Amsterdam
Aj RoachVersion1
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Chords in this song
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D-DU-UDU
In the Port of Amsterdam, there's a sailor who sings
Of the dreams that he brings from a wide-open sea
And in the Port of Amsterdam, there's a sailor who sleeps
as the river bank weeps with the old willow tree
And in the Port of Amsterdam, there's a sailor who dies
full of beer, full of cries from a drunken town fight
And in the Port of Amsterdam, there's a sailor who's born
on a hot, muggy morn, 'neath the dawns early light
In the Port of Amsterdam, where the sailors all meet
there's a sailor who eats only fish heads and tails
He'll show you his teeth that have rotted too soon
That could haul up the sails, that could swallow the moon.
And he'll scream to the cook, with his arms open wide
Bring me more fish, throw'em down by my side
And he wants so to belch, but he's too full to try
So he stands up and laughs, and then unzips his fly
In the Port of Amsterdam, you can watch sailors dance
**Honchos burst in their pants, finding women to punch
They've forgotten the tune that their whiskey voice croaked
Spending the night with the roar of their joke
And they turn and they dance and they laugh and they lust
To the rancid sound of their accordion burst
And then out in the night with their pride in their pants
And the sluts after **two underneath the street lamps
In the Port of Amsterdam, there's a sailor who drinks
And he drinks and he drinks and he drinks once again
And he drinks to the health of the whores of Amsterdam
Who have given themselves to a thousand other men
And they'll trade in their virtue, their goodness all gone
For a **pilfery of coins, till they just can't go on
Throws his nose to the sky, and he aims up above
And then pisses a cry for an unfaithful love
In the PORT OF AMSTERDAM, In the PORT OF AMSTERDAM!!!
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Readable chord sheet for Amsterdam by Aj Roach
In the P[Am]ort of Amsterdam, there's a [Em]sailor who sings Of the [F]dreams that he brings from a [Em]wide-open sea And in the [Am]Port of Amsterdam, there's a [Em]sailor who sleeps as the r[C]iver bank [Em]weeps with the [Am]old willow tree And in the P[C]ort of Amsterdam, there's a s[G]ailor who dies full of [Am]beer, full of cries from a [Em]drunken town fight And in the [F]Port of Amsterdam, there's a [Em]sailor who's born on a [C]hot, muggy [Em]morn, 'neath the [Am]dawns early light In the [Am]Port of Amsterdam, where the [Em]sailors all meet there's a [F]sailor who eat[Em]s only fish heads and tails He'll [Am]show you his teeth that have [Em]rotted too soon That could [C]haul up the [Em]sails, that could [Am]swallow the moon. And he'll s[C]cream to the cook, with his a[G]rms open wide [Am]Bring me more fish, throw'em [Em]down by my side And he [F]wants so to belch, but he's [Em]too full to try So he [C]stands up and [Em]laughs, and then [Am]unzips his fly In the [Am]Port of Amsterdam, you can [Em]watch sailors dance **Honchos [F]burst in their pants, finding [Em]women to punch They've f[Am]orgotten the tune that their w[Em]hiskey voice croaked [C]Spending the [Em]night with the [Am]roar of their joke And they [C]turn and they dance and they [G]laugh and they lust To the [Am]rancid sound of their [Em]accordion burst And then [F]out in the night with their [Em]pride in their pants And the [C]sluts after **[Em]two under[Am]neath the street lamps In the [Am]Port of Amsterdam, there's a [Em]sailor who drinks And he [F]drinks and he drinks and he [Em]drinks once again And he [Am]drinks to the health of the [Em]whores of Amsterdam Who have [C]given thems[Em]elves to a [Am]thousand other men And they'll [C]trade in their virtue, their [G]goodness all gone For a **[Am]pilfery of coins, till they [Em]just can't go on Throws his [F]nose to the sky, and he [Em]aims up above And then [C]pisses a [Em]cry for an [Am]unfaithful love [Am]In the PORT OF AMSTERDAM, In the [Em]PORT OF AMSTERDAM!!! [C] [G] [Em] [Am]