Chords for BRENDAN GRACE - THE DUTCHMAN ( LYRICS ) VINYL 1987
Tempo:
88.8 bpm
Chords used:
D
Em
A
Bm
F#m
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[Bm] [D] [Bm]
[D] [Bm]
[D] [Em]
[A]
[D] [Em]
[A] [D]
The Dutchman's not the kind of man to keep his thumb jammed in the [Em] dam that holds his dreams in.
[A] That's a secret [D] only Margaret knows.
[Bm] [D] When Amsterdam is golden in the morning, [Bm] Margaret brings him [Em] breakfast.
She believes him.
He [A]
thinks the tulips [D] bloom beneath the snow.
He's [Em] mad as he can [A] be, but Margaret [D] only sees that sometimes.
She [Em] often sees her [A] unborn children [D] in his eyes.
[Em] Let us go to the banks [F#m] of the ocean, [Em] where the walls [A] rise above the [D] Zuyder Zee.
[Em] Long ago, [A] I used to [D] be a young man, and [Em] dear Margaret [A] remembers [D] that for me.
[Bm] [D] The Dutchman still wears wooden shoes, his cap and [Bm] coat are patched with the [Em] love that
Margaret sewed in.
[A] Sometimes he thinks he's [D] still in [Bm] Rotterdam.
[D] [Bm] [D] He watches [Bm] tugboats down [D] canals, and calls out [Bm] to them when he [Em] thinks he knows.
[A]
Then Margaret comes to [D] take him home again, through [Em]
unforgiving [A] streets that trip him
[D] though she holds his arm.
[Em] Sometimes he thinks that [A] he's alone and he [D] calls her name.
[Em] Let us go to the banks [F#m] of the ocean, [Em] where the walls [A] rise above the [D] Zuyder Zee.
[Em] Long ago, [A] I used to [D] be a young man, [Em] and dear Margaret [A] remembers [D] that for [Bm] me.
[D]
[Bm] [D] The windmills swirl the winter in, she wraps his [Bm] muffler tighter, they sit [Em] in the kitchen.
[A] And some tea with whiskey [D] keeps away the dew.
[Bm] [D] He sees her for a moment, calls her name, she [Bm] makes his bed up, [Em] singing some old love song.
A [A]
song she learned when [D] it was very new, she [Em] sings a line or [A] two, they hum [D] together in
the night.
The [Em] Dutchman falls [A] asleep, and Margaret [D] blows the candle out.
[Em] Let us go to the banks [F#m] of the ocean, [Em] where the walls [A] rise above the [D] Zuyder Zee.
[Em] Long ago, [A] I used to [D] be a young man, [Em] and dear Margaret [A] remembers [D] that for me.
[Bm] [D] [Bm] [D]
[Bm] [Em]
[A] [D]
[Em] [A] [D]
Let [Em] us go to the banks [F#m] of the ocean, where [Em] the walls [A] rise above the [D] Zuyder Zee.
Long [Em] ago, [A] I used to be [D] a young man, and [Em] dear Margaret [A] remembers that [D] for me.
[Bm] [D] [Bm] [D] [Bm] [D]
[D]
[N]
[D] [Bm]
[D] [Em]
[A]
[D] [Em]
[A] [D]
The Dutchman's not the kind of man to keep his thumb jammed in the [Em] dam that holds his dreams in.
[A] That's a secret [D] only Margaret knows.
[Bm] [D] When Amsterdam is golden in the morning, [Bm] Margaret brings him [Em] breakfast.
She believes him.
He [A]
thinks the tulips [D] bloom beneath the snow.
He's [Em] mad as he can [A] be, but Margaret [D] only sees that sometimes.
She [Em] often sees her [A] unborn children [D] in his eyes.
[Em] Let us go to the banks [F#m] of the ocean, [Em] where the walls [A] rise above the [D] Zuyder Zee.
[Em] Long ago, [A] I used to [D] be a young man, and [Em] dear Margaret [A] remembers [D] that for me.
[Bm] [D] The Dutchman still wears wooden shoes, his cap and [Bm] coat are patched with the [Em] love that
Margaret sewed in.
[A] Sometimes he thinks he's [D] still in [Bm] Rotterdam.
