The Dutchman Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
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[Verse 1]
Dutchman's not the kind [Am]of man
[C]to leave his finger stuck [Am]inside the
[Dm]dam that holds his dreams in.
[G]But that's a secret only
Mar[C]garet knows
[Am]When [C]Ams[Am]terd[C]am is
[F]golden in the sum[C]mer
Margaret brings [F]him breakfast,
[Dm]she believes him
[G]He thinks the tulips bloom
[C]beneath the snow
He's mad as [Dm]he can be
But [G]Margaret only sees [C]that
some[Am]times
Sometimes she [Dm]sees her unborn
[G]children in his [C]eyes
Let [Dm]us go to the banks of the [Em]ocean,
where [Dm]the walls rise [G]above
the cider's [C]ear.[Am]
Long ago [Dm]I use[G]d to be
a young [C]man,[Am]
and dear [Dm]Margaret remember[G]s
that [C]for me.[F][C][F][C][F][C]
[F]
[C]The Dutchman still wears wooden shoes,
[Am]his cap [C]and coat are patched with [Am]a lo[Dm]ve
that Margaret sewed there
[G]Sometimes he thinks he's
still in [C]Rotterdam[Am][C]
He watches tugboats [F]down [Am]canal,
[C]calls out to them
when he think[Am]s he knows [Dm]the [G]captain.
Till Margaret comes to take
him [C]home again,
through unfor[Dm]giving
streets that [G]trip him.
[C]Though she holds his [Am]arm,
sometimes he [Dm]thinks that he's alone,
[G]and he calls her nam[C]e.
[Dm]Let us go to the banks of the [Em]ocean,
where the [Dm]walls rise [G]above
the cider's [C]ear.
[Am]Long ago I use[Dm]d to[G] be a young man[C]
[Am]And dear M[Dm]argaret remember[G]s
that [C]for me[F][C][F][C][F][C]
[F]
[C]The winter turns the windmill[Am]s round
[C]He wraps his muffler [F]tighter
And [Dm]they sit in the kitchen
[Em]Some [G]tea with whiskey
keeps away [C]the [Am]chill[C]
He sees her for [F]a moment, calls [C]her name
She makes [F]the bed up
singing [Dm]some old love song
[G]A song Margaret learned
when it [C]was very new,
he hums a [Dm]line or two,
[G]they sing toget[C]her in [Am]the dove,
the Dutchman [Dm]falls asleep
and [G]Margaret blows the [C]candle out.
Let us [Dm]go to the banks of th[Em]e ocean
Where the [Dm]walls rise [G]above
the Zay -duh [C]-zee
[Am]Long ago I use[Dm]d to[G] be a young man[C]
[Am]And dear M[Dm]argaret remember[G]s that
[C]for me[F][C][F][C][F][C]
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