#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE--------------------------------# #This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the# #song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research.# #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------# The Dutchman by Michael Peter Smith Standard E tuning. Capo at 3rd fret. Intro G Gm7 G6 Gm7 Verse 1 G Gm7 The Dutchman is not the kind of man G6 Gm7 Em to keep his thumb jambed in a dam that holds his dreams in. D G But that's a secret only Margaret knows. G Gm7 When Amsterdam is golden G6 Gm7 Em in the morning Margaret brings him breakfast. She believes him. D G He thinks the tulips bloom beneath the snow. Am D G He's mad as he can be, but Margaret only sees that sometimes. Am D7 G Sometimes she sees her unborn children in his eyes. Chorus: Am D G Let us go to the banks of the ocean, Am D G where the walls rise a-bove the Zuider Zee. Am D G Long a-go, I used to be a young man. Am D7 G Gm7 G6 Gm7 G (etc.) Now dear Margaret re-members that for me. [Intro riff] Verse 2 The Dutchman still wears wooden shoes. His hat and coat are patched with the love that Margaret sewed him. Sometimes he thinks he's still in Rotterdam. He watches tugboats down canals and calls out to them when he thinks he knows the captain, 'til Margaret comes to take him home again, through unforgiving streets that trip him though he holds her arm. Sometimes he thinks that he's alone and calls her name. [Chorus] Verse 3 The windmills whirl the winter wind. She winds his muffler tighter. They sit in the kitchen. Some tea with whiskey keeps away the dew. He sees her for a moment. He calls her name out. She makes the bed up, humming some old love song. She learned the tune when it was very new. He hums a line or two. They hum together in the dark. The Dutchman falls asleep & Margaret blows the candle out.[Chorus] EADgbe Bm xx4432 Em7 020000 G6 xx4002 G7 320001 Gm7 xx200x In this arrangement, the gentle soprano melody do - ti - la - ti plays on the upper e-string in the G - GM7 - G6 - GM7 sequence throughout the piece, and can easily be plucked between strums. The chords shown as "Em variants", i.e. Gm7 and G6 are chords in which only a few strings are used, making it somewhat problematic to come up with the name for them. It's the type of thing that can be heard, and can be easily demonstrated and understood, but not so easily conveyed in written form. Emphasis is on the lowest bass note: * In the case of the first one, the second fret of the D string * In the case of the second, the fourth fret of the D string Tabbed by Carey Driscoll <[email protected]>