Intro (Capo at III or X): F, F6, Fmaj7, F6 x2
The [F]Dutchman's [F6]not the [Fmaj7]kind of [F6]man
To [F]keep his [F6]thumb jammed [Fmaj7]in the [F6]dam that [Gm11]holds his dreams in
[C]But that's a secret only Marg[F]aret knows[F6][Fmaj7][F6]
When [F]Amster[F6]dam is [Fmaj7]golden[F6] in the [F]morning
[F6]Margaret[Fmaj7] brings [F6]him breakfast[Gm11] and she believes him
[C]He thinks the tulips bloom [F]beneat[F6]h the s[Fmaj7]now[F6]
He's mad as [Gm11]he can be, but [Bb]Margaret only [F]sees that sometimes[Gm11]
Sometimes she [Bb]sees her unborn [F]children in his eyes
Let us [Gm11]go the [Bb]banks of the [F]ocean
Where the [Gm11]walls rise a[Bb]bove the Zuider[F]zee
Long a[Gm11]go, I [Bb]used to be a [F]young man[Gm11]
But dear [Bb]Margaret re[F]members that for me
F, F6, Fmaj7, F6 x2
(Repeat):
The Dutchman still wears wooden shoes
His cap and coat are patched with the love that Margaret sewn in
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 the unforgiving streets that trip him though she holds his arm
Sometimes he thinks that he's alone and calls her name
Let us go the banks of the ocean
Where the walls rise above the Zuiderzee
Long ago, I used to be a young man
But dear Margaret remembers that for me
Windmills whirl the winter in
She winds his muffler tighter they sit in the kitchen
Some tea with whiskey keeps away the dew
He sees her for a moment, calls her name she makes his bed up singing some old love song
She learned it when the tune was very new
He hums a line or two, they hum together in the night
The Dutchman falls asleep and Margaret blows the candle out
Let us go the banks of the ocean
Where the walls rise above the Zuiderzee
Long ago, I used to be a young man
But dear Margaret remembers that for me
The [F]Dutchman's [F6]not the [Fmaj7]kind of [F6]man
To [F]keep his [F6]thumb jammed [Fmaj7]in the [F6]dam that [Gm11]holds his dreams in
[C]But that's a secret only Marg[F]aret knows[F6][Fmaj7][F6]
When [F]Amster[F6]dam is [Fmaj7]golden[F6] in the [F]morning
[F6]Margaret[Fmaj7] brings [F6]him breakfast[Gm11] and she believes him
[C]He thinks the tulips bloom [F]beneat[F6]h the s[Fmaj7]now[F6]
He's mad as [Gm11]he can be, but [Bb]Margaret only [F]sees that sometimes[Gm11]
Sometimes she [Bb]sees her unborn [F]children in his eyes
Let us [Gm11]go the [Bb]banks of the [F]ocean
Where the [Gm11]walls rise a[Bb]bove the Zuider[F]zee
Long a[Gm11]go, I [Bb]used to be a [F]young man[Gm11]
But dear [Bb]Margaret re[F]members that for me
F, F6, Fmaj7, F6 x2
(Repeat):
The Dutchman still wears wooden shoes
His cap and coat are patched with the love that Margaret sewn in
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 the unforgiving streets that trip him though she holds his arm
Sometimes he thinks that he's alone and calls her name
Let us go the banks of the ocean
Where the walls rise above the Zuiderzee
Long ago, I used to be a young man
But dear Margaret remembers that for me
Windmills whirl the winter in
She winds his muffler tighter they sit in the kitchen
Some tea with whiskey keeps away the dew
He sees her for a moment, calls her name she makes his bed up singing some old love song
She learned it when the tune was very new
He hums a line or two, they hum together in the night
The Dutchman falls asleep and Margaret blows the candle out
Let us go the banks of the ocean
Where the walls rise above the Zuiderzee
Long ago, I used to be a young man
But dear Margaret remembers that for me
