{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":1701926,"song":"The Dutchman","artist":"Liam Clancy","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11357931-the-dutchman-chords-by-liam-clancy/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1701926?type=chord","rating":4.76187,"votes":155,"content":"[Intro]\r\n[ch]C[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse 1] \r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThe Dutchman's not the kind of man, to keep his thumb jammed in the dam [/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Dm[/ch]                   \r\nThat holds his dreams in, [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                                [ch]F[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]\r\n  But that's a secret that only Margaret knows. [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nWhen Amsterdam is golden in the morning[/tab]\r\n[tab]                               [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nMargaret brings him breakfast, [/tab]\r\n                  \r\nShe believes him.   \r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                           [ch]F[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]\r\n  He thinks the tulips bloom  beneath the snow. [/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]Dm[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nHe's mad as he can be, but Margaret only sees that sometimes,[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]Dm[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]  \r\nSometimes she sees her unborn children in his eyes. [/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Dm[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nLet us go to the banks of the ocean[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]Dm[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nWhere the walls rise above the Zuider Zee. [/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Dm[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nLong ago, I used to be a young man [/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Dm[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]C[/ch]   \r\nAnd dear Margaret remembers that from me. [/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThe Dutchman still wears wooden shoes, His cap and coat are patched with the love [/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nThat Margaret sewed there.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                                [ch]F[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]\r\n  Sometimes he thinks he's still in Rotterdam. [/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]C[/ch]\r\nHe watches the tug-boats down canals  [/tab]\r\n[tab]                                         [ch]Dm[/ch]               \r\nAn' calls out to them when he thinks he knows the Captain. [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                                  [ch]F[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch]\r\n  Till Margaret comes To take him home again [/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]Dm[/ch]                   [ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nThrough unforgiving streets that trip him, though she holds his arm, [/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]Dm[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nSometimes he thinks he's alone   and he calls her name. [/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Dm[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nLet us go to the banks of the ocean[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]Dm[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nWhere the walls rise above the Zuider Zee. [/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Dm[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nLong ago, I used to be a young man [/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Dm[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]C[/ch]   \r\nAnd dear Margaret remembers that from me.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nOhh the windmills swirl the winter wind, She winds his muffler tighter [/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Dm[/ch] \r\nthey sit in the kitchen.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                                [ch]F[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]\r\n  And a tea with whiskey keeps away the dew. [/tab]\r\n\r\nHe sees her for a moment, calls her name,\r\n[tab]                             [ch]Dm[/ch]                  \r\nShe makes the bed up singing some old love song, [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                                        [ch]C[/ch]\r\n  She learned it when the tune was very new [/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]Dm[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nHe hums a line or two, they hum together in the night.[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]Dm[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]                  [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThe Dutchman falls asleep and Margaret blows the candle out. [/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Dm[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nLet us go to the banks of the ocean[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]Dm[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nWhere the walls rise above the Zuider Zee. [/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Dm[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nLong ago, I used to be a young man [/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Dm[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]Am[/ch]   \r\nAnd dear Margaret remembers that from me.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]       [ch]Dm[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nLet us go to the banks of the ocean[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]Dm[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nWhere the walls rise above the Zuider Zee. [/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Dm[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nLong ago, I used to be a young man [/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Dm[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]C[/ch]   \r\nAnd dear Margaret remembers that from me.[/tab]","plain_text":"[Intro]\nC\n\n[Verse 1] \n\n\n\n\n\n                  \nShe believes him.   \n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\nHe sees her for a moment, calls her name,\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]","chords":["C","Dm","G","F","Am"],"chord_diagrams":{"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"Dm":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,2,3,1],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,1]},"F":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,2,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,2,1,1]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}