Learn to play "Port of Amsterdam" on your ukulele with our detailed chord guide and lyrics. This page provides everything you need to play this song on the ukulele, including lyrics integrated with chords, chord diagrams, and a key transposer to match your vocal range.
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This section will guide you through each part of the song, providing the ukulele chords placed directly above the lyrics for easy playing. Whether you are a beginner or an experienced player, these elements will help you perform "Port of Amsterdam" smoothly on your ukulele.
Am In the port of Amsterdam Em there's a sailor who sings F Of the dreams that he brings E from the wide open sea Am In the port of Amsterdam Em there's a sailor who sleeps F E While the river bank weeps Am to the old willow tree C In the port of Amsterdam G E there's a sailor who dies Am Full of beer, full of cries Em in a drunken town fight F In the port of Amsterdam Em there's a sailor who's born Dm E On a hot muggy morn Am by the dawn's early light In the port of Amsterdam Where the sailors all meet There's a sailor who eats Only fish heads and tails And he'll show you his teeth That have rotted too soon That can haul up the sails That can swallow the moon And he yells to the cook With his arms open wide "Hey, bring me more fish Throw it down by my side" And he wants so to belch But he's too full to try So he stands up and laughs And he zips up his fly In the port of Amsterdam You can see sailors dance Paunches bursting their pants Grinding women to porch They've forgotten the tune That their whiskey voice croaked Splitting the night With the roar of their jokes And they turn and they dance And they laugh and they lust Till the rancid sound of the accordion bursts And then out of the night With their pride in their pants And the sluts that they tow Underneath the street lamps In the port of Amsterdam There's a sailor who drinks And he drinks and he drinks And he drinks once again He'll drink to the health Of the whores of Amsterdam Who've given their bodies To a thousand other men Yeah, they've bargained their virtue Their goodness all gone For a few dirty coins Well, he just can't go on Throws his nose to the sky And he aims it up above And he pisses like I cry On the unfaithful love In the port of Amsterdam In the port of Amsterdam | TransposeReset Font sizeReset Ukulele Chord DiagramsAm C Dm E Em F G G# Here you can see detailed diagrams for each ukulele chord used in the song. Utilize our key transposer to adjust the chords to a key that better fits your singing range. Simply select the desired key, and the chords throughout this page will update automatically, ensuring you can play and sing comfortably. |
If you are also interested in learning how to play "Port of Amsterdam" on the guitar, check out the chords on our sister site: Guitar Chords for "Port of Amsterdam" by David Bowie.