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 l^Gooking^C above The ^Fstars and their light fill my thoughts From ^Amhere all this shit seems like ^Gnothing at^C all But the ^Fmorning will break soon enough I ^Amstood on the corner The ^Glight from the s^Ctreetlamp ^FDanced on your skin And it made me think ^AmBack and remember when ^Gyou longed to^C be ^FOne of the stars I now see

^FBut the floodgates were opened ^CAnd I watched you run Each d^Geparting step Seemed ^Dmmore like an ocean in l^Fength And by the ^Amtime I had turned you were^C gone ^G

And ^AmI've never felt such such ^Csudden ambitio^Gn ^FTo see something through to it's end ^AmDespite all my longing ^CMy humble con^Gviction We've al^Fready 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 i^Cgnore all the ^Gblows And I l^Feft you alone To leave

Cause 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, Ab

^CI felt the sting and I k^Enew this was bigger than ^FDesires for time or for ^Fmplans ^CComfort and caring ^EDistrusting awareness I ^Fknew I would never underst^Fmand ^CI tried to call ^Eout over the^F sound of the Background ^Fmmusic but to no av^Cail You looked so h^Eappy immersed in ^Fspeech With a l^Fmonely ^AmMan

G, C, F

^FCause 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 ^G

^FCause the floodgates were opened And ^CI watched you run Each ^Gdeparting step Seemed ^Dmmore like an ocean in l^Fength And by the ^Amtime I had turned you were ^Cgone ^G

Misc Unsigned Bands - Amber lamps - floodgates