The Dutchman chords by John Gorka

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Intro:
C   D  C


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

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


Pre-Chorus:
      Dm       G       C       Am
He's mad as he can be, but Margaret only sees that sometimes,
       Dm       G        F   C
Sometimes she sees her unborn children in his eyes.


Chorus:
    F     G      C
Let us go to the banks of the ocean
     Dm     G        C  Am
Where the walls rise above the Zuider Zee.
   Dm  G      C     Am
Long ago, I used to be a young man
     Dm     G        C
Now dear Margaret remembers that for me.


{Instrumental]
C


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

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


Pre-Chorus:
       Dm         G          C       Am
Through unforgiving streets that trip him, though she holds his arm,
  Dm          G           F   C
Sometimes he thinks he's alone and he calls her name.


Chorus:
    F     G      C   Am
Let us go to the banks of the ocean
     Dm     G        C  Am
Where the walls rise above the Zuider Zee.
   Dm  G      C     Am
Long ago, I used to be a young man
     Dm     G        F  C
Now dear Margaret remembers that for me.


{Instrumental]
C


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

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


Pre-Chorus:
     Dm      G       C       Am
He hums a line or two,  they sing together in the dark.
       Dm        G         F      C
The Dutchman falls asleep and Margaret blows the candle out.


Chorus:
    F     G      C
Let us go to the banks of the ocean
     Dm     G        C  Am
Where the walls rise above the Zuider Zee.
   Dm  G      C     Am
Long ago, I used to be a young man
     Dm     G        F  C
Now dear Margaret remembers that for me.


Chorus:
    F     G      C   Am
Let us go to the banks of the ocean
     Dm     G        C  Am
Where the walls rise above the Zuider Zee.
   Dm  G      C     Am
Long ago, I used to be a young man
     Dm     G        C
Now dear Margaret remembers that for me.


Outro:
     Dm     G        F  C
Now dear Margaret remembers that for me.