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Standard E tuning. Capo at 3rd fret.
---Intro--------------------------------------------------------------
SOL SOLM7 SOL6 SOLM7
---Verse 1------------------------------------------------------------
SOL SOLM7
The Dutchman is not the kind of man
SOL6 SOLM7 LAm
to keep his thumb jambed in a dam that holds his dreams in.
RE SOL MIm
But that's a secret only Margaret knows. |
SOL SOLM7
When Amsterdam is golden
SOL6 SOLM7 LAm
in the morning Margaret brings him breakfast. She believes him.
RE SOL MIm
He thinks the tulips bloom beneath the snow. |
LAm RE SIm
He's mad as he can be, but Margaret only sees that sometimes.
LAm RE7 SOL SOL7
Sometimes she sees her unborn children in his eyes. |
---Chorus-------------------------------------------------------------
DO RE SIm
Let us go to the banks of the ocean,
DO RE MIm
where the walls rise a-bove the Zuider Zee.
DO RE SIm
Long a-go, I used to be a young man.
DO RE7 SOL SOLM7 SOL6 SOLM7 SOL
Now dear Margaret re-members that for me. [Intro]
---Verse 2------------------------------------------------------------
The Dutchman still wears wooden shoes.
His hat and coat are patched with the love that Margaret sewed him.
Sometimes he thinks he's still in Rotterdam.
He watches tugboats down canals
and calls out to them when he thinks he knows the captain,
'til Margaret comes to take him home again,
through unforgiving streets that trip him though he holds her arm.
Sometimes he thinks that he's alone and calls her name. [Chorus]
---Verse 3------------------------------------------------------------
The windmills whirl the winter wind.
She winds his muffler tighter. They sit in the kitchen.
Some tea with whiskey keeps away the dew.
He sees her for a moment. He calls
her name out. She makes the bed up, humming some old love song.
She learned the tune when it was very new.
He hums a line or two. They hum together in the dark.
The Dutchman falls asleep & Margaret blows the candle out.[Chorus]
---Summary------------------------------------------------------------
Intro SOL SOLM7 SOL6 SOLM7
Verses: ||: G GM7 G6 GM7 Am / D / G Em :||
LAm RE SIm / LAm RE7 SOL SOL7
Chorus DO RE SIm / DO RE MIm /
C D Bm / C D7 G (to Intro)
---Notes--------------------------------------------------------------
some easy open chords:
EADgbe
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LAm 002210
SIm xx4432
DO 032010
RE x00232
RE7 x00212
RE7 x30232
MIm 022000
MIm7 020000
SOL 320003
G6 320000 aka G + e in soprano; or simply use Em7
SOL7 320001
SOLM7 320002
In this arrangement, the gentle soprano melody do - ti - la - ti
plays on the upper e-string in the G - GM7 - G6 - GM7 sequence
throughout the piece, and can easily be plucked between strums.
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