The Dutchman chords by John Gorka

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Intro:
C majorC   D MajorD  C majorC


Verse 1:
  C majorC
The Dutchman's not the kind of man
C majorC
 Who keeps his thumb jammed in the dam
DmDm
 That holds his dreams in,
G+G                C majorC        FF C majorC
 But that's a secret that only Margaret knows.

   C majorC
When Amsterdam is golden in the summer,
C majorC
 Margaret brings him breakfast,
DmDm
 She believes him.
G+G                C majorC
 He thinks the tulips bloom beneath the snow.

Pre-Chorus:
      DmDm       G+G       C majorC       A minorAm
He's mad as he can be, but Margaret only sees that sometimes,
       DmDm       G+G        FF   C majorC
Sometimes she sees her unborn children in his eyes.


Chorus:
    FF     G+G      C majorC
Let us go to the banks of the ocean
     DmDm     G+G        C majorC  A minorAm
Where the walls rise above the Zuider Zee.
   DmDm  G+G      C majorC     A minorAm
Long ago, I used to be a young man
     DmDm     G+G        C majorC
Now dear Margaret remembers that for me.


{Instrumental]
C majorC


Verse 2:
  C majorC
The Dutchman still wears wooden shoes,
  C majorC
His cap and coat are patched with the love
DmDm
 That Margaret sewed there.
G+G                  C majorC     FF C majorC
 Sometimes he thinks he's still in Rotterdam.

  C majorC
He watches the tug-boats down canals
C majorC                   DmDm
 Calls out to them when he thinks he knows the Captain.
G+G                 C majorC
 Till Margaret comes to take him home again

Pre-Chorus:
       DmDm         G+G          C majorC       A minorAm
Through unforgiving streets that trip him, though she holds his arm,
  DmDm          G+G           FF   C majorC
Sometimes he thinks he's alone and he calls her name.


Chorus:
    FF     G+G      C majorC   A minorAm
Let us go to the banks of the ocean
     DmDm     G+G        C majorC  A minorAm
Where the walls rise above the Zuider Zee.
   DmDm  G+G      C majorC     A minorAm
Long ago, I used to be a young man
     DmDm     G+G        FF  C majorC
Now dear Margaret remembers that for me.


{Instrumental]
C majorC


Verse 3:
  C majorC
The windmills whirl the winter in
C majorC
 She winds his muffler tighter
  DmDm
As they sit in the kitchen.
G+G               C majorC
 Some tea with whiskey keeps away the dew.

  C majorC
He sees her for a moment, calls her name out,
                  DmDm
While she makes the bed up singing  some old love song,
G+G                   C majorC
 A augmentedA song Margaret learned when it was very new.


Pre-Chorus:
     DmDm      G+G       C majorC       A minorAm
He hums a line or two,  they sing together in the dark.
       DmDm        G+G         FF      C majorC
The Dutchman falls asleep and Margaret blows the candle out.


Chorus:
    FF     G+G      C majorC
Let us go to the banks of the ocean
     DmDm     G+G        C majorC  A minorAm
Where the walls rise above the Zuider Zee.
   DmDm  G+G      C majorC     A minorAm
Long ago, I used to be a young man
     DmDm     G+G        FF  C majorC
Now dear Margaret remembers that for me.


Chorus:
    FF     G+G      C majorC   A minorAm
Let us go to the banks of the ocean
     DmDm     G+G        C majorC  A minorAm
Where the walls rise above the Zuider Zee.
   DmDm  G+G      C majorC     A minorAm
Long ago, I used to be a young man
     DmDm     G+G        C majorC
Now dear Margaret remembers that for me.


Outro:
     DmDm     G+G        FF  C majorC
Now dear Margaret remembers that for me.