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