Hello did somebody tried this one? I guess it’s a waltz in 3/3?
Any strumming pattern ? I guess it’s D DUDU
Such a powerful song, wonder why Justin never cover it!
Waltz time signature is normally 3/4 but a Viennese waltz is 6/8.
Strumming pattern can be anything that sounds right, you need to listen to the original music.
Hi, had a quick listen (I didn’t know the song). It definitely seems to me like like either 3/4 or 6/8 time. And yeah, I think I’m hearing D DU DU.
Hi Eric,
I think that’s because he’s a bit lazy… because if he does about 20 songs a day, he can easily manage almost the entire world repertoire of good songs in a dozen years… 
Greetings ,Rogier
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He did if you think about it; it’s the same melody as:
Hey Darrel, Thanks.
I knew that song as the piano opening from “Bowie live at Glastonbury”, played by Mike Garson.
But I never realized that it was " sounding" a bit like Amsterdam.
thanks for the hint
I’m just thrilled by Brel’s lyrics (translated by Mort Schuman). it’s like a movie.
…/…
And they turn and they dance and they laugh and they lust
Till the rancid sound of the accordion bursts
And then out of the night with their pride in their pants
And the sluts that they tow underneath the street lamps
In the port of Amsterdam there’s a sailor who drinks
And he drinks and he drinks and he drinks once again
He’ll drink to the health of the whores of Amsterdam
Who’ve given their bodies to a thousand other men
Yeah, they’ve bargained their virtue, their goodness all gone
For a few dirty coins, well, he just can’t go on
Throws his nose to the sky and he aims it up above
And he pisses like I cry on the unfaithful love
In the port of Amsterdam
oohh words soaked in acid (Charles Aznavour)
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