Key: C major•
Intro 1
C
Dm
C
Verse 1
C
The Dutchman's
not the kind of man
Who keeps his thumb jammed
But that's a secret that only Mar
C
Am
garet knows.
F
C
Verse 2
When Amsterdam is golden
in the summer,
He thinks the tulips bloom
Verse 3
G
C
G
Am
but Margaret only sees that sometimes,
G
F
C
children in his eyes.
Verse 4
F
G
C
Let us go to the banks of the ocean
Dm
G
Where the walls rise above
Am
C
Am
the Zuider Zee.
Dm
G
C
Am
Long ago, I used to be a young man
Dm
G
Now dear Margaret remembers
Verse 5
Dutchman still wears wooden shoes,
His cap and coat are patched
Sometimes he thinks he's
Am
F
C
Verse 6
He watches the tug-
G
C
boats down canals
Calls out to them when he thinks
Dm
G
he knows the Captain.
Till Margaret comes to take
C
G
him home again
C
Dm
Through unforgiving
Verse 7
C
G
Am
though she holds his arm,
F
C
Verse 8
F
G
C
Am
Let us go to the banks of the ocean
Dm
G
Where the walls rise above
C
Am
the Zuider Zee.
Dm
G
C
Am
Long ago, I used to be a young man
Dm
G
Now dear Margaret remembers
Verse 9
Csus4
C
windmills
whirl the winter in
She winds his muffler tighter
Dm
G
As they sit in the kitchen.
Some tea with whiskey
Verse 10
C
He sees her for a moment,
calls her name out,
Dm
G
some old love song,
A song Margaret learned
Verse 11
G
C
Am
they sing together in the dark.
Dm
G
The Dutchman falls asleep and Margaret
F
C
blows the candle out.
Verse 12
F
G
C
Let us go to the banks of the ocean
Dm
G
Where the walls rise above
Am
C
Am
the Zuider Zee.
Dm
G
C
Am
Long ago, I used to be a young man
F
Verse 13
C
F
G
C
Am
Let us go to the banks of the ocean
G
C
Am
the Zuider Zee.
Dm
G
C
Am
Long ago, I used to be a young man
C
Verse 14
Outro 1
F
Dm
C
How did you like the song?
You need to to leave a rating.
TunerE A D G B E
ChordsC Dm G Am F...
More songs by John Gorka
Discover chords for more songs to play
Popular chords globally
Most played chords & tabs across all users
