Dutchman

G|32000X G6|X2x000 Gmaj7|X4x000 G6|X2x000 2x G G6 Gmaj7 G6 Am Bmsus4 Am The Dutchman's not the kind of man Who keeps his thumb jammed in the dam That holds his dreams in D G G G6 Gmaj7 G6 But that's a secret only Margret knows G G6 Gmaj7 G6 Am Bmsus4 Am When Amsterdam is golden in the summer, Margret brings him breakfast; she believes him D G G/F# G/E G/D He thinks the tulips bloom beneath the snow Am D G G/F# G/E G/D He's mad as he can be but Margret only sees that sometimes Am D G Sometimes she sees her unborn children in his eyes C Bm7 Let us go to the banks of the ocean Am D G Where the walls rise above the Zuider Zee Am D G G/F# G/E G/D Long ago, I used to be a young man Am D G G6 Gmaj7 G6 But Margret remembers that for me G G6 Gmaj7 G6 Am Bmsus4 Am The Dutchman still wears wooden shoes His coat and cap are patched with The love that Margret sewed there D G G6 Gmaj7 G6 Sometimes he thinks he's still in Rotterdam G G6 Gmaj7 G6 Am Bmsus4 Am He watches tugboats, down canals And calls out to them when he thinks He knows the captains D G 'Til Margret comes to take him home again Am D G G/F# G/E G/D Through unforgiving streets that trip him Though she holds his arm Am D G Sometimes he thinks that he's alone And calls out her name. G G6 Gmaj7 G6 Am Bmsus4 Am The windmills whirl the winter in She winds his muffler tighter as they sit in the kitchen D G G6 Gmaj7 G6 Some tea with whiskey keeps away the dew G G6 Gmaj7 G6 Am Bmsus4 Am He sees her for a moment, calls her name She makes the bed up singing some old love song D G G/F# G/E G/D A song that Margret learned when it was very new Am D G G/F# G/E G/D He hums a line or two, they sing together in the dark Am D G G6 Gmaj7 G6 The Dutchman falls asleep and Margret blows the candle out