Tonart: A major
Verse 1
G
The Dutchman's not the kind of man
To leave his thumb jammed in the dead
D
C
G
That's a secret only Margaret knows
When Amsterdam is golden
in the morning,
Am
Margaret brings some breakfast,
and she believes him.
D
C
He thinks the tulips bloom
Am
he's mad as he can be,
D
G
Barbara only sees that sometimes
Am
Sometimes she sees her unborn
D
G
children in his eyes
Am
D
G
Let us go to the banks of the ocean
Am
D
Where the walls rise above
Am
D
G
Long ago, I used to be a man,
Am
and dear Margaret remem
D
G
bers that for me.
The Dutchman still wears wooden shoes,
his cap and coat are patched with blood,
Am
but Margaret's sewn in.
D
C
Sometimes he thinks
G
he's still in Rotterdam
He watches tugboats down canals
Calls out to them,
Am
and he thinks he knows the captain
D
C
Till Margaret comes to take
Am
Through unforgiven streets,
D
G
the Treppen knows she holds his arm
thinks that he's alone
D
G
and calls her name
Am
D
G
Let us go to the banks of the ocean,
Am
D
G
Am
where the walls rise above the Zeitgeist. Long ago,
D
G
I used to be a young man,
Am
and dear Margaret re
D
G
members that for me.
The windmill's swirling wintery,
she wraps his muffler tightly,
Am
they sit up in the kitchen
D
C
And the tea with whiskey
She leaves him for a moment,
D
C
They learned it when the
Am
They hum a line or two,
D
G
they hum together in the night
Am
Elchman falls asleep and
D
G
Margaret blows
Am
D
G
Let us go to the banks of the ocean
Am
D
Where the walls rise above
Am
D
G
Long ago I used to be a man
Am
D
G
And dear Margaret remembers that day
Am
D
G
Let us go to the banks of the ocean,
Am
D
where the walls rise above
Am
D
G
Long ago, I used to be a man,
Am
D
G
and dear Margaret, was that for me?
You
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