David Bowie - Port Of Amsterdam Chords
Tempo:
93.5 bpm
Chords used:
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Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[Am] In the port of Amsterdam [Em] there's a sailor who sings
Of [F] the dreams that he [E] brings from the wide open sea
[Am] In the port of Amsterdam [Em] there's a sailor who sleeps
[A] While [Dm] the [E] riverbank weeps [Am] to the old willow tree
[C] In the port of Amsterdam there's [G] a [Ab] sailor who dies
[Am] Full of fear, full of [Em] cries in a [E] drunken town fight
[F] In the port of Amsterdam [Em]
there's a sailor who's born
[Dm] On a hot [E]
muggy moon [Am] by the dawn's early light
In the port of Amsterdam [Em] where the sailors all meet
[F] There's a sailor who eats [E] only fish heads and sails
[Am] And he'll show you his teeth [Em] that have rotted too soon
[Dm] That can haul up [E] the sails, [Am] that can swallow the moon
[C] And he yells to the cook [G] with his arms [Ab] open wide
[Am] Hey, bring me more fish, [Em] throw it down by [E] my side
[F] And he wants salt or fetch, [Em] but he's too full to try
[A] So he stands [E] up and laughs [Am] and he zips up his fly
In the port of Amsterdam [Em] you can see the sailors dance
[F] Ponches buffing their pats, [E] grinding with men to porch
[A] They've forgotten the tune [Em] that their whisky voice broke
[F] Splitting [E] the night [Am] with the roar of their jokes
[C] And they turn and they dance [G] and they laugh and they laugh
[Am] Till the rancid sound [Em] of the [E] accordion bursts
[F] And then out of the night [Em] with their pride and their pants
[A] And the slop [E] that they tow [Am] underneath the street lamps
In the port of Amsterdam [Em] there's a sailor who drinks
[F] And he drinks and he drinks [Em] and he drinks [E] once again
[Am] He'll drink to the health [Em] of the whores of Amsterdam
[D] Who've given [E] their bodies [Am] to a thousand other men
[C] Yeah, that luck he'll never [G] chew, it's goodness [Ab] all gone
[Am] For a future that declines [Em] when he just [E] can't go on
[F] Oh, she's nose to the sky, [Em] feet up above
[Dm] And he kisses [E] like I cry [Am] on the unfaithful love
In the port of Amsterdam, [Em] in the port of
Of [F] the dreams that he [E] brings from the wide open sea
[Am] In the port of Amsterdam [Em] there's a sailor who sleeps
[A] While [Dm] the [E] riverbank weeps [Am] to the old willow tree
[C] In the port of Amsterdam there's [G] a [Ab] sailor who dies
[Am] Full of fear, full of [Em] cries in a [E] drunken town fight
[F] In the port of Amsterdam [Em]
there's a sailor who's born
[Dm] On a hot [E]
muggy moon [Am] by the dawn's early light
In the port of Amsterdam [Em] where the sailors all meet
[F] There's a sailor who eats [E] only fish heads and sails
[Am] And he'll show you his teeth [Em] that have rotted too soon
[Dm] That can haul up [E] the sails, [Am] that can swallow the moon
[C] And he yells to the cook [G] with his arms [Ab] open wide
[Am] Hey, bring me more fish, [Em] throw it down by [E] my side
[F] And he wants salt or fetch, [Em] but he's too full to try
[A] So he stands [E] up and laughs [Am] and he zips up his fly
In the port of Amsterdam [Em] you can see the sailors dance
[F] Ponches buffing their pats, [E] grinding with men to porch
[A] They've forgotten the tune [Em] that their whisky voice broke
[F] Splitting [E] the night [Am] with the roar of their jokes
[C] And they turn and they dance [G] and they laugh and they laugh
[Am] Till the rancid sound [Em] of the [E] accordion bursts
[F] And then out of the night [Em] with their pride and their pants
[A] And the slop [E] that they tow [Am] underneath the street lamps
In the port of Amsterdam [Em] there's a sailor who drinks
[F] And he drinks and he drinks [Em] and he drinks [E] once again
[Am] He'll drink to the health [Em] of the whores of Amsterdam
[D] Who've given [E] their bodies [Am] to a thousand other men
[C] Yeah, that luck he'll never [G] chew, it's goodness [Ab] all gone
[Am] For a future that declines [Em] when he just [E] can't go on
[F] Oh, she's nose to the sky, [Em] feet up above
[Dm] And he kisses [E] like I cry [Am] on the unfaithful love
In the port of Amsterdam, [Em] in the port of
