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