The Dutchman

The (F)Dutchman's (F6)not the kind (Fmaj7)of (F6)man to (F)keep his thumb jammed (Fmaj7)in the dam that holds his dreams in,

(C7)but there's a secret only Marg'ret (Fmaj7)knows.

(F6)When (F)Amsterdam is (F6)golden nals in the (F)morning,

(F6)Marg'ret (Fmaj7)brings him (F6)breakfast,

(Gm11)and she believes him:

(C7)he thinks the tulips bloom beneath the snow.

(F)He's the mad as (Gm)he can be,

but (C7)Marg'ret only (F)sees that sometimes;

(Dm7)sometimes she sees her unborn (C7)children in his eyes.

(C7)Let us (Gm)go to the (C9)banks of the (F)ocean,

where the (Gm)walls rise above the (F)Zuiderzee.

Long ago I (C9)used to be a young man,

(F)but dear (Gm)Marg'ret remembers that for me.

(F6)The (F)Dutchman (F6)still wears (Fmaj7)wooden (F6)shoes;

his (F)cap and coat are (Fmaj7)patched with the that Marg'ret's sewn in.

(C7)Sometimes he thinks he's still in Rotterdam.

(F6)He (F)watches tugboats (F6)down ca nals calls and (F)calls out (F6)to them (Fmaj7)when he (F6)thinks he (Gm11)knows she the captain,

(C7)'til Marg'ret comes to take him home again.

(F)Through the (Gm)unforgiving streets that (C7)trip him,

though she (F)holds his arm.

times; (Dm7)Sometimes he thinks that he's (C7)alone and calls her eyes.

(C7)Let us (Gm)go to the (C9)banks of the (F)ocean,

where the (Gm)walls rise above the (F)Zuiderzee.

Long ago I (C9)used to be a young man,

(F)but dear (Gm)Marg'ret remembers that for me.

(F6)The

(F6)The (C7)Marg'ret blows the candle out.

(C7)Let us (Gm)go to the (C9)banks of the (F)ocean,

where the (Gm)walls rise above the (F)Zuiderzee.

Long ago I (C9)used to be a young man,

(F)but dear (Gm)Marg'ret remembers that

for me.