Het Kleine Cafe Aan De Haven - Vader Abraham Chords
Chords: Dm, Am, E, A, D
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Genre: classical, folk, traditional
"Het kleine cafe aan de haven" by Vader Abraham (Pierre Kartner) 1976.
It is covered by Engelbert Humperdinck "The little cafe by the harbour"
I wrote this song in Am (because easy chords and color of chords).
- Original is in Gm, so you may use Capo 10th fret or transpose -2.
- Tip to play along original: Transpose +5 to Dm and set capo 5.
Verses are melangolic, so most chords are minorized.
- The chorus has a more happy sound, so chords are more straight.
All beats in all verses & chorus have a chord.
Song has 6/8 beat (so every beat you can count 123456).
- This 6/8 beat is great for finger picking (see [Intro]).
For strumming don't go into the 6/8, just 2x per beat (2/4),
- otherwise you'll kill the softness of this song.
[Intro chords last 2 line verse]
Dm Am E Am Am
e|-------1-----|-------0-----|-------0-----|-------0-----|-------0-----|
B|-----3---3---|-----1---1---|-----0---0---|-----1---1---|-----1---1---|
G|---2-------2-|---2-------2-|---1-------1-|---2-------2-|---2-------2-|
D|-0-----------|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
A|-------------|-0-----------|-------------|-0-----------|-0-----------|
E|-------------|-------------|-0-----------|-------------|-------------|
[Verse 1]
Am Am
De avondzon valt over straten en pleinen
Am E
De gouden zon zakt in de stad.
E E
En mensen die moe in hun huizen verdwijnen
E Am
Ze hebben de dag weer gehad.
Am Am
De neonreclame die knip-oogt langs ramen
Am Dm
Het mot-regent zachtjes op straat.
Dm Am
De stad lijkt gestorven, toch klinkt er muziek
E A A
Uit een deur die nog wijd open staat.
[Chorus]
A A A A
Daar in dat kleine café aan de haven
A A E E
Daar zijn de mensen gelijk en tevree.
D D A A
Daar in dat kleine café aan de haven
E E Am Am
Daar telt je geld of wie je bent niet meer mee.
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