Chords for John Gorka - The Dutchman (2020)

The Dutchman, take four. _ _
For and by the great Michael Smith.
_ _ _ _ [B] _ _ _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ [B] _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ [B] _ _ [C#m] _ _ _
_ _ _ [G#m] _ _ [F#] _ _ _
_ [B] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ [B] _ _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ [B] The _ Dutchman's not the [E] kind of man
[B] Who keeps his [E] thumb [B] jammed in the [C#m] dam
That holds his dreams [C#] in
[F#] _ But that's a secret that [B] only Margaret knows
[E] _
_ _ [G#m] _ _ [B] _ _ _ [E] _
_ _ [B] When Amsterdam [E] is golden in [B] the morning
Margaret [G#m]
brings [B] him [C#m] breakfast
She believes [C#] him
_ [F#] _ He thinks the tulips bloom [B] beneath the snow _
He's [C#m] mad as he can [F#] be
But Margaret [B] only sees that _ [G#m] sometimes
Sometimes [C#m] she sees her [F#] unborn children [E] in his _ eyes
[B] _ _
[C#m] Let us go to [F#] the banks [G#m] [B] of the ocean _ _ _
_ [C#m] Where the walls [F#] rise above [B] the _ _ _ _ Zuiderzee _
_ [C#m] Long ago [F#] I used to be a [B] young man
_ [G#m] _ _
[C#] Now dear Margaret [D#m] remembers _ [E] that for me
_ [B] _ _
The _ [E] _ _ _ [B] _ _ _
_ Dutchman still [E] wears wooden _ [B] shoes
His cap and coat [E] are patched [B] with the love
[C#m] That Margaret sewed [C#] there _
[F#] _ _ Sometimes he thinks he's [B] still in Rotterdam
[E] _ And _
[B] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ he [B] watches tugboats [E] down canal _
[B] _ Calls out to [E] them [G#m] when he thinks [C#m] he knows the captain
_ [F#] _
_ Till Margaret comes to take [B] him home again
_ Through [C#m] _
unforgiving streets [F#] that trip him
[G#m] _ [B] Though she holds [G#m] his arm
[C#m] And sometimes he [F#] thinks he's alone
[B] And he [E]
calls her [B] name
_ [C#] Let us go [F#] to the banks [B] of the ocean
_ Where _ [C#m] the walls [F#] rise above the _ [B] _ _
_ _ [G#m] Zuiderzee
_ [C#m] Long ago [F#] I used [B] to be a young man
[G#m] _ _ _ Now [C#m] dear Margaret [C#] _ remembers [E] that for _ me
[B] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _
_ [B] _ _ _ _ When the hulls whirl [E] the winter in
[B] She winds his muffler tighter
_ [C#m] As they sit in the kitchen
[C#] _ _ [F#] _ [G#] Some tea with whiskey [B] keeps away the dew
[E] _ He _ [B] _ _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ [B] sees her [E] for a moment, _ [B] calls her name out
As [E] she makes the [B] bed up [C#m] singing _ some old love [F#] song
A song Margaret learned when it was [B] very new _
He [C#m] hums a line or [F#] two, they [B] sing together _ [G#m] in the dark
The [C#m] Dutchman falls [F#] asleep and Margaret [E] blows the candle [B] out
_ _ _ _ _ [C#m] Let us go to [F#] the banks [B] of the ocean
_ _ Where _ [C#]
the walls [F#] rise above the [B] _ _
_ _ [G#m] Zuiderzee
_ Long [C#]
ago [F#] I used to be [B] a young man
_ [G#m] _ _ [C#m] Now dear Margaret [D#m] _ remembers [E] that for _ me
[G#m] _ _ Let [C#m] us go to [F#] the banks [G#m] [B] of the ocean
_ _ Where _ [C#m] the walls [F#] rise above [B] the _ _ _ _ Zuiderzee
_ _ [C#m] Long ago I [F#] used to be [B] a young man
_ [G#m] _ _ Now [C#m] dear Margaret _ [F#] remembers that [E] for me
_ [B] _ Now _ [C#m] dear Margaret [B] _ remembers [E] that for me
_ [B] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ [B] _ _ _ _ _ _
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