The Dutchman chords by Anne Hills, Michael Smith

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Intro 1

The Dutchman's

Verse 1
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not the kind of man
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to keep his thumb jammed in the dam
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that holds his dreams in.
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But that's a secret only
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Margaret knows
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When Amsterdam is golden
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in  the morning
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Margaret brings him breakfast,
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she believes him
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He thinks the tulips bloom
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beneath the snow
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He's mad as he can be
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But Margaret only sees
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that sometimes
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Sometimes she sees her
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unborn children in his eyes
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Let us go to the banks of the ocean
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Where the walls rise above
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the zeiter's eagle
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Long ago I used to be a young man
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And dear Margaret remem
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bers that for me
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The Dutchman still wears wooden shoes,
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his cap and coat are patched with love
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that Margaret sewed in.
Sometimes he thinks he's
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still in Rotterdam.
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And he watches the
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tugboats down Gdansk,
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calls out to them
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when he thinks   he
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knows the captain.
Till Margaret comes to bring
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him home again,
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through unforgiving streets,
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the trippin'
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Though she holds his arm,
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sometimes he thinks that he's alone
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and calls her name.
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Let us go to the banks of the ocean,
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where the walls rise above
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the zyder's ears.
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Long ago I used
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to be a young man
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And dear Margaret remembers that for me
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The windmills whirl the winter in,
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She winds  his muffler tighter,
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They sit in the kitchen
Some tea with whiskey
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Keeps away the doom
And he sees her for a moment
Calls her name
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She makes the bed up
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Humming some old lonesome song
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She learned it when the
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tune was very new
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He hums a line or two
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They hum together in the night
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The Dutchman falls   asleep
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And Margaret blows the candle out
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Let us go to the banks
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of the ocean
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Where the walls rise
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above the sight of sea
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Long ago I used
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to be a young man
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And dear Margaret
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remembers that for me
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Let us go to the bank
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s of the ocean
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Where the walls rise
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above the Cider Sea
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Long ago,
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I used to be a young man
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And dear Margaret
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remembers that for me