Jethro Tull – Flying Dutchman (Guitar)

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Album: Stormwatch Chords: Håkan Mattsson Piano intro Em D repeatedly
Em               D       Cmaj7    D 
Old lady with a barrow; life near ending 

Em               D           Cmaj7         D 
Standing by the harbour wall; warm wishes sending 

    Am             D 
  children on the cold sea swell --- 

   F   G          D 
  not fishers of men --- 

   Am       D             G    Em 
  gone to chase away the last herring: 

   Am  G            D 
  come empty home again. 

 F                             G 
So come all you lovers of the good life 

  F        G           D 
  on your supermarket run --- 

 F                 G 
Set a sail of your own devising 

  C              G                D 
  and be there when the Dutchman comes, 

            Am            G                D      B 
  you'd better be there when the Dutchman comes.
Em D...
Em               D       Cmaj7          D 
Wee girl in a straw hat: from far east warring 

Em               D           Cmaj7         D 
Sad cargo of an old ship: young bodies whoring 

    Am        D 
  Slow ocean hobo --- 

   F      G             D 
  ports closed to her crew 

   Am     D        G Em 
  No hope of immigration --- 

   Am      G         D 
  keep on passing through. 

 F                             G 
So come all you lovers of the good life 

   F              G             D 
  your children playing in the sun --- 

 F                 G 
Set a sympathetic flag a-flying 

  C              G                D 
  and be there when the Dutchman comes, 

            Am            G                D      B 
  you'd better be there when the Dutchman comes.
Instrumental: Am Em D x4 D C D x5 (?)
Em                      D       Cmaj7          D 
Death grinning like a scarecrow --- Flying Dutchman 

Em                         D        Cmaj7         D 
Seagull pilots flown from nowhere --- try and touch one 

    Am                   D 
  as she slips in on the full tide 

   F      G             D 
  and the harbour-master yells 

   Am     D                  G Em 
All hands vanished with the captain --- 

   Am      G         D 
  no one left, the tale to tell. 

 F                             G 
So come all you lovers of the good life 

   F                G       D 
  Look around you, can you see? 

 F                      G 
Staring ghostly in the mirror --- 

  C         G                 D 
  it's the Dutchman you will be 

 Am          G            D 
..floating slowly out to sea 

  C 
  in a misty misery.
Em D repeatedly End: C G A A Em