Dutchman Chords

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[Verse 1]
[Am]A Bunch of guys was in this bar room
[C]Mos[Am]t of them had been there
half [C]the day[Am][C]
They'd been telling [Dm]jokes and fairy tales
[F]Lying just [Dm]to pass the
time away
[F][Am]

[Verse 2]
Then suddenly someone [C]cracked
the bar room [Am]door[E]
And then pushed it open [G]wide[E]
And [Em]this huge [G]tall dark [Am]dude
Bowed his head and stepped inside
[C][Am][C][Am]

[Verse 3]
I wonder
where he's from?
Some [Dm]blonde asked.
The wind must [C]have blown him [Am]in
But an old Dutchman offered him a drink.
What will it [C]be, whisky rum [Am]or g[Dm]in?
Sick and fido" [F]a redhead [Dm]shouted
Show his way [F]back to the [Am]street."
But the Great [G]Dane just [C]walked
over [Am]and licked his hand
And lay [C]down at his [Dm]feet[E]

[Verse 4]
He said, "if [E]you spare me
[Em]that drink [G]Dutchman,
[Em]I prom[E]ise I tell you h[Em]ow[G][Am]
That I came to be [C]the helpless sight
[Am]that stands before you n[C]ow"[Am]

[Verse 5]
I used to be [Am]an artist,
not one who sits and fiddle [Dm]on the kerb[C][Am]
But in my day and time
My music was considered super[C]b[Am][Dm]

[Verse 6]
I wrote [Dm]a song about a [F]poor [Dm]kid
Raised [F]down in New [Am]Orleans
It didn't make [C]the hall of fame,
[Am]But it bought us shrimp,
rice [C]an [Am]d beans[E]

[Verse 7]
He kept at it [E]until he made
the [G]big [E]time,
Playing town after [G]town[Am]
Until he [F]met a woman he fell [C]in love with
[Am]And it really turned his life around
[C]

[Verse 8]
[Am]
She had eyes like [Dm]Cleopatra
And a head of [F]luxurious [Am]hair,
With the brilliance of her [C]beauty
None [Am]other could [C]compare
[G]When

[Verse 9]
[Dm]she lift[G]ed her eyes [Dm]to his,
[F]Her lip[Dm]s would fall apa[F]rt
Each [Am]time she allowed him kiss [C]her,
It [Am]near petrified his [C]heart

[Verse 10]
But when [Em]he ask her would sh[E]e marry him,
[G]He'd give her eve[Am]rything he had[E]![G]
[Am]She turned and walked [C]away
And it nearly drove [Am]him mad
[C]

[Verse 11]
[Am]
He promised her a half a million
[G]And[Dm] would even pay in advance,
[F]If [Am]she would let
him prove him[C]self[Am]
Or at least give him [C]a chance[Am][Dm]

[Verse 12]
And if he should go [Dm]blind and hand
to use his hands to [F]feel,
[Am]He would hire someone to do her work
And prepare her every meal
[C][G]

[Verse 13]
[E]
How could a man [Am]love a woman so [G]much?
Not [Am]one of you would t[E]hink![Em][G]
Well, I [Am]did [Am]and I still do[C]
Hey [Am]Dutchman, [G]you prom[Am]ised me a drink!