Sailor The Girls of Amsterdam. By Marcel Veltman No one ever posted a tab of this curious British Popband, which nevertheless brought it to some success in the 1970's. They even made it near the top of international chards with cute songs like 'Traffic Jam' 'In the streets' and 'Sailor'. Beside that, they were among the first ever to use a synthesizer in popular light music. Before that, such instruments were only known to German tecno-freaks and British sympho-rockers. There were no Simple Minds, Petshop Boys and no portable Rolands back then. This song was on an LP I once owned many years ago. If someone still knows all the words, please fill me in. Done without synthesizer, it really sounds like the folk traditional it deserves to be. Am, C, Dm, F, Am

Be^Amautifull dolls in the w^Cindows Pat^Fiently biding their t^Cime But their e^Gyes looking out to a s^Amtreet full of men W^Gho are trying to make up their m^Aminds And the lights they keep sh^Cining From e^Fve to silvery d^Cown But w^Gho needs to sleep when you're f^Amallen in love With the gi^Crls of A^Gmster^Amdam, ^Dmboy, the g^Cirls of ^GAmster^Amdam

Late last night we were drinking Down in the corner café When fighting broke out with terrible shouts And people were running away From the cops that came stream in Trying to bring us all in But we spent the night in soft, silky beds With the girls of Amsterdam, boy, the girls of Amsterdam (bridge)

S^Fome people shout at them, b^Clush them with shame O^Gthers may call them by s^Amilly old names But n^Gobody loves a ^Csai^Amlor Like the g^Cirls of ^GAmster^Amdam, ^Dmboy, the g^Cirls of ^GAmster^Amdam Am, C, Dm, F, Am.

Sailor - The girls of amsterdam