Dutchman Chords

Lyrics & chords

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

[Verse 2]
When [C]Amsterdam is golden
in the summer
Margaret brings him breakfast,
[Dm]she believes him
[G]He thinks the tulips bloom
beneath [C]the snow
He's mad as [Dm]he can be,
[G]Margaret only sees [C]that [G]sometimes
[Am]Some[G]times she [Dm]sees
[G]her unborn children in his [C]eyes

[Verse 3]
Let us [Dm]go to the banks of the oc[Em]ean
Where [Dm]the walls rise [G]above
the Zuider [C]Zee
Long [Dm]ago, I [G]used to be [C]a young [G]man[Am]
[G]Dear Mar[Dm]garet remember[G]s
that for me
[C][F][C]

[Verse 4]
[C]The Dutchman still wears wooden shoes
And his cap [F]and coat are patched
[C]with the love
[Dm]Margaret sewed there
[G]Sometimes he thinks he's still
in [C]Rotterdam[F][C]

[Verse 5]
He [C]watches the tug-boats
down [F]down canals
[C]An' calls out to them [F]when he [C]thinks
[Dm]he knows the [G]Captain
Margaret comes to take
him [C]home again
Through unforgiv[Dm]ing streets that trip [G]him,
[Dm]though she h[C]olds his arm[Am]
Some[Dm]times he thinks he's
[G]alone and he calls her [C]name

[Verse 6]
Let us [Dm]go to the banks of the oc[Em]ean
Where [Dm]the walls rise [G]above
the Zuider [C]Zee
Long [Dm]ago, I [G]used to be a [C]young [Am]man
[G]And dear [Dm]Margaret remem[G]bers that

[Interlude 1]
for me
[C][Am][G][Dm][G]
[Dm][G]

[Verse 7]
The [C]winters whirl the windmills 'round
She winds his muffler tighter,
[Dm]they sit in the kitchen
[G]Some tea with whiskey
keeps [C]away the dew
He sees her for a moment,
he calls her name
She makes the bed up [Dm]singing
some old love song

[Verse 8]
[Dm]She [G]learned it when the
song was [C]very new
He hums a [Dm]line or two,
[G]they hum to[C]gether in [Am]the dark
The Dutchman [Dm]falls asleep,
Mar[G]garet blows the [C]candles out

[Verse 9]
Let us [Dm]go to the banks of the oc[Em]ean
Where the [Dm]walls rise [G]above
the Zuider [C]Zee
Long ago, I used to be a young man
And dear Margaret remembers that for me

[Verse 10]
Let us go to the [Dm]banks of
the ocean
Where the walls rise above the
Zuider Zee
Long ago, I [G]used to be a [C]young [Am]man
[G]And dear [Dm]Margaret remem
[G]bers that for me

[Outro 1]
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