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Song
The Dutchman by Michael Peter Smith
In response to a request for this song, here are the lyrics, chords
and some tablature for the introduction.The tab is somewhat simplified from the
way I actually play it (since I'm never exactly sure what my fingers are doing
when I'm fingerpicking) but it should get you started on a picking pattern. I
use barre forms of the Dm, G, and Em (barring the 5th, 3rd, and 7th fret,
respectively) in the verses and use the simpler forms in the chorus.This seems
to make the bass work out nicely.
Enjoy,
Denny Straussfogel
Chords:
C x32010
C/A x02010
Cmaj9/B x20010
Intro and first two lines:
e|----------------0----------------0------| B|--1----------------1--1--------------1--| G|-------------0----------------0---------| D|-------2-------------------2------------| A|--3-------------------0-----------------| E|----------------------------------------|
^ ^ ^ ^
The Dutchman's not the kind of man Who
e|-----------------0------------------0----| B|-1------------------1---1--------------1-| G|-----------0---------------------0-------| D|-------0--------------------2------------| A|-2----------------------0----------------| E|-----------------------------------------|
^ ^ ^ ^
keeps his thumb jammed in the dam ..
The Dutchman's not the kind of man
Who keeps his thumb jammed in the dam
That holds his dreams in
But that's a secret only Margret knows
When Amsterdam is golden
in the morning, Margret brings him breakfast;
she believes him
He thinks the tulips bloom beneath the snow
He's mad as he can be but Margret only sees that sometimes
Sometimes she sees her unborn children in his eyes
(Chorus)
Let us go to the banks of the ocean
Where the walls rise above the Zeider Zee
Long ago, I used to be a young man
But Margret remembers that for me
The Dutchman still wears wooden shoes
His coat and cap are patched with
The love that Margret sewed in
Sometimes he thinks he's still in Rotterdam
He watches tugboats, down canals
And calls out to them when he thinks
He knows the captains
'Til Margret comes to take him home again
Through unforgiving streets that trip him
Though she holds his arm
Sometimes he thinks that he's alone
And calls out her name.
(Chorus)
The windmills whirl the winter in
She winds his muffler tighter, they sit in the kitchen
Some tea with whiskey keeps away the dew
He sees her for a moment, calls her name
She makes the bed up humming some old love song
She learned it when the tune was very new
He hums a line or two, they hum together in the dark
The Dutchman falls asleep and Margret blows the candle out
(Chorus)
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