the dutchman Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
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[Verse 1]
[C]The Dutchman's
not the kind of man
Who keeps his thumb jammed
in [Dm]the dam
That holds his dreams [G]in,
But that's a secret that only Mar
[C]garet [Am]knows.
[F][C]

[Verse 2]
When Amsterdam is golden
in the summer,
Margaret brings him [Dm]breakfast,
She believes [G]him.
He thinks the tulips bloom
[C]beneath the snow.

[Verse 3]
He's mad as [Dm]he can be,
[G]but Margaret only [C]sees that [G]some[Am] times,
Sometimes [Dm]she sees her unborn
[G]children in his [F]eyes.[C]

[Verse 4]
Let us [F]go to the [G]banks of the [C]ocean
Where the [Dm]walls rise [G]above
[Am]the Zuider [C]Zee.[Am]
Long [Dm]ago, I [G]used to be a young [C]man[Am]
Now dear [Dm]Margaret [G]remembers

[Interlude 1]
that for me.
[C]

[Verse 5]
{Instrumental] [C]The
Dutchman still wears wooden shoes,
His cap and coat are patched
with [Dm]the love
That Margaret sewed [G]there.
Sometimes he thinks he's
still in [C]Rotterdam.
[Am][F][C]

[Verse 6]
He watches the tug-
boats down [G]canals[C]
Calls out to them when he thinks
he [Dm]knows [G]the Captain.
Till Margaret comes to take
him home [C]again[G]
[C]Through [Dm]unforgiving

[Verse 7]
streets that [G]trip him,
though [C]she holds [G]his [Am]arm,
[Dm]Sometimes he thinks he's alone
[G]and he calls her name.
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[Verse 8]
Let us [F]go to [G]the banks of the [C]ocean[Am]
Where [Dm]the walls rise [G]above
the Zuider [C]Zee.[Am]
Long [Dm]ago, I [G]used to be a [C]young [Am]man
Now dear [Dm]Margaret re[G]members
that for [F]me.
{Instrumental] [C]The

[Verse 9]
[Csus4]windmills[C]
whirl the winter in
She winds his muffler tighter
As [Dm]they sit in [G]the kitchen.
Some tea with whiskey
keeps away [C]the dew.

[Verse 10]
[C]
He sees her for a moment,
calls her name out,
While she makes the bed up [G]singing
[Dm]some old love song[G],
A song Margaret learned
when it was [C]very new.

[Verse 11]
He hums a [Dm]line or two,
[G]they sing toget[C]her in the[Am] dark.
The Dutchman [Dm]falls [G]asleep and Margaret
blows [F]the candle [C]out.

[Verse 12]
Let us [F]go to the [G]banks of the [C]ocean
[Dm]Where the walls rise [G]above
[Am]the Zuider [C]Zee.[Am]
Long [Dm]ago, I [G]used to be [C]a young [Am]man
Now dear [Dm]Margaret re
[G]members that for me.
[F]

[Verse 13]
[C]
Let us [F]go to the [G]banks of the [C]ocean[Am]
Where [Dm]the walls rise above
[G]the Zuider [C]Zee[Am].
Long [Dm]ago, I [G]used to be a [C]young [Am]man
Now dear [Dm]Margaret re
[G]members that for me.
[C]

[Verse 14]
[Dm]Now dear Margaret re
[G]members that for me.

[Outro 1]
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