G#m D#m In the port of Amsterdam thereʼs a sailor who sings E D#7 Of the dreams that he brings from the wide open sea G#m D#m In the port of Amsterdam thereʼs a sailor who sleeps C#m D#7 G#m While the river bank weeps to the old willow tree B F# D#7 In the port of Amsterdam thereʼs a sailor who dies G#m D#m D#7 Full of beer, full of cries in a drunken town fight E D#7 In the port of Amsterdam thereʼs a sailor whoʼs born C#m D#7 G#m On a hot muggy morn by the dawnʼs early light G#m G#m D#m In the port of Amsterdam where the sailors all meet E D#7 Thereʼs a sailor who eats only fish heads and tails G#m D#m And heʼll show you his teeth that have rotted too soon C#m D#7 G#m That can haul up the sails that can swallow the moon B F# D#7 And he yells to the cook with his arms open wide G#m D#m D#7 Hey, bring me more fish throw it down by my side E D#7 And he wants so to belch but heʼs too full to try C#m D#7 G#m So he stands up and laughs and he zips up his fly G#m D#m In the port of Amsterdam you can see sailors dance E D#7 Paunches bursting their pants grinding women to porch G#m D#m Theyʼve forgotten the tune that their whiskey voice croaked C#m D#7 G#m Splitting the night with the roar of their jokes B F# D#7 And they turn and they dance and they laugh and they lust G#m D#m D#7 Till the rancid sound of the accordion bursts E D#7 And then out of the night with their pride in their pants C#m D#7 G#m And the sluts that they tow underneath the street lamps G#m D#m In the port of Amsterdam thereʼs a sailor who drinks E D#7 And he drinks and he drinks and he drinks once again G#m D#m Heʼll drink to the health of the whores of Amsterdam C#m D#7 G#m Whoʼve given their bodies to a thousand other men B F# D#7 Yeah, theyʼve bargained their virtue their goodness all gone G#m D#m D#7 For a few dirty coins well he just canʼt go on E D#7 Throws his nose to the sky and he aims it up above C#m D#7 G#m And he pisses like I cry on the unfaithful love G#m D#m In the port of Amsterdam, in the port of Amsterdam E D#7 G#m D#7 G#m
