The Dutchman chords by Celtic Thunder, Keith Harkin
Verse 1
D
The Dutchman's not
the kind of man
Who keeps his thumb jammed in the dam
Em
A
That holds his dreams in,
But that's a secret that only
D
Margaret knows.
Verse 2
D
When Amsterdam is golden
in the summer,
Em
Margaret brings him breakfast,
A
She believes him.
He thinks the tulips bloom
D
beneath the snow.
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Verse 3
Em
He's mad as he can be,
A
D
but Margaret only sees that sometimes,
Bm
Em
Sometimes she sees her
A
G
D
unborn children in his eyes.
A
Verse 4
D
Em
A
Let us go to the banks
D
Bm
of the ocean
Em
A
Where the walls rise above
D
the Zuider Zee.
Em
A
D
Bm
Long ago, I used to be a young man
Em
And dear Margaret remem
A
bers that for me.
D
Verse 5
The Dutchman still wears wooden shoes,
His cap and coat are patched
with the love
Em
That Margaret sewed there.
A
Sometimes he thinks he's
D
still in Rotterdam.
Verse 6
D
And he watches the tug-
boats down canals
An' calls out to them when
Em
he thinks he knows the Captain.
A
Till Margaret comes
D
To take him home again
Verse 7
Em
A
Through unforgiving streets that trip
D
him, though she holds his arm,
Bm
Em
A
Sometimes he thinks he's alone
and he calls her name.
G
D
A
Verse 8
D
Em
A
Let us go to the banks of
D
Bm
the ocean
Em
A
Where the walls rise above
D
the Zuiderzee.
Em
Long ago,
A
D
Bm
I used to be a young man
Em
And dear Margaret remem
A
bers that for me.
D
Verse 9
The winters whirl the windmills 'round
She winds his muffler tighter
Bm
Em
And they sit in the kitchen.
A
Some tea with whiskey
D
keeps away the dew.
Verse 10
D
And he sees her for a moment,
calls her name,
She makes the bed up singing
Em
some old love song,
A
A song Margaret learned
D
When it was very new.
Verse 11
Em
He hums a line or two,
A
D
they sing together in the dark.
Bm
Em
A
The Dutchman falls asleep and Margaret
G
D
Em
blows the candle out.
D
Verse 12
Em
A
D
Let us go to the banks of the ocean
Bm
Em
A
Where the walls rise above
D
the Zuiderzee.
Em
Long ago,
A
D
Bm
I used to be a young man
Em
And dear Margaret re
A
members that for me.
G
D
Em
The Dutchman
Celtic Thunder, Keith Harkin
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