Liam Clancy - The Dutchman Chords

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_ Dutchman's not the kind of man to keep his thumb jammed in the dam that [Am] holds his [Dm] dreams _ _ _ _
[G] But that's a secret only [C] Margaret knows _
When Amsterdam is golden in the morning, Margaret brings him [Am] breakfast
She [A] believes him, [Dm] _ _ _
[G] _ he thinks the tulips bloom beneath [C] the snows
He's mad [Dm] as he can be, but Margaret [C] only sees that sometimes
[Am] Sometimes [Dm] she sees our unborn [G] children in [C] his eyes _
_ _ Let [Dm] us go to [D] the banks of the [Am] ocean
Where [D] the walls [G] rise above [C] the zider's [Am] ear
[Dm] Long ago I [G] used to be a young man
[Am] And dear Margaret remembers that [C] for me _ _ _ _ _
The Dutchman still wears wooden shoes
His cap and coat are patched with love [Dm] that Margaret sewed him _ _ _
_ [G] Sometimes he thinks [F] he's still in [C] Rotterdam
He watches tugboats down canals and calls out to them
When he [A] thinks he knows the captain
[Dm] Till _ _
_ [G] _ Margaret comes to take him [C] home again
Through [Dm] unforgiving [G] streets that trip him though [C] she holds his [Am] arm
[Dm] Sometimes he thinks that he's [G] alone and calls her name
_ [C] _ Let [Dm] us go [D] to the banks [C] of the ocean
[Am] _ [Dm] Where the walls [G] rise above the [Am] zider's ear
[C] _ [Dm] Long ago I used to [C] be a young man
[Am] And [Dm] dear Margaret [G] remembers that [C] for me
The _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ windmill swirls the winter rain
She winds his muffler tighter
[Dm] They sit in the kitchen
And _ _ _ [G] the tea with whiskey keeps [C] away the dew
He sees her for a moment, calls her name
She makes his bed up [Dm] humming some old love song
_ _ _ _ [G] She learned it when the tune [C] was very new
He [Dm] hums a line or two, [G] they hum together in the night
[Am] The [Dm] Dutchman falls asleep [G] and Margaret blows the candle out
[C] _ _ _
[Dm] Let us go to [G] the banks [C] of the ocean
Where [Dm] the walls rise [C] above the zider's ear
[Am] _ [Dm] Long ago [G] I used to [C] be a young [Am] man
[Dm] And dear [G] Margaret remembers [Am] that for me
[F] _ Let us go [G] to the banks [C] of the ocean
Where the walls [G] rise above [C] the zider's ear
[Am] Long [Dm] ago I used to [C] be a young [Am] man
And [Dm] dear Margaret [G] remembers [C] that for me
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