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[Am] _ In the port of Amsterdam [Em] there's a sailor who sings
Of [F] the dreams that he [E] brings from the wide open sea
[Am] In the port of Amsterdam _ [Em] there's a sailor who sleeps
[A] While [Dm] the [E] riverbank weeps [Am] to the old willow tree
[C] In the port of Amsterdam _ there's [G] a [Ab] sailor who dies
[Am] Full of fear, full of [Em] cries in a [E] drunken town fight
[F] In the port of Amsterdam [Em]
there's a sailor who's born
[Dm] On a hot [E]
muggy moon [Am] by the dawn's early light _ _ _ _ _ _ _
In the port of Amsterdam [Em] where the sailors all meet
[F] There's a sailor who eats [E] only fish heads and sails
[Am] And he'll show you his teeth [Em] that have rotted too soon
[Dm] That can haul up [E] the sails, [Am] that can swallow the moon
[C] And he yells to the cook [G] with his arms [Ab] open wide
[Am] Hey, bring me more fish, [Em] throw it down by [E] my side
[F] And he wants salt or fetch, [Em] but he's too full to try
[A] So he stands [E] up and laughs [Am] and he zips up his fly
In the port of Amsterdam [Em] you can see the sailors dance
[F] Ponches buffing their pats, [E] grinding with men to porch
[A] They've forgotten the tune [Em] that their whisky voice broke
[F] Splitting [E] the night [Am] with the roar of their jokes
[C] And they turn and they dance [G] and they laugh and they laugh
[Am] Till the rancid sound [Em] of the [E] accordion bursts
[F] And then out of the night [Em] with their pride and their pants
[A] And the slop [E] that they tow [Am] underneath the street lamps
In the port of Amsterdam [Em] there's a sailor who drinks
[F] And he drinks and he drinks [Em] and he drinks [E] once again
[Am] He'll drink to the health [Em] of the whores of Amsterdam
[D] Who've given [E] their bodies [Am] to a thousand other men
[C] Yeah, that luck he'll never [G] chew, it's goodness [Ab] all gone
[Am] For a future that declines [Em] when he just [E] can't go on
[F] Oh, she's nose to the sky, [Em] feet up above
[Dm] And he kisses [E] like I cry [Am] on the unfaithful love
In the port of Amsterdam, [Em] in the port of
Of [F] the dreams that he [E] brings from the wide open sea
[Am] In the port of Amsterdam _ [Em] there's a sailor who sleeps
[A] While [Dm] the [E] riverbank weeps [Am] to the old willow tree
[C] In the port of Amsterdam _ there's [G] a [Ab] sailor who dies
[Am] Full of fear, full of [Em] cries in a [E] drunken town fight
[F] In the port of Amsterdam [Em]
there's a sailor who's born
[Dm] On a hot [E]
muggy moon [Am] by the dawn's early light _ _ _ _ _ _ _
In the port of Amsterdam [Em] where the sailors all meet
[F] There's a sailor who eats [E] only fish heads and sails
[Am] And he'll show you his teeth [Em] that have rotted too soon
[Dm] That can haul up [E] the sails, [Am] that can swallow the moon
[C] And he yells to the cook [G] with his arms [Ab] open wide
[Am] Hey, bring me more fish, [Em] throw it down by [E] my side
[F] And he wants salt or fetch, [Em] but he's too full to try
[A] So he stands [E] up and laughs [Am] and he zips up his fly
In the port of Amsterdam [Em] you can see the sailors dance
[F] Ponches buffing their pats, [E] grinding with men to porch
[A] They've forgotten the tune [Em] that their whisky voice broke
[F] Splitting [E] the night [Am] with the roar of their jokes
[C] And they turn and they dance [G] and they laugh and they laugh
[Am] Till the rancid sound [Em] of the [E] accordion bursts
[F] And then out of the night [Em] with their pride and their pants
[A] And the slop [E] that they tow [Am] underneath the street lamps
In the port of Amsterdam [Em] there's a sailor who drinks
[F] And he drinks and he drinks [Em] and he drinks [E] once again
[Am] He'll drink to the health [Em] of the whores of Amsterdam
[D] Who've given [E] their bodies [Am] to a thousand other men
[C] Yeah, that luck he'll never [G] chew, it's goodness [Ab] all gone
[Am] For a future that declines [Em] when he just [E] can't go on
[F] Oh, she's nose to the sky, [Em] feet up above
[Dm] And he kisses [E] like I cry [Am] on the unfaithful love
In the port of Amsterdam, [Em] in the port of
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