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Amsterdam

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David Robert Jones (8 January 1947 – 10 January 2016), known professionally as David Bowie, was an English singer, songwriter and actor. He was a leading figure in the music industry and is considered one of the most influential musicians of the 20th century, acclaimed by critics and musicians, particularly for his innovative work during the 1970s. His career was marked by reinvention and visual presentation, with his music and stagecraft having a significant impact on popular music.

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David Bowie - Amsterdam (1972)
(Cover, original written by Jacques Brel in French)

(In the first verse each chord indicated is swept once)

Am
In the port of Amsterdam
Em/G
There's a sailor who sings
F
Of the dreams that he brings
Em/G E
From the wide open sea

Am
In the port of Amsterdam
Em/G
There's a sailor who sleeps
F E
While the river bank weeps
Am
To the old willow tree

C
In the port of Amsterdam
G E/F
There's a sailor who dies
Am
Full of beer, full of cries
Em/G E
In a drunken town fight
F
In the port of Amsterdam
Em/G
There's a sailor who's born
F Em/G
On a hot muggy morn
Am
By the dawn's early light

(The rest of the song is strummed in 3/4 time)

Am
In the port of Amsterdam
Em/G
Where the sailors all meet
F
There's a sailor who eats
Em/G
Only fish heads and tails
Am
And he'll show you his teeth
Em/G
That have rotted too soon
F
That can haul up the sails
E Am
That can swallow the moon

C
And he yells to the cook
G E/F
With his arms open wide
Am
"Hey, bring me more fish
Em/G
Throw it down by my side"
F
And he wants so to belch
Em/G
But he's too full to try
F
So he stands up and laughs
Em/G Am
And he zips up his fly

Am
In the port of Amsterdam
Em/G
You can see sailors dance
F
Paunches bursting their pants
Em/G
Grinding women to porch
Am
They've forgotten the tune
Em/G
That their whiskey voice croaked
F
Splitting the night
E Am
With the roar of their jokes
C
And they turn and they dance
G E/F
And they laugh and they lust
Am Em/G
Till the rancid sound of the accordion bursts
F
And then out of the night
Em/G
With their pride in their pants
F
And the sluts that they tow
Em/G Am
Underneath the street lamps

Am
In the port of Amsterdam
Em/G
There's a sailor who drinks
F
And he drinks and he drinks
Em/G
And he drinks once again
Am
He'll drink to the health
Em/G
Of the whores of Amsterdam
F
Who've given their bodies
E Am
To a thousand other men
C
Yeah, they've bargained their virtue
G E/F
Their goodness all gone
Am
For a few dirty coins
Em/G
Well he just can't go on
F
Throws his nose to the sky
Em/G
And he aims it up above
F
And he pisses like I cry
Em/G Am
On the unfaithful love

Am
In the port of Amsterdam
E
In the port of Amsterdam
F E Am. E. Am.

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Em/G = 322000, E/F = X4X454

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