[D] [Bm] [D] He watches [Bm] tugboats down [D] canals, and calls out [Bm] to them when he [Em] thinks he knows.
[A]
Then Margaret comes to [D] take him home again, through [Em]
unforgiving [A] streets that trip him
[D] though she holds his arm.
[Em] Sometimes he thinks that [A] he's alone and he [D] calls her name.
[Em] Let us go to the banks [F#m] of the ocean, [Em] where the walls [A] rise above the [D] Zuyder Zee.
[Em] Long ago, [A] I used to [D] be a young man, [Em] and dear Margaret [A] remembers [D] that for [Bm] me.
[D]
[Bm] [D] The windmills swirl the winter in, she wraps his [Bm] muffler tighter, they sit [Em] in the kitchen.
[A] And some tea with whiskey [D] keeps away the dew.
[Bm] [D] He sees her for a moment, calls her name, she [Bm] makes his bed up, [Em] singing some old love song.
A [A]
song she learned when [D] it was very new, she [Em] sings a line or [A] two, they hum [D] together in
the night.
The [Em] Dutchman falls [A] asleep, and Margaret [D] blows the candle out.
[Em] Let us go to the banks [F#m] of the ocean, [Em] where the walls [A] rise above the [D] Zuyder Zee.
[Em] Long ago, [A] I used to [D] be a young man, [Em] and dear Margaret [A] remembers [D] that for me.
[Bm] [D] [Bm] [D]
[Bm] [Em]
[A] [D]
[Em] [A] [D]
Let [Em] us go to the banks [F#m] of the ocean, where [Em] the walls [A] rise above the [D] Zuyder Zee.
Long [Em] ago, [A] I used to be [D] a young man, and [Em] dear Margaret [A] remembers that [D] for me.
[Bm] [D] [Bm] [D] [Bm] [D]
[D]
[N]
Key:
D
Em
A
Bm
F#m
D
Em
A
_ [Bm] _ _ _ [D] _ _ [Bm] _ _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ [Bm] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ [Em] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ [Em] _
_ [A] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ The Dutchman's not the kind of man to keep his thumb jammed in the [Em] dam that holds his dreams in. _
_ _ _ [A] _ That's a secret [D] only Margaret knows.
_ _ [Bm] _ [D] When Amsterdam is golden in the morning, [Bm] Margaret brings him [Em] breakfast.
She believes him.
_ He _ [A] _
thinks the tulips [D] bloom beneath the snow.
He's [Em] mad as he can [A] be, but Margaret [D] only sees that sometimes.
She [Em] often sees her [A] unborn children [D] in his eyes.
[Em] Let us go to the banks [F#m] of the ocean, _ [Em] where the walls [A] rise above the [D] Zuyder Zee.
_ [Em] Long ago, [A] I used to [D] be a young man, and [Em] dear Margaret [A] remembers [D] that for me. _ _
_ [Bm] _ [D] The Dutchman still wears wooden shoes, his cap and [Bm] coat are patched with the [Em] love that
Margaret sewed in. _
_ _ _ [A] Sometimes he thinks he's [D] still in [Bm] Rotterdam.
_ [D] _ _ [Bm] _ [D] He watches [Bm] tugboats down [D] canals, and calls out [Bm] to them when he [Em] thinks he knows.
_ _ _ _ _ [A]
Then Margaret comes to [D] take him home again, through [Em]
unforgiving [A] streets that trip him
[D] though she holds his arm.
[Em] Sometimes he thinks that [A] he's alone and he [D] calls her name.
_ [Em] Let us go to the banks [F#m] of the ocean, _ [Em] where the walls [A] rise above the [D] Zuyder Zee.
[Em] Long ago, [A] I used to [D] be a young man, [Em] and dear Margaret [A] remembers [D] that for [Bm] me.
_ [D] _
_ [Bm] _ [D] The windmills swirl the winter in, she wraps his [Bm] muffler tighter, they sit [Em] in the kitchen. _
_ _ _ [A] And some tea with whiskey [D] keeps away the dew.
_ _ _ [Bm] _ [D] He sees her for a moment, calls her name, she [Bm] makes his bed up, [Em] singing some old love song.
