{"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":2112035,"song":"The Dutchman","artist":"Steve Goodman","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11458685-the-dutchman-chords-by-steve-goodman/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2112035?type=chord","rating":4.5745,"votes":67,"content":"[tab][ch]C[/ch]                                  \r\nThe Dutchman's not the kind of man [/tab]\r\n                                      \r\nWho keeps his thumb jammed in the dam \r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch] \r\nThat holds his dreams in, [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                             [ch]C[/ch]               \r\nBut that's a secret that only Margaret knows. [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]          \r\nWhen Amsterdam is golden in the summer, [/tab]\r\n          \r\nMargaret brings him breakfast, \r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch] \r\nShe believes him. [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                           [ch]C[/ch] \r\nHe thinks the tulips bloom beneath the snow. [/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]F[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch] [ch]B[/ch]   [ch]Am[/ch] \r\nHe's mad as he can be, but Margaret only sees that sometimes, [/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]F[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch] \r\nSometimes she sees her unborn children in his eyes. [/tab]\r\n\r\nChorus:\r\n[tab]       [ch]F[/ch]                      [ch]Em[/ch] \r\nLet us go to the banks of the ocean [/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]F[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch] \r\nWhere the walls rise above the Zuider Zee. [/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch] [ch]B[/ch]  [ch]Am[/ch] \r\nLong ago, I used to be a young man [/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]F[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch] \r\nAnd dear Margaret remembers that for me.[/tab]\r\n \r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch] \r\nThe Dutchman still wears wooden shoes, [/tab]\r\n \r\nHis cap and coat are patched with the love \r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch] \r\nThat Margaret sewed there. [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                                 [ch]C[/ch] \r\nSometimes he thinks he's still in Rotterdam. [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch] \r\nAnd he 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] \r\nTill Margaret comes [/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]C[/ch] \r\nTo take him home again [/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]Dm[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch] [ch]B[/ch]       [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] \r\nThrough unforgiving streets that trip him, though she holds his arm, [/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]F[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]                      [ch]C[/ch] \r\nSometimes he thinks he's alone and he calls her name. [/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch] \r\nThe winters whirl the windmills 'round [/tab]\r\n \r\nShe winds his muffler tighter \r\n[tab]         [ch]Dm[/ch] \r\nAnd they sit in the kitchen. [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                                    [ch]C[/ch] \r\nSome tea with whiskey keeps away the dew. [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch] \r\nAnd he sees her for a moment, calls her name, [/tab]\r\n[tab]                             [ch]Dm[/ch] \r\nShe makes the bed up singing some old love song, [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch] \r\nA song Margaret learned [/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]C[/ch] \r\nWhen it was very new. [/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]Dm[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]                  [ch]C[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch] [ch]B[/ch]    [ch]Am[/ch]   \r\nHe hums a line or two, they sing together in      the    dark. [/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]F[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]    \r\nThe Dutchman falls asleep and Margaret blows the candle out.[/tab]","plain_text":"Who keeps his thumb jammed in the dam \n\n\n\n          \nMargaret brings him breakfast, \n\n\n\n\n\nChorus:\n\n\n\n\n \n\n \nHis cap and coat are patched with the love \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \nShe winds his muffler tighter","chords":["C","Dm","G","F","B","Am","Em","A"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"B":{"barres":[2],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,2,3,4,1],"frets":[-1,2,4,4,4,2]},"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]},"Em":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,0,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,0,0]},"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]}}}