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Amsterdam David Bowie
[Am]In the port of Amsterdam
There's a sailor wh[Em/G]o sings
Of the dreams that[F] he brings
From the wide open sea [Em/G] [E]
In the port of A[Am]msterdam
There's a sailor who sle[Em/G]eps
While the river bank wee[F]ps [E]
To the old willow[Am] tree
In the port of Am[C]sterdam
There's a sailor who die[G]s [E/F]
Full of beer, full[Am] of cries
In a drunken tow[Em/G]n fight [E]
In the port of Am[F]sterdam
There's a sailor who's b[Em/G]orn
On a hot [F]muggy morn [Em/G]
By the dawn's earl[Am]y light
(The rest of the song is strummed in 3/4 time)
[Am]In the port of Amsterdam
Where the sailors all me[Em/G]et
There's a sailor who eat[F]s
Only fish heads [Em/G]and tails
And he'll show you his t[Am]eeth
That have rotted too soon[Em/G]
That can haul up the sai[F]ls
That can swallow the moo[E]n [Am]
And he yells to t[C]he cook
With his arms open wide [G] [E/F]
"Hey, bring me m[Am]ore fish
Throw it down [Em/G]by my side"
And he wants so t[F]o belch
But he's too full to try[Em/G]
So he stands up [F]and laughs
And he zips up hi[Em/G]s fly [Am]
In the port of Am[Am]sterdam
You can see sail[Em/G]ors dance
Paunches bursting their [F]pants
Grinding women to porch [Em/G]
They've forgotten the tu[Am]ne
That their whiskey voice croaked[Em/G]
Splittin[F]g the night
With the roar of their j[E]okes [Am]
And they turn and they d[C]ance
And they laugh and they [G]lust [E/F]
Till the rancid sound of[Am] the accordion bursts
[Em/G]
And then out of the nigh[F]t
With their pride in their pants [Em/G]
And the sluts that [F]they tow
Underneath the s[Em/G]treet lamps [Am]
In the port of Am[Am]sterdam
There's a sailor who dri[Em/G]nks
And he drinks and[F] he drinks
And he drinks on[Em/G]ce again
He'll drink to t[Am]he health
Of the whores of [Em/G]Amsterdam
Who've given thei[F]r bodies
To a thousand ot[E]her men [Am]
Yeah, they've bargained their virtue [C]
Their goodness al[G]l gone [E/F]
For a few dirty [Am]coins
Well he just can't[Em/G] go on
Throws his nose to the sky[F]
And he aims it up [Em/G]above
And he pisses like I cry[F]
On the unfaithful love [Em/G] [Am]
In the port of Am[Am]sterdam
In the port of Am[E]sterdam
F E Am. E. Am.
[---]Em/G = 322000, E/F = X4X454
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