The Dutchman Chords

[Intro]
C
 
[Verse 1]
     C
The Dutchman's not the kind of man, to keep his thumb jammed in the dam 
     Dm
That holds his dreams in, 
G                                F         C
  But that's a secret that only Margaret knows. 
C
When Amsterdam is golden in the morning
                               Dm
Margaret brings him breakfast, 
 
She believes him.
G                           F          C
  He thinks the tulips bloom  beneath the snow. 
            Dm              G             C                  Am
He's mad as he can be, but Margaret only sees that sometimes,
          Dm                  G               C    G F C
Sometimes she sees her unborn children in his eyes. 
 
[Chorus]
       Dm        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
And dear Margaret remembers that from me. 
 
[Verse 2]
     C
The Dutchman still wears wooden shoes, His cap and coat are patched with the love 
      Dm
That Margaret sewed there.
G                                F         C
  Sometimes he thinks he's still in Rotterdam. 
   C
He watches the tug-boats down canals  
                                         Dm
An' calls out to them when he thinks he knows the Captain. 
G                                  F     C
  Till Margaret comes To take him home again 
              Dm                   G                   C             Am
Through unforgiving streets that trip him, though she holds his arm, 
               Dm              G                   C   G F C
Sometimes he thinks he's alone   and he calls her name. 
 
[Chorus]
       Dm        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
And dear Margaret remembers that from me.
 
[Verse 3]
         C
Ohh the windmills swirl the winter wind, She winds his muffler tighter 
      Dm
they sit in the kitchen.
G                                F       C
  And a tea with whiskey keeps away the dew. 
 
He sees her for a moment, calls her name,
                             Dm
She makes the bed up singing some old love song, 
G                                        C
  She learned it when the tune was very new 
           Dm                G                   C      Am
He hums a line or two, they hum together in the night.
              Dm               G                  C         G F C
The Dutchman falls asleep and Margaret blows the candle out. 
 
[Chorus]
       Dm        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                   Am
And dear Margaret remembers that from me.
 
       Dm        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
And dear Margaret remembers that from me.
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