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The Dutchman chords by Walker Jerry Jeff

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   The Dutchman by Michael Peter Smith
   as performed by Jerry Jeff Walker on "Hill Country Rain"

   Standard Chord diagramE MajorE tuning. Capo at 3rd fret.

---Intro--------------------------------------------------------------

   ||:  Chord diagramG+G  GM7  Chord diagramG6G6  GM7  :||

---Verse 1------------------------------------------------------------

       Chord diagramG+G                   GM7
   The Dutchman is not ...

      Chord diagramG6G6                    GM7           Chord diagramA minorAm
   to keep his thumb jambed in a ...

       Chord diagramD MajorD                             Chord diagramG+G       Chord diagramE minorEm
   But that's a ...|

        Chord diagramG+G            GM7
   When Amsterdam ....
          Chord diagramG6G6               GM7                   Chord diagramA minorAm
   in the morning Margaret brings him ...

      Chord diagramD MajorD                                   Chord diagramG+G      Chord diagramE minorEm
   He thinks the tulips bloom ...

               Chord diagramA minorAm             Chord diagramD MajorD             Chord diagramB minorBm
   He's mad as he can be, but ....

                 Chord diagramA minorAm              Chord diagramD7D7              Chord diagramG+G      Chord diagramG7G7
   Sometimes she sees her unborn ...

---Chorus-------------------------------------------------------------

          Chord diagramC majorC         Chord diagramD MajorD            Chord diagramB minorBm
   Let us go to the banks ..

             Chord diagramC majorC            Chord diagramD MajorD               Chord diagramE minorEm
   where the walls rise a-bove ...

          Chord diagramC majorC     Chord diagramD MajorD            Chord diagramB minorBm
   Long a-go, I used to ...

            Chord diagramC majorC           Chord diagramD7D7               Chord diagramG+G    GM7  Chord diagramG6G6  GM7  Chord diagramG+G ...
   Now dear Margaret re-....[Intro]

---Verse 2------------------------------------------------------------

   The Dutchman still wears wooden ....[Chorus]

---Verse 3------------------------------------------------------------

   The windmills whirl the winter ....
---Summary------------------------------------------------------------

   Intro:  ||:  Chord diagramG+G    GM7  Chord diagramG6G6   GM7  :||
   Verses: ||:  Chord diagramG+G    GM7  Chord diagramG6G6   GM7  Chord diagramA minorAm   /    Chord diagramD MajorD    /    Chord diagramG+G    Chord diagramE minorEm  :||
                Chord diagramA minorAm   Chord diagramD MajorD    Chord diagramB minorBm   /    Chord diagramA minorAm   Chord diagramD7D7   Chord diagramG+G    Chord diagramG7G7
   Chorus:      Chord diagramC majorC    Chord diagramD MajorD    Chord diagramB minorBm   /    Chord diagramC majorC    Chord diagramD MajorD    Chord diagramE minorEm   /
                Chord diagramC majorC    Chord diagramD MajorD    Chord diagramB minorBm   /    Chord diagramC majorC    Chord diagramD7D7   Chord diagramG+G    (to Intro)

---Notes--------------------------------------------------------------

   some easy open chords:

             EADgbe
   ------------------
       Chord diagramA minorAm    002210
       Chord diagramB minorBm    xx4432
       Chord diagramC majorC     032010
       Chord diagramD MajorD     x00232
       Chord diagramD7D7    x00212
       Chord diagramD7D7    x30232
       Chord diagramE minorEm    022000
       Chord diagramE minor 7Em7   020000
       Chord diagramG+G     320003
       Chord diagramG6G6    320000  aka Chord diagramG+G + e in soprano; or simply use Chord diagramE minor 7Em7
       Chord diagramG7G7    320001
       GM7   320002

   In this arrangement, the gentle soprano melody do - ti - la - ti
   plays on the upper e-string in the Chord diagramG+G - GM7 - Chord diagramG6G6 - GM7 sequence
   throughout the piece, and can easily be plucked between strums.

   "Hill Country Rain", Ryko disc RCD 10241, is an awesome album from
   an awesome performer who has never lost his integrity - instead, he
   generally chose to lose either his wife or his sobriety.

   Anther version of this song in Chord diagramC majorC is available at
   Straussfogel. My arrangement puts the piece in Chord diagramG+G (with the chorus
   in Chord diagramC majorC) and then capo's it up to B-flat major, to match Jerry Jeff.

   Transcribed and submitted by Cliff Prince.
   [email protected]

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