Am Em In the port of Amsterdam thereʼs a sailor who sings F E7 Of the dreams that he brings from the wide open sea Am Em In the port of Amsterdam thereʼs a sailor who sleeps Dm E7 Am While the river bank weeps to the old willow tree C G E7 In the port of Amsterdam thereʼs a sailor who dies Am Em E7 Full of beer, full of cries in a drunken town fight F E7 In the port of Amsterdam thereʼs a sailor whoʼs born Dm E7 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 E7 Thereʼs a sailor who eats only fish heads and tails Am Em And heʼll show you his teeth that have rotted too soon Dm E7 Am That can haul up the sails that can swallow the moon C G E7 And he yells to the cook with his arms open wide Am Em E7 Hey, bring me more fish throw it down by my side F E7 And he wants so to belch but heʼs too full to try Dm E7 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 E7 Paunches bursting their pants grinding women to porch Am Em Theyʼve forgotten the tune that their whiskey voice croaked Dm E7 Am Splitting the night with the roar of their jokes C G E7 And they turn and they dance and they laugh and they lust Am Em E7 Till the rancid sound of the accordion bursts F E7 And then out of the night with their pride in their pants Dm E7 Am And the sluts that they tow underneath the street lamps Am Em In the port of Amsterdam thereʼs a sailor who drinks F E7 And he drinks and he drinks and he drinks once again Am Em Heʼll drink to the health of the whores of Amsterdam Dm E7 Am Whoʼve given their bodies to a thousand other men C G E7 Yeah, theyʼve bargained their virtue their goodness all gone Am Em E7 For a few dirty coins well he just canʼt go on F E7 Throws his nose to the sky and he aims it up above Dm E7 Am And he pisses like I cry on the unfaithful love Am Em In the port of Amsterdam, in the port of Amsterdam F E7 Am E7 Am
