The Dutchman 创作者：
Celtic Thunder
Keith Harkin
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调：F major

Verse 1
D D 
 
The Dutchman's not
the kind of man
Who keeps his thumb jammed in the dam
Em Em 
 
A A 
 
That holds his dreams in,
But that's a secret that only
D D 
 
Margaret knows.

Verse 2
D D 
 
When Amsterdam is golden
in the summer,
Em Em 
 
Margaret brings him breakfast,
A A 
 
She believes him.
He thinks the tulips bloom
D D 
 
beneath the snow.

Verse 3
Em Em 
 
He's mad as he  can be,
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D D 
 
but Margaret only sees that sometimes,
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Em Em 
 
Sometimes she sees her
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G G 
 
D D 
 
unborn children in his eyes.
A A 
 

Verse 4
D D 
 
Em Em 
 
A A 
 
Let us go  to the banks
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Bm Bm 
 
of the ocean
Em Em 
 
A A 
 
Where the walls rise above
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the Zuider Zee.
Em Em 
 
A A 
 
D D 
 
Bm Bm 
 
Long ago, I used to be a young man
Em Em 
 
And dear Margaret remem
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bers that for me.
D D 
 

Verse 5
The Dutchman still wears wooden shoes,
His cap and coat are patched
with the love
Em Em 
 
That Margaret sewed there.
A A 
 
Sometimes he thinks he's
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still in Rotterdam.

Verse 6
D D 
 
And he watches the tug-
boats down canals
An' calls out to them when
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he thinks he knows the Captain.
A A 
 
Till Margaret comes
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To take him home again

Verse 7
Em Em 
 
A A 
 
Through unforgiving streets that trip
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him, though she holds his arm,
Bm Bm 
 
Em Em 
 
A A 
 
Sometimes he thinks   he's alone
and he calls her name.
G G 
 
D D 
 
A A 
 

Verse 8
D D 
 
Em Em 
 
A A 
 
Let us go  to the banks of
D D 
 
Bm Bm 
 
the ocean
Em Em 
 
A A 
 
Where the walls rise above
D D 
 
the Zuiderzee.
Em Em 
 
Long ago,
A A 
 
D D 
 
Bm Bm 
 
I used to be a young man
Em Em 
 
And dear Margaret remem
A A 
 
bers that for me.
D D 
 

Verse 9
The winters whirl the windmills 'round
She winds his muffler tighter
Bm Bm 
 
Em Em 
 
And they sit in  the kitchen.
A A 
 
Some tea with whiskey
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keeps away the dew.

Verse 10
D D 
 
And he sees her for a moment,
calls her name,
She makes the bed up singing
Em Em 
 
some old love song,
A A 
 
A song Margaret learned
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When it was very new.

Verse 11
Em Em 
 
He hums a line or two,
A A 
 
D D 
 
they sing together in the dark.
Bm Bm 
 
Em Em 
 
A A 
 
The Dutchman falls asleep and Margaret
G G 
 
D D 
 
Em Em 
 
blows the candle out.
D D 
 

Verse 12
Em Em 
 
A A 
 
D D 
 
Let us go  to the banks of the ocean
Bm Bm 
 
Em Em 
 
A A 
 
Where the walls rise above
D D 
 
the Zuiderzee.
Em Em 
 
Long ago,
A A 
 
D D 
 
Bm Bm 
 
I used to be a young man
Em Em 
 
And dear Margaret re
A A 
 
members that for me.
G G 
 
D D 
 
Em Em 
 