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