Tonalidad: F major•
Verse 1
F
The Dutchman's not
the kind of man
Who keeps his thumb jammed in the dam
Gm
C
That holds his dreams in,
But that's a secret that only
F
Margaret knows.
Verse 2
F
When Amsterdam is golden
in the summer,
Gm
Margaret brings him breakfast,
C
She believes him.
He thinks the tulips bloom
F
beneath the snow.
Verse 3
Gm
He's mad as he can be,
C
F
but Margaret only sees that sometimes,
Dm
Gm
Sometimes she sees her
C
Bb
F
unborn children in his eye s.
C
Verse 4
F
Gm
C
Let us go to the banks
F
Dm
of the ocean
Gm
C
Where the walls rise above
F
the Zuider Zee.
Gm
C
F
Dm
Long ago, I used to be a young man
Gm
And dear Margaret remem
C
bers that for me.
F
Verse 5
The Dutchman still wears wooden shoes,
His cap and coat are patched
with the love
Gm
That Margaret sewed there.
C
Sometimes he thinks he's
F
still in Rotterdam.
Verse 6
F
And he watches the tug-boats
down down canals
An' calls out to them when
Gm
he thinks he knows the Captain.
C
Till Margaret comes
F
To take him home again
Verse 7
Gm
C
Through unforgiving streets that trip
F
him, though she holds his arm,
Dm
Gm
C
Sometimes he thinks he's alone
and he calls her name.
Bb
F
C
Verse 8
F
Gm
C
Let us go to the banks of
F
Dm
the ocean
Gm
C
Where the walls rise above
Gm
Long ago,
C
F
Dm
I used to be a young man
Gm
And dear Margaret remem
C
bers that for me.
F
Verse 9
The winters whirl the windmills 'round
She winds his muffler tighter
Dm
Gm
And they sit in the kitchen.
C
Some tea with whiskey
F
keeps away the dew.
Verse 10
F
And he sees her for a moment,
calls her name,
She makes the bed up singing
Gm
some old love song,
C
A song Margaret learned
F
When it was very new.
Verse 11
Gm
He hums a line or two,
C
F
they sing together in the dark.
Dm
Gm
C
The Dutchman falls asleep and Margaret
Bb
F
Gm
blows the candle out.
F
Verse 12
Gm
C
F
Let us go to the banks of the ocean
Dm
Gm
C
Where the walls rise above
Gm
Long ago,
C
F
Dm
I used to be a young man
Gm
And dear Margaret re
C
members that for me.
Bb
F
Gm
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