The Dutchman Chords

Standard (EADGBE)

The FDutchman's F6not the F7Mkind of F6man

To Fkeep his F6thumb jammed F7Min the F6dam that Gm11holds his dreams in

CBut that's a secret only MargFaret knows F6 F7M F6

When FAmsterF6dam is F7MgoldenF6 in the Fmorning

F6MargaretF7M brings F6him breakfastGm11 and she believes him

CHe thinks the tulips bloom FbeneatF6h the sF7Mnow F6

He's mad as Gm11he can be, but A♯Margaret only Fsees that sometimes Gm11

Sometimes she A♯sees her unborn Fchildren in his eyes

Let us Gm11go the A♯banks of the Focean

Where the Gm11walls rise aA♯bove the ZuiderFzee

Long aGm11go, I A♯used to be a Fyoung manGm11

But dear A♯Margaret reFmembers that for me

F, F6, F7M, F6 x2

(Repeat):

The Dutchman still wears wooden shoes

His cap and coat are patched with the love that Margaret sewn in

Sometimes he thinks he's still in Rotterdam

He watches tugboats down canals and calls out to them when he thinks he knows the captain

'Til Margaret comes to take him home again

Through the unforgiving streets that trip him though she holds his arm

Sometimes he thinks that he's alone and calls her name

Let us go the banks of the ocean

Where the walls rise above the Zuiderzee

Long ago, I used to be a young man

But dear Margaret remembers that for me

Windmills whirl the winter in

She winds his muffler tighter they sit in the kitchen

Some tea with whiskey keeps away the dew

He sees her for a moment, calls her name she makes his bed up singing some old love song

She learned it when the tune was very new

He hums a line or two, they hum together in the night

The Dutchman falls asleep and Margaret blows the candle out

Let us go the banks of the ocean

Where the walls rise above the Zuiderzee

Long ago, I used to be a young man

But dear Margaret remembers that for me