The Dutchman Tab
by Liam Clancy1,906 views, added to favorites 61 times
I've tried to add some embellishments to the chords in an effort to sound like the version on youtube with multiple instruments ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YuQ1dhLdzww ). Unless you have massive fingers these are only possible if you use a capo, but if you put it on the 5th like I have it will actually be in the same key as the youtube recording and the stretches with the pinky finger are manageable. There's a bit of a tempo change around the pre-chorus so play it a bit slower so you have time to fit the words in. This seems to happen in Liam Clancy's version too.Was this info helpful?
| Tuning: | E A D G B E |
|---|---|
| Capo: | 5th fret |
Author hfeehfuieehi [a] 52. Last edit on Jul 12, 2022
Capo: V
Key: C
[Intro]
e|-----------0--------2--------0-----------------0--------2--------0--------|
B|--3-----------3--------3--------3-----3-----------3--------3--------3-----|
G|-----0-----------0--------0--------0-----0-----------0--------0--------0--|
D|--------0-----------------------------------0-----------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--3-----------------3-----------------3-----------------3-----------------|
[Verse]
G
dutchman's kind man keep thumb in dam
e|-----------0--------2--------0-----------------0--------2--------0--------|
B|--3-----------3--------3--------3-----3-----------3--------3--------3-----|
G|-----0-----------0--------0--------0-----0-----------0--------0--------0--|
D|--------0-----------------------------------0-----------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--3-----------------3-----------------3-----------------3-----------------|
Am
holds dreams in
e|--5--------3--------2--------0--------5--------3--------2--------0--------|
B|-----1--------1--------1--------1--------1--------1--------1--------1-----|
G|--------2--------2--------2--------2--------2--------2--------2--------2--|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--0-----------------0-----------------0-----------------0-----------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D
but that's
e|-----------2--------2-----------2--------2--|
B|-----3--------3-----------3--------3--------|
G|--------2--------2-----------2--------2-----|
D|--0--------------------0--------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------|
G
Margaret
e|-----------0--------2--------0-----------------0--------2--------0--------|
B|--3-----------3--------3--------3-----3-----------3--------3--------3-----|
G|-----0-----------0--------0--------0-----0-----------0--------0--------0--|
D|--------0-----------------------------------0-----------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--3-----------------3-----------------3-----------------3-----------------|
[Pre-chorus] (tempo slows a bit)
C D Em
Mad he be only sees
e|--------------------------------1--------1---------------------------------|
B|-----------1--------1--------3-----3------------------0--------0-----------|
G|--------0-----0-----------2-----------2------------0-----0-----------------|
D|-----2-----------2-----0-----------------------2------------2--------------|
A|--3------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------0------------------------------|
Em
sometimes
e|---------------------------|
B|-----------0--------0------|
G|--------0-----0------------|
D|-----2-----------2---------|
A|---------------------------|
E|--0------------------------|
C D G (let ring)
sees children eyes
e|--------------------------------1--------1--3------------------------------|
B|-----------1--------1--------3-----3--------0------------------------------|
G|--------0-----0-----------2-----------2-----0------------------------------|
D|-----2-----------2-----0--------------------0------------------------------|
A|--3-----------------------------------------2------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------3------------------------------|
[Chorus]
C D Em
Go banks ocean
e|--------------------------------1--------1--3---------5--------7------5----|
B|-----------1--------1--------3-----3-----------0---------0-------0------0--|
G|--------0-----0-----------2-----------2-----------0---------0------0------0|
D|-----2-----------2-----0---------------------------------------------------|
A|--3------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------0------------------0-----------|
C D Em
Walls above Zee
e|--------------------------------1--------1--3---------5--------7------5----|
B|-----------1--------1--------3-----3-----------0---------0-------0------0--|
G|--------0-----0-----------2-----------2-----------0---------0------0------0|
D|-----2-----------2-----0---------------------------------------------------|
A|--3------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------0------------------0-----------|
C D Em
Ago used young
e|--------------------------------1--------1--3---------5--------7------5----|
B|-----------1--------1--------3-----3-----------0---------0-------0------0--|
G|--------0-----0-----------2-----------2-----------4---------4------4------4|
D|-----2-----------2-----0---------------------------------------------------|
A|--3------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------0------------------0-----------|
C D G
Margaret remembers me
e|--------------------------------1--------1----------0-----2----0-----------|
B|-----------1--------1--------3-----3--------3---------3-----3----3---------|
G|--------0-----0-----------2-----------2--------0--------0-----0----0-------|
D|-----2-----------2-----0--------------------------0------------------------|
A|--3------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------3-------------3----------------|
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The Dutchman
The dutchman's not the kind of man
To keep his thumb jammed in the dam that holds his dreams in
But that's a secret only Margaret knows
When Amsterdam is golden
In the morning Margaret brings him breakfast, she believes him
He thinks the tulips bloom beneath the snow
He's mad as he can be, but Margaret only sees that sometimes
Sometimes she sees her unborn children in his eyes
Let us go to the banks of the ocean
Where the walls rise above the Zuider Zee
Long ago, I used to be a young man
And dear Margaret remembers that for me
The dutchman still wears wooden shoes
His cap and coat are patched with love that Margaret sewed in
Sometimes he thinks he's still in Rotterdam
He watches tugboats down canals
And calls out to them when he thinks he knows the captain
Till Margaret comes to take him home again
Through unforgiving streets that trip him though she holds his arm
Sometimes he thinks that he's alone and calls her name
The windmills swirl the winter in
As she winds his muffler tighter, they sit in the kitchen
And the tea with whiskey keeps away the dew
He sees her for a moment
Calls her name, she makes his bed up, humming some old love song
She learned it when the tune was very new
He hums a line or two, they hum together in the night
The dutchman falls asleep and Margaret blows the candle out
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