Liam Clancy - The Dutchman Ukulele Chords

[Opening]
The [C]Dutchman’s not the kind of man to keep his thumb jammed in the dam
That [Dm]holds his dreams in [Dm]
[G]But that’s a secret that only [C]Margaret knows.

[section 2]
[C]When Amsterdam is golden,
In the morning Margaret brings him breakfast, [Dm]
She believes him. [G]

[section 3]
[G]He thinks the tulips bloom [C]beneath the snow.
He’s mad as [Dm]he can be, but [G]Margaret only [C]sees that [G]sometimes,
[Am]Sometimes she [Dm]sees her unborn [G]children in his [C]eyes.

[chorus]
Let us [Dm]go to the [G]banks of the [C]ocean [G] [Am]
[Dm]Where the walls rise a[G]bove the Zuider [C]Zee. [G] [Am]
Long a[Dm]go, I [G]used to be a [C]young man [G] [Am]
And dear [Dm]Margaret re[G]members that for [C]me.

[section 4]
[C]The Dutchman still wears wooden shoes, his cap and coat are patched with the love
That [Dm]Margaret sewed there. [Dm]
[G]Sometimes he thinks he’s still in [C]Rotterdam.
He [C]watches the tugboats down canals

[section 5]
An’ calls out to them when he thinks he [Dm]knows the Captain. [Dm] [G]
Till Margaret comes to take him [C]home again
Through unfor[Dm]giving streets that [G]trip him, though she [C]holds his arm, [G] [Am]
Sometimes he [Dm]thinks he’s a[G]lone and he calls her [C]name.

[chorus]
Let us [Dm]go to the [G]banks of the [C]ocean [G] [Am]
[Dm]Where the walls rise a[G]bove the Zuider [C]Zee. [G] [Am]
Long a[Dm]go, I [G]used to be a [C]young man [G] [Am]
And dear [Dm]Margaret re[G]members that for [C]me.

[section 6]
Ohh the [C]windmills swirl the winter wind, she winds his muffler tighter
[Dm]they sit in the kitchen. [Dm]
[G]And a tea with whiskey keeps a[C]way the dew. He sees her for a moment, calls her name,

[Closing]
She makes the bed up humming [Dm]some old [G]love song,
She learned it when the tune was [C]very new
He hums a [Dm]line or two, they [G]hum together in the [C]night. [G] [Am]
The Dutchman [Dm]falls asleep and [G]Margaret blows the [C]candle out.

[chorus]
Let us [Dm]go to the [G]banks of the [C]ocean [G] [Am]
[Dm]Where the walls rise a[G]bove the Zuider [C]Zee. [G] [Am]
Long a[Dm]go, I [G]used to be a [C]young man [G] [Am]
And dear [Dm]Margaret re[G]members that for [C]me.

[chorus]
Let us [Dm]go to the [G]banks of the [C]ocean [G] [Am]
[Dm]Where the walls rise a[G]bove the Zuider [C]Zee. [G] [Am]
Long a[Dm]go, I [G]used to be a [C]young man [G] [Am]
And dear [Dm]Margaret re[G]members that for [C]me.