The Dutchman

    C
The Dutchman's not the kind of man
to keep his thumb jammed in the dam
     Dm                   G
That holds his dreams in,
But that's a secret that only 
C
Margaret knows.
C
When Amsterdam is golden in the 
morning
                               Dm
Margaret brings him breakfast,
                    G
She believes him.
G                          C
He thinks the tulips bloom beneath 
the snow.
            Dm             G      
He's mad as he can be, but 
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Margaret only sees that sometimes,

          Dm                 
Sometimes she sees her unborn 
 G               C
children in his eyes.

       Dm        G            C  
Let us go to the banks of the 
    G  Am
ocean
          Dm         G       
Where the walls rise above the 
         C    G  Am
Zuider Zee.
     Dm     G            C       
Long ago, I used to be a young 
   G  Am
man
         Dm       G            
And dear Margaret remembers that 
       C
from me.

C
The Dutchman still wears wooden 
shoes,
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His cap and coat are patched with 
the love
     Dm
That Margaret sewed there.
G                                 
Sometimes he thinks he's still in 
C
Rotterdam.
   C
He watches the tug-boats down canals
An' calls out to them when he thinks
    Dm                   G
 he knows the Captain.
                                C
Till Margaret comes To take him home
 again
        Dm                      
Through unforgiving streets that 
 G                    C           
trip him, though she holds his 
   G  Am
arm,
             Dm          G        
Sometimes he thinks he's alone and
              C
 he calls her name.

       Dm        G            C  
Let us go to the banks of the 
    G  Am
ocean
          Dm         G       
Where the walls rise above the 
         C    G  Am
Zuider Zee.
     Dm     G            C       
Long ago, I used to be a young 
   G  Am
man
         Dm       G            
And dear Margaret remembers that 
       C
from me.

        C
Ohh the windmills swirl the winter 
wind
She winds his muffler tighter
         Dm
they sit in the kitchen.
G                            C
And a tea with whiskey keeps away 
the dew.
He sees her for a moment, calls her 
name,
                             Dm  
She makes the bed up singing some 
                G
old love song,
She learned it when the tune was 
C
very new
          Dm                G 
He hums a line or two, they hum 
                  C      G  Am
together in the night.
             Dm              
The Dutchman falls asleep and 
 G                  C
Margaret blows the candle out.


       Dm        G            C  
Let us go to the banks of the 
    G  Am
ocean
          Dm         G       
Where the walls rise above the 
         C    G  Am
Zuider Zee.
     Dm     G            C       
Long ago, I used to be a young 
   G  Am
man
         Dm       G            
And dear Margaret remembers that 
       C
from me.

       Dm        G            C  
Let us go to the banks of the 
    G  Am
ocean
          Dm         G       
Where the walls rise above the 
         C    G  Am
Zuider Zee.
     Dm     G            C       
Long ago, I used to be a young 
   G  Am
man
         Dm       G            
And dear Margaret remembers that 
       C
from me.