Am Em In the port of Amsterdam thereʼs a sailor who sings F E Of the dreams that he brings from the wide open sea Am Em In the port of Amsterdam thereʼs a sailor who sleeps Dm E Am While the river bank weeps to the old willow tree C G E In the port of Amsterdam thereʼs a sailor who dies Am Em E Full of beer, full of cries in a drunken town fight F E In the port of Amsterdam thereʼs a sailor whoʼs born Dm E Am On a hot muggy morn by the dawnʼs early light Am Am Em In the port of Amsterdam where the sailors all meet F E Thereʼs a sailor who eats only fish heads and tails Am Em And heʼll show you his teeth that have rotted too soon Dm E Am That can haul up the sails that can swallow the moon C G E And he yells to the cook with his arms open wide Am Em E Hey, bring me more fish throw it down by my side F E And he wants so to belch but heʼs too full to try Dm E Am So he stands up and laughs and he zips up his fly Am Em In the port of Amsterdam you can see sailors dance F E Paunches bursting their pants grinding women to porch Am Em Theyʼve forgotten the tune that their whiskey voice croaked Dm E Am Splitting the night with the roar of their jokes C G E And they turn and they dance and they laugh and they lust Am Em E Till the rancid sound of the accordion bursts F E And then out of the night with their pride in their pants Dm E Am And the sluts that they tow underneath the street lamps Am Em In the port of Amsterdam thereʼs a sailor who drinks F E And he drinks and he drinks and he drinks once again Am Em Heʼll drink to the health of the whores of Amsterdam Dm E Am Whoʼve given their bodies to a thousand other men C G E Yeah, theyʼve bargained their virtue their goodness all gone Am Em E For a few dirty coins well he just canʼt go on F E Throws his nose to the sky and he aims it up above Dm E Am And he pisses like I cry on the unfaithful love Am Em In the port of Amsterdam, in the port of Amsterdam F E Am E Am
