Duncan
Paul Simon
Intro Em riff C C addG G {x3) D4 Dsus D Dsus Em
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Couple in the next room bound to win a prize,
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They've been goin' at it all night long.
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Well, I'm tryin' to get some sleep, but these motel walls are cheap.
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Lincoln Duncan is my name, and here's my song, here's my song.
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My father was a fisherman, my mamma was a fisherman's friend.
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And I was born in the boredom and the chowder.
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So when I reached my prime, I left my home in the Maritime.
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Headed down the turnpike for New England, sweet New England.
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Holes in my confidence, holes in the knees of my jeans.
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I was left without a penny in my pocket.
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Ooo--ooo-- eee, I’m about destitute as a kid could be,
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And I wished I wore a ring so I could hock it, I'd like to hock it.
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A young girl in a parking lot was preachin' to a crowd
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Singin' sacred songs and reading from the Bible.
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Well, I told her I was lost, and she told me all about the Pentecost.
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And I seen that girl as the road to my survi--val.
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Just later on the very same night when I crept to her tent with a flashlight,
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And my long years of innocence ended.
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Well, she took me to the woods sayin', "Here comes somethin' and it feels so good
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And just like a dog I was befriended, I was befriended.
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Oh, oh what a night, oh what a garden of delight.
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Even now that sweet memory lingers.
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I was playin' my guitar, lying underneath the stars,
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Just thankin' the Lord for my fingers, for my fingers.
Outro riff C CaddG G {x3) D4 Dsus D Dsus Em