Key: C major•
Verse 1
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Am
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The
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Dutchman
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Who keeps his thumb jammed
in the dam
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G
That holds his dreams in
That's a secret that only Mar
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Am
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garet knows
Verse 2
in the summer
Margaret brings him breakfast,
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Margaret only sees that sometimes
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Dm
Sometimes she sees
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C
her unborn children in his eyes
Verse 3
Dm
Em
Let us go to the banks of the ocean
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G
Where the walls rise above
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Am
Long ago, I used to be a young man
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Dm
G
Dear Margaret remembers
that for me
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Verse 4
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in Rotterdam
Verse 5
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An' calls out to them when he thinks
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he knows the Captain
Margaret comes to take
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Through unforgiving streets that trip him,
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Am
though she holds his arm
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C
alone and he calls her name
Verse 6
Dm
Em
Let us go to the banks of the ocean
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G
Where the walls rise above
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Am
Long ago, I used to be a young man
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And dear Margaret remembers that
Interlude 1
for me
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Dm
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Verse 7
She winds his muffler tighter,
He sees her for a moment,
he calls her name
some old love song
Verse 8
Dm
G
She learned it when the
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Am
they hum together in the dark
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C
Margaret blows the candles out
Verse 9
Dm
Em
Let us go to the banks of the ocean
Dm
G
Where the walls rise above
Long ago, I used to be a young man
And dear Margaret remembers that for me
Verse 10
the ocean
Where the walls rise above the
Zuider Zee
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Am
Long ago, I used to be a young man
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Dm
And dear Margaret remem
Outro 1
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Dm
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