A _ [A] _
song she learned when [D] it was very new, she [Em] sings a line or [A] two, they hum [D] together in
the night.
The [Em] Dutchman falls [A] asleep, and Margaret [D] blows the candle out.
[Em] Let us go to the banks [F#m] of the ocean, _ [Em] where the walls [A] rise above the [D] Zuyder Zee.
_ [Em] Long ago, [A] I used to [D] be a young man, [Em] and dear Margaret [A] remembers [D] that for me. _ _
_ [Bm] _ _ [D] _ _ [Bm] _ _ [D] _
_ [Bm] _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ [Em] _ _ [A] _ _ [D] _
_ Let [Em] us go to the banks [F#m] of the ocean, where [Em] the walls [A] rise above the [D] Zuyder Zee.
Long [Em] ago, [A] I used to be [D] a young man, and [Em] dear Margaret [A] remembers that [D] for me.
_ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ [D] _ _ [Bm] _ _ [D] _ _ [Bm] _ _ [D] _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ [Bm] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ [Em] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ [Em] _
_ [A] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ The Dutchman's not the kind of man to keep his thumb jammed in the [Em] dam that holds his dreams in. _
_ _ _ [A] _ That's a secret [D] only Margaret knows.
_ _ [Bm] _ [D] When Amsterdam is golden in the morning, [Bm] Margaret brings him [Em] breakfast.
She believes him.
_ He _ [A] _
thinks the tulips [D] bloom beneath the snow.
He's [Em] mad as he can [A] be, but Margaret [D] only sees that sometimes.
She [Em] often sees her [A] unborn children [D] in his eyes.
[Em] Let us go to the banks [F#m] of the ocean, _ [Em] where the walls [A] rise above the [D] Zuyder Zee.
_ [Em] Long ago, [A] I used to [D] be a young man, and [Em] dear Margaret [A] remembers [D] that for me. _ _
_ [Bm] _ [D] The Dutchman still wears wooden shoes, his cap and [Bm] coat are patched with the [Em] love that
Margaret sewed in. _
_ _ _ [A] Sometimes he thinks he's [D] still in [Bm] Rotterdam.
_ [D] _ _ [Bm] _ [D] He watches [Bm] tugboats down [D] canals, and calls out [Bm] to them when he [Em] thinks he knows.
_ _ _ _ _ [A]
Then Margaret comes to [D] take him home again, through [Em]
unforgiving [A] streets that trip him
[D] though she holds his arm.
[Em] Sometimes he thinks that [A] he's alone and he [D] calls her name.
_ [Em] Let us go to the banks [F#m] of the ocean, _ [Em] where the walls [A] rise above the [D] Zuyder Zee.
[Em] Long ago, [A] I used to [D] be a young man, [Em] and dear Margaret [A] remembers [D] that for [Bm] me.
_ [D] _
_ [Bm] _ [D] The windmills swirl the winter in, she wraps his [Bm] muffler tighter, they sit [Em] in the kitchen. _
_ _ _ [A] And some tea with whiskey [D] keeps away the dew.
_ _ _ [Bm] _ [D] He sees her for a moment, calls her name, she [Bm] makes his bed up, [Em] singing some old love song.
A _ [A] _
song she learned when [D] it was very new, she [Em] sings a line or [A] two, they hum [D] together in
the night.
The [Em] Dutchman falls [A] asleep, and Margaret [D] blows the candle out.
[Em] Let us go to the banks [F#m] of the ocean, _ [Em] where the walls [A] rise above the [D] Zuyder Zee.
_ [Em] Long ago, [A] I used to [D] be a young man, [Em] and dear Margaret [A] remembers [D] that for me. _ _
_ [Bm] _ _ [D] _ _ [Bm] _ _ [D] _
_ [Bm] _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ [Em] _ _ [A] _ _ [D] _
_ Let [Em] us go to the banks [F#m] of the ocean, where [Em] the walls [A] rise above the [D] Zuyder Zee.
Long [Em] ago, [A] I used to be [D] a young man, and [Em] dear Margaret [A] remembers that [D] for me.
_ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ [D] _ _ [Bm] _ _ [D] _ _ [Bm] _ _ [D] _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _
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