Chords for The Dutchman

_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
The Dutchman's not the [Am] kind of man who keeps his thumb jammed in the [Dm] dam that holds his dreams in
But _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ that's a secret [C] that only Margaret _ knows _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
When Amsterdam is golden in the summer _ Margaret brings him [Dm] breakfast
_ She _ believes him _
_ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ [G] _
He thinks the tulips [C] bloom beneath the snow
_ He's mad [F] as he could [G] be but Margaret only [C]
sees that [Am] _ sometimes
Sometimes [Dm]
she sees her [G] unborn [C] children _ inside
_ _ _ Let [Dm] us go to the banks [Em] of the ocean
_ _ _ Where [Dm] the walls [G] rise above [C] the _ Zyderzee
_ _ _ _ Long [Am]
ago
_ [G] I used to [C] be a young _ [Am] man and
Dear [Dm] _ Margaret
_ [D] Remembers [C] that for _ me
[C] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ The Dutchman still wears wooden shoes his cap and coat are patched with the [Dm] love that Margaret sold _ there _
_ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ [G] _
Sometimes he thinks he's [C] still in _ Rotterdam
_ _ And _ _ _ _ _ _ _ he watches the tugboats down _ canals
Calls out to them when he thinks [Dm] he knows the captain _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ [G] _
Till Margaret comes to [C] take him home again
Through _ [Dm]
unforgiving streets [G] that trip him [C] though.
She holds [Am] his arm
_ [Dm]
Sometimes he [G] thinks he's alone and [C] he calls her name
_ _ _ _ [Dm] Let us go to the banks [Em] of the ocean
_ _ _ _ [Dm] Where the walls [G] rise above the _ [C]
Zyderzee
_ _ _ _ Long [Dm] _
ago
[G] I used to be [C] a young [Am] _ man [A] and dear _ Margaret [G] remembers [C] that for me _ _ _ _ _ _ _
The _ [Em] _ _ _ _ [Am] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _
_ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
[Dm] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
winters whirl the windmills round she winds his muffler tighter [Dm] and they sit in the kitchen _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _
Some tea with whiskey _ [C] keeps away the dew _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ And he sees her for a moment _ calls her name
She makes the bed [Dm] of singing some old love song _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ [G] _
a song
Margaret learned [C] when it was very new
He [Dm] hums a line or [G] two
They sing [C] _
[Bm] together [Am] in the dark the [Dm] Dutchman falls asleep and [G] Margaret [C] blows the candle out
_ _ Let [Dm] us go to
the banks [Em] of the ocean
_ _ _ Where [A] the walls [G] rise above the _
[C] Zyderzee _ _ _ _ _
[Dm] Long ago
_ [G] I used to [C] be a young _ [Am] man _ [Dm] and dear Margaret _ remembers [C] that for me _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Eb] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ [Am] _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _