Key: G minor•
Intro 1
Gm
Cm
Bb
Verse 1
not the kind of man
to keep his thumb jammed in the
When Amsterdam is golden
Eb
Bb
in the morning
Margaret brings him breakfast,
F
Bb
But Margaret only sees that sometimes
Gm
Cm
Sometimes she sees her
F
Eb
unborn children in his eye s
Cm
Bb
Cm
Let us go to the
banks of the ocean
Dm
Eb
F
Where the walls rise above
Gm
Cm
F
Dm
Long ago I used to be a young man
Gm
Cm
An d dear Margaret
F
Bb
remembers that for me
The Dutchman still wears wooden shoes,
his cap and coat are patched with love
Cm
F
that Margaret sold him
Sometimes he thinks he's
He watches tugboats down canals
and he calls out to them
Cm
F
when he thinks he knows the captain.
Till Margaret comes to take him home again
Bb
Eb
F
through unforgiving streets that trip him
Gm
Cm
sometimes he thinks that he's alone
F
Eb
Bb
and calls her name.
Eb
F
where the walls rise above the Zyderzee.
Bb
Gm
Cm
F
Dm
Long ago, I used to be a young man
Gm
Cm
An d dear Mar garet
F
Bb
remembers that for me
The windmills whirl the winter in
She winds his muffler tighter,
He sees her for a moment, calls her name
She makes the bed up,
F
Bb
She learned it when the tune was very new
F
Bb
They hum together in the night
Gm
Cm
The Dutchman falls asleep
F
Eb
And Margaret blows the candle out
Bb
Cm
Let us go to the banks of
Dm
the ocean
Eb
F
Where the walls rise above the cider sea
Bb
Gm
Cm
F
Dm
Long ago, I used to be a young man
Gm
Cm
An d dear Margaret
F
Eb
remembers that for me
Bb
Cm
Let us go to the banks of
Dm
Eb
F
Bb
Dm
Gm
the ocean
Cm
F
Dm
I used to be a young man,
Gm
Cm
F
and dear Margaret remembers that for me.
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TunerE A D G B E
ChordsGm Cm Bb F Eb...
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