| Em | D | |
| Couple in the next room | Bound to win a prize they've been |
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| goin' at it | all night | long Well | I'm tryin to g | et some sleep but these |
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| motel walls are | cheep Lincoln D | uncan is my n | ame and here's my |
| D | Em | |
| song here's my | song |
| Em | D | |
| My father was a fisherman my | mama was a fisherman's friend And |
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| I was born in the b | oredom and the | chowder So |
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| when I reached my p | rime I left m | y home in the | maritimes |
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| headed down the t | urnpike for New E | ngland |
| solo: |
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| Em | D | |
| Holes in my confidence | holes in the knees of my jeans I's |
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| left without a | penny in my | Oo hoo hoo | wee I's a - bout |
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| destituted as a | kid could be And I | wish I wore a ri | ng so I could |
| D | Em | |
| hock it I'd like to | hock it |
| Em | D | |
| A young girl in a parking lot was p | reachin to a crowd singin. |
| G | A | D | |
| sacred songs and | reading from the | bible Well I |
| C | G | C | G | |
| told her I was | lost and she | told me all about the P | entecost And I |
| C | G | D | Em |
seen that girl as the road to my surviv - - - - - - al
| solo : |
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| Em | |
| Just latter on the very same night when I |
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| crept to her tent with a flashlight and my | long years o | f innocence |
| D | C | G | |
| ended Well she | took me to the | woods sayin' |
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| "Here comes somethin' and it | feels so good!" And j | ust like a | dog I was |
| D | Em | |
| befriended I was befri | ended |
| Em | D | |
| Oh oh what a night | Oh what a garden of delight |
| G | A | D | |
| Even n | ow that sweet | memory | lingers |
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| playin' my gui | tar lying u | nderneath the st | ars Just |
| C | G | D | Em | |
| thankin' the | lord for my | fingers for my | fingers |
| fade out : |
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