{"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":2098273,"song":"Dutchman","artist":"Chuck Berry","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11455575-dutchman-chords-by-chuck-berry/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2098273?type=chord","rating":0.0007,"votes":0,"content":"*NOTE* Chuck speaks the lyrics of this song all the way through.\r\nThere are no chrous', no breaks, nothing! Just play and enjoy.\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab][ch]Cm[/ch]                  [ch]Gm[/ch]              [ch]Cm[/ch]\r\nA bunch of guys was in this bar room[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Eb[/ch]                          [ch]Cm[/ch]          [ch]Eb[/ch] [ch]Cm[/ch]\r\nMost of them had been there half the day[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Eb[/ch]                            [ch]F[/ch]           [ch]Ab[/ch]\r\nThey'd been telling jokes and fairy tales lying[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]F[/ch]                 [ch]Ab[/ch] [ch]Cm[/ch]\r\nJust to pass the time away[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Eb[/ch]            [ch]Cm[/ch]      [ch]Eb[/ch]\r\nThen suddenly someone cracked the bar room door[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Gm[/ch]\r\nAnd then pushed it open wide[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Cm[/ch]   [ch]Gm[/ch]\r\nAnd this huge tall dark dude[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Cm[/ch]                 [ch]Eb[/ch]            [ch]Cm[/ch] [ch]Eb[/ch]\r\nBowed his head and stepped inside[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Cm[/ch]                  [ch]Eb[/ch]\r\nI wonder where he's from?[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]Cm[/ch]\r\nSome blonde asked[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Eb[/ch]                         [ch]Cm[/ch]\r\nThe wind must have blown him in[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]Eb[/ch]\r\nBut an old Dutchman offered him a drink[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Cm[/ch]               [ch]Eb[/ch]             [ch]F[/ch]\r\nWhat will it be, whisky, rum or gin?[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]Ab[/ch]              [ch]F[/ch]\r\nSick him Fido, a redhead shouted[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Ab[/ch]                            [ch]Cm[/ch]\r\nShow him his way back to the street[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Eb[/ch]                                  [ch]Cm[/ch]\r\nBut the Great Dane just walked over and licked his hand[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Eb[/ch]                  [ch]Gm[/ch]\r\nAnd lay down at his feet[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Gm[/ch]\r\nHe said if you spare me that drink, Dutchman[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Gm[/ch]                         [ch]Cm[/ch]\r\nI promise I'll tell you how[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]Eb[/ch]                   [ch]Cm[/ch]\r\nThat I came to be the helpless sight[/tab]\r\n[tab]                       [ch]Eb[/ch]\r\nThat stands before you now[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Cm[/ch]\r\nI used to be an artist[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]                           [ch]Cm[/ch]             [ch]Eb[/ch]\r\nNot one who sits and fiddle out on the curb[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Cm[/ch]\r\nBut in my day and time[/tab]\r\n[tab]                        [ch]Eb[/ch]     [ch]F[/ch]\r\nMy music was considered superb[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]\r\nI wrote a song about a poor kid[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]Ab[/ch]          [ch]Cm[/ch]\r\nRaised down in New Orleans[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]Eb[/ch]\r\nIt didn't make the hall of fame[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Cm[/ch]                                [ch]Eb[/ch]    [ch]Gm[/ch]\r\nBut it bought us shrimp, rice and beans[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]Ab[/ch]\r\nHe kept at it until it made the big time,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Gm[/ch]                 [ch]F[/ch]   [ch]Cm[/ch]\r\nPlaying town after town[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Ab[/ch]                   [ch]Eb[/ch]\r\nUntil he met a woman he fell in love with[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Cm[/ch]                                  [ch]Eb[/ch]\r\nAnd it really turned his life around[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Cm[/ch]\r\nShe had eyes like Cleopatra[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]             [ch]Ab[/ch]\r\nAnd a head of luxurious hair[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Cm[/ch]                     [ch]Eb[/ch]\r\nWith the brilliance of her beauty[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Cm[/ch]                 [ch]Eb[/ch]\r\nNone other could compare[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]F[/ch]                      [ch]Ab[/ch]\r\nWhen she lifted her eyes to his[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F[/ch]                    [ch]Ab[/ch]\r\nHer lips would fall apart[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Cm[/ch]                           [ch]Eb[/ch]\r\nEach time she allowed him kiss her[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Cm[/ch]                      [ch]Eb[/ch]\r\nIt near petrified his heart[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Gm[/ch]\r\nBut when he ask her would she marry him[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Gm[/ch]                             [ch]F[/ch]\r\nHe'd give her everything he had[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]Cm[/ch]             [ch]Eb[/ch]\r\nShe turned and walked away[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]Gm[/ch]           [ch]Eb[/ch] [ch]Cm[/ch]\r\nAnd it nearly drove him mad[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]Eb[/ch]                  [ch]F[/ch]\r\nHe promised her a half a million[/tab]\r\n[tab]                   [ch]Ab[/ch]        [ch]Cm[/ch]\r\nAnd would even pay in advance[/tab]\r\n[tab]                     [ch]Eb[/ch]           [ch]Cm[/ch]\r\nIf she would let him prove himself[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]E[/ch]                [ch]F[/ch]\r\nOr at least give him a chance[/tab]\r\n[tab]                    [ch]Ab[/ch]\r\nAnd if he should go blind[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]F[/ch]                    [ch]Ab[/ch]\r\nAnd had to use his hands to feel[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Cm[/ch]                     [ch]Eb[/ch]\r\nHe would hire someone to do her work[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]Ab[/ch]            [ch]Eb[/ch] [ch]Gm[/ch]\r\nAnd prepare her every meal[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]Cm[/ch]                      [ch]Eb[/ch]\r\nHow could a man love a woman so much?[/tab]\r\n[tab]                           [ch]Gm[/ch] [ch]F[/ch]\r\nNot one of you would think![/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]Ab[/ch]    [ch]Cm[/ch]\r\nWell, I did and I still do[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Ab[/ch]            [ch]Gm[/ch]\r\nHey Dutchman, you promised me a drink![/tab]","plain_text":"*NOTE* Chuck speaks the lyrics of this song all the way through.\nThere are no chrous', no breaks, nothing! Just play and enjoy.\n\n[Verse]","chords":["Cm","Gm","A","Eb","F","Ab","E"],"chord_diagrams":{"Cm":{"barres":[3],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,3,4,2,1],"frets":[-1,3,5,5,4,3]},"E":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,1,0,0]},"F":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,2,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,2,1,1]},"Gm":{"barres":[3],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,1,1,1],"frets":[3,5,5,3,3,3]}}}