ON A TUESDAY IN AMSTERDAM LONG AGO COUNTING CROWS Album: SATURDAY NIGHTS & SUNDAY MORNINGS Standard Tuning No capo Intro: (or Dsus2) Verse 1: A picture of Amsterdam Bare trees under glass Framed in the grey and white afternoon light Of a winter long past Verse 2: when I was a riser through Dublin I roamed She was a bare back rider Some miles from home Chorus 1: come back to me come back to me come back to me come back to me Verse 3: She’s a carnival diver Tongue in the sky Cutting through time like a memory Strung on a wire Verse 4: The colour of anything Fades in the air She is the film of the book Of the story of the smell of her hair Chorus 2: come back to me come back to me come back to me come back to me (Play over) Piano solo: - - - - Verse 5: When every thing’s over Everything’ s clear Everyone’s older No one is here Verse 6: I try to remember A girl on a wire She’s tumbling and diving Above Stephenson’s green like a kite on the air Outro Chorus: come back to me come back to me come back to me come back to me come back to me come back to me come back to me come back to me come back to me come back to me. ------------ Standard Tuning CAPO 5 Bm7add1 x03320 (relative to capo) Intro: - - Verse 1: A picture of Amsterdam Bare trees under glass Framed in the grey and white afternoon light Of a winter long past Verse 2: when I was a riser through Dublin I roamed She was a bare back rider Some miles from home Chorus 1: come back to me come back to me come back to me come back to me Verse 3: She’s a carnival diver Tongue in the sky Cutting through time like a memory Strung on a wire Verse 4: The colour of anything Fades in the air She is the film of the book Of the story of the smell of her hair Chorus 2: come back to me come back to me come back to me come back to me (Play over) Piano solo: - - - - Verse 5: When every thing’s over Everything’ s clear Everyone’s older No one is here Verse 6: I try to remember A girl on a wire She’s tumbling and diving Above Stephenson’s green like a kite on the air Outro Chorus: come back to me come back to me come back to me come back to me come back to me come back to me come back to me come back to me come back to me come back to me

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À propos de la chanson

La chanson évoque un souvenir nostalgique d'Amsterdam, où la beauté d’un passé lointain se mélange avec des images vibrantes d'une autre époque. L'artiste se rappelle d'une jeune femme, symbole de liberté, qui semble défier le temps à travers ses acrobaties. Au fil des vers, les couleurs s'estompent et les souvenirs se transforment en mélodies évanescentes, tandis que l'interlocuteur aspire à retrouver cette connexion perdue. L’atmosphère rappelle des moments fugaces, entre l’amour et la mélancolie, faisant écho à des rêves désormais effacés. Cela touche profondément à l’idée que malgré le passage du temps, certains souvenirs demeurent gravés en nous, nous appelant à revenir à ces instants précieux.