Key: C
C
chords. I've given the forms, call them what you will.
Enjoy,
C
C/A
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C
C/A
C9/B
C6
Who keeps his thumb jammed in the dam
Dm
That holds his dreams in
G
C
C/A
C9/B
C/A
But that's a secret only Margret knows
C
C/A
When Amsterdam is golden
C9/B
C/A
in the summer, Margret brings him breakfast;
Dm
she believes him
G
Em
He thinks the tulips bloom beneath the snow
Dm
G
Em
He's mad as he can be but Margret only sees that sometimes
Dm
G
C
C7
Sometimes she sees her unborn children in his eyes
(Chorus:)
F
G
Em
Let us go to the banks of the ocean
Dm
G
C
C7
Where the walls rise above the Zeider Zee
F
G
Em
Long ago, I used to be a young man
Dm
G
C
C/A
C9/B
C/A
But Margret remembers that for me
His coat and cap are patched with