View Guitar Chords for Amber lamps - floodgates - chords ver. 1
Floodgates by Amber Lamps Tabbed by The Doctor Standard Tuning Song is in 6/8 iming The main riff uses two guitars. Listen to the song to get the timing right. (a) plays on beats 1, 2 & 4, 5 of the bar. e------------------12-------|-----------------------------------| B--12--13-----15------------|-5---8--------3---5----------------| G---------------------------|-----------------------------------| D---------------------------|-----------------------------------| A---------------------------|-----------------------------------| E---------------------------|-----------------------------------| (b) plays on beats 2, 3 & 5, 6 of each bar e---------------------------|-----------------------------------| B------12--13---------------|-----------------------------------| G------------------12---14--|-----------------------------------| D---------------------------|-----12---14------12---10----------| A---------------------------|-----------------------------------| E---------------------------|-----------------------------------| Am, G, C, F, FM7add9 (X2)AmLying awake and lGookingC above The Fstars and their light fill my thoughts From Amhere all this shit seems like Gnothing atC all But the Fmorning will break soon enough I Amstood on the corner The Glight from the sCtreetlamp FDanced on your skin And it made me think AmBack and remember when Gyou longed toC be FOne of the stars I now seeFBut the floodgates were opened CAnd I watched you run Each dGeparting step Seemed Dmmore like an ocean in lFength And by the Amtime I had turned you wereC gone GAnd AmI've never felt such such Csudden ambitioGn FTo see something through to it's end AmDespite all my longing CMy humble conGviction We've alFready drawn our last breath And Amall the complaints that you Chad now make Gsense FNo book, just a cover FM7add9 Not soul mates, just lovers AmI finally chose to iCgnore all the Gblows And I lFeft you alone To leaveCause the floodgates were opened And I watched you run Each departing step Seemed more like an ocean in length By the time I had turned you were gone F, Ab, F, Fm Eb, D, C, AbCI felt the sting and I kEnew this was bigger than FDesires for time or for Fmplans CComfort and caring EDistrusting awareness I Fknew I would never understFmand CI tried to call Eout over theF sound of the Background Fmmusic but to no avCail You looked so hEappy immersed in Fspeech With a lFmonely AmManG, C, FFCause the floodgates were opened And CI watched you run Each Gdeparting step C (yes, it changes) F Seemed more like an ocean in length And by the Amtime I had turned you were Cgone GFCause the floodgates were opened And CI watched you run Each Gdeparting step Seemed Dmmore like an ocean in lFength And by the Amtime I had turned you were Cgone G