A#m Fm In the port of Amsterdam thereʼs a sailor who sings F# F7 Of the dreams that he brings from the wide open sea A#m Fm In the port of Amsterdam thereʼs a sailor who sleeps D#m F7 A#m While the river bank weeps to the old willow tree C# G# F7 In the port of Amsterdam thereʼs a sailor who dies A#m Fm F7 Full of beer, full of cries in a drunken town fight F# F7 In the port of Amsterdam thereʼs a sailor whoʼs born D#m F7 A#m On a hot muggy morn by the dawnʼs early light A#m A#m Fm In the port of Amsterdam where the sailors all meet F# F7 Thereʼs a sailor who eats only fish heads and tails A#m Fm And heʼll show you his teeth that have rotted too soon D#m F7 A#m That can haul up the sails that can swallow the moon C# G# F7 And he yells to the cook with his arms open wide A#m Fm F7 Hey, bring me more fish throw it down by my side F# F7 And he wants so to belch but heʼs too full to try D#m F7 A#m So he stands up and laughs and he zips up his fly A#m Fm In the port of Amsterdam you can see sailors dance F# F7 Paunches bursting their pants grinding women to porch A#m Fm Theyʼve forgotten the tune that their whiskey voice croaked D#m F7 A#m Splitting the night with the roar of their jokes C# G# F7 And they turn and they dance and they laugh and they lust A#m Fm F7 Till the rancid sound of the accordion bursts F# F7 And then out of the night with their pride in their pants D#m F7 A#m And the sluts that they tow underneath the street lamps A#m Fm In the port of Amsterdam thereʼs a sailor who drinks F# F7 And he drinks and he drinks and he drinks once again A#m Fm Heʼll drink to the health of the whores of Amsterdam D#m F7 A#m Whoʼve given their bodies to a thousand other men C# G# F7 Yeah, theyʼve bargained their virtue their goodness all gone A#m Fm F7 For a few dirty coins well he just canʼt go on F# F7 Throws his nose to the sky and he aims it up above D#m F7 A#m And he pisses like I cry on the unfaithful love A#m Fm In the port of Amsterdam, in the port of Amsterdam F# F7 A#m F7 A#m
