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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 get some sleep but these
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motel walls are cheep Lincoln Duncan is my name and here's my
RE MIm
song here's my song
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My father was a fisherman my mama was a fisherman's friend And
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I was born in the boredom and the chowder So
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when I reached my prime I left my home in the maritimes
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headed down the turnpike for New England
solo:
DO SOL DO SOL DO SOL MIm RE MIm
MIm RE
Holes in my confidence holes in the knees of my jeans I's
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left without a penny in my pocket Oo hoo hoo wee I's a - bout
DO SOL DO SOL
destituted as a kid could be And I wish I wore a ring so I could
RE MIm
hock it I'd like to hock it
MIm RE
A young girl in a parking lot was preachin to a crowd singin.
SOL LA RE
sacred songs and reading from the bible Well I
DO SOL DO SOL
told her I was lost and she told me all about the Pentecost And I
DO SOL RE MIm
seen that girl as the road to my surviv - - - - - - al
solo :
DO SOL DO SOL DO SOL MIm RE MIm
MIm
Just latter on the very same night when I
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crept to her tent with a flashlight and my long years of innocence
RE DO SOL
ended Well she took me to the woods sayin'
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"Here comes somethin' and it feels so good!" And just like a dog I was
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befriended I was befriended
MIm RE
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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playin' my guitar lying underneath the stars Just
DO SOL RE MIm
thankin' the lord for my fingers for my fingers
fade out :
DO SOL DO SOL DO SOL MIm RE MIm
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