every bar was set
G#m D#m F
So we turned back to The Grand Hotel
Bridge 1
Bm A
And the rain came hard
A G#
A million people on a protest march
Bm A C#
Every choice, every path was mistaken
verse 2
G#m D#m
You and me got the whole thing sussed
G#m B5
Gray man is shadowing us
G#m D#m F
Wild conspiracies turn to dust
G#m D#m
Hear the sound of cathedral bells
G#m B5
Cash ringing at the gates of Hell
G#m D#m B D
And fairground hooligans push and swell
Chorus
F#m C#m
They're the darkest days of a free man
E B
Lying in the streets of Amsterdam
E B
Nearly fell underneath the tram
F#
But I picked myself up
F#m C#m
Every temptation and device
E B
All the diamonds and the spice
E B
I would give anything for the sight
F#
Of an honest man (Hey)
Solo
G#m D#m F
verse 3
G# D#m
Eyes swim in emptiness
G#m B5
I was looking at a hotel guest
G#m D#m Bm
He blew me a big sarcastic kiss
Bridge 2
D A
And the Lord walked in
A G#m
With a monocle and lips so thin
Bm A C#
Saw the barman wink as he poured his brandy
Chorus
F#m C#m
They're the darkest days of a free man
E B
Lying in the streets of Amsterdam
E B
Nearly fell underneath the tram
F#
But I picked myself up
F#m C#m
Every temptation up in lights
E B
All the diamonds and the spice
E B
Could take profit from the vice
F#
Of another man
Outro
F#m Bm
Amsterdam Cold, cold
F#m
Cold, cold You belong