| Capo at 3rd fret. |
| Intro |
| G(320033) G2 E7 G2(320003) |
| Verse |
| G | G2 | |
| The | Dutchman is not the | kind of man |
| E7 | GM7 | Am | |
| to | keep his thumb jambed | in a dam that | holds his dreams in. |
| D | G | Em | |
| But | that's a secret only Margaret | knows. | | |
| G | G2 | |
| When | Amsterdam is | golden |
| E7 | G2 | Am | |
| in the | morning Margaret | brings him breakfast. | She believes him. |
| D | G | Em | |
| He | thinks the tulips bloom beneath the | snow. | | |
| Am | D | Bm | |
| He's mad as | he can be, but | Margaret only | sees that sometimes. |
| Am | D7 | G | G7 | |
| Sometimes she | sees her unborn | children in his | eyes. | | |
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| C | D | Bm | |
| Let us | go to the | banks of the | ocean, |
| C | D | Em | |
| where the | walls rise a- | bove the Zuider | Zee. |
| C | D | Bm | |
| Long a- | go, I | used to be a | young man. |
| C | D7 | G | |
| Now dear | Margaret re- | members that for | me. (Intro) |
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