The Dutchman Key E (Capo 4th Fret) Intro-1 2 1234 C 2 3 4 C 2 3 4 C The Dutchman’s not the kind of man to keep his thumb jammed in the dam Dm G G7 C That holds his dreams in but that’s a secret only Margaret knows C When Amsterdam is golden in the morning Margaret brings him breakfast Dm She believes him G C Dm He thinks the tulips bloom be-neath the snow, he’s mad as he can be G C Dm G F C But Margaret only sees that sometimes, some-times she sees her unborn children in his ey-es Chorus C Dm G C Dm G G7 C Let us go to the banks of the ocean where the walls rise a-bove the Zuyder Zee Dm G G7 C Am Dm G G7 C Long a-go I used to be a young man and dear Margaret re-members that for me C 2 3 4 C 2 3 4 C The Dutchman still wears wooden shoes, his cap and coat are patched with love Dm G G7 C That Margaret sewed in some-times he thinks he’s still in Rotterdam C He watches tugboats down canals and calls out to them Dm When he thinks he knows the Captain G C Dm Till Margaret comes to take him home again through unfor-giving streets G C Dm G F C That trip him while she holds his arm sometimes he thinks that he’s a-lone and calls her na-me Chorus C Dm G C Dm G G7 C Let us go to the banks of the ocean where the walls rise a-bove the Zuyder Zee Dm G G7 C Am Dm G G7 C Long a-go I used to be a young man and dear Margaret re-members that for me C 2 3 4 C 2 3 4 C The windmills swirl the winter in, she winds his muffler tighter Dm G G7 C They sit in the kitchen and the tea with whiskey keeps a-way the dew C He sees her for a moment calls her name, she makes his bed up Dm Humming some old love song G C Dm She learned it when the tune was very new, he hums a line or two G C Dm G F C They hum together in the night, the Dutchman falls asleep and Margaret blows the candle out Chorus x 2 C Dm G C Dm G G7 C Let us go to the banks of the ocean where the walls rise a-bove the Zuyder Zee Dm G G7 C Am Dm G G7 C Long a-go I used to be a young man and dear Margaret re-members that for me C Dm G C Dm G G7 C Let us go to the banks of the ocean where the walls rise a-bove the Zuyder Zee Dm G G7 C Am Dm G G7 C Long a-go I used to be a young man and dear Margaret re-members that for me C 2 3 4 C 2 3 4