Chords for duncan | paul simon | acoustic cover ft. george krikes | stories

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_ _ _ _ _ _ Couple in the next room, [C] they're bound to win a prize
They've been going at [G] it all night [C] long _ _
_ [Bb] I'm trying to [F] get some sleep, [Bb] but these motel [F] walls are cheap
Lincoln [Bb] Duncan is [F] my name and here's [C] my song
_ _ [G] Here's my [Dm] song _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ My father was a fisherman [C] and my mama was a fisherman's friend
[F] I was [G] born in the boredom [C] and the chowder
_ _ [Bb] So when I [F] reached my prime, [Bb] I left my home in [F] the Maritimes
[Bb] Headed down [F] the turnpike for [C] New England, _ _ sweet [Dm] New England
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_ _ Holes in my confidence, [C] holes in the knees of my jeans
[F] I was left [G] without a penny in [C] my pocket
_ _ [Bb] Singing, ooh [F] wee, I was [Bb] about this to do [F] to this kid could be
[Bb] And I wished I wore [F] a ring so I [C] could hawk it, I'd like to [E] hawk it
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_ _ _ _ _ A young girl in the parking lot [C] was preaching to a crowd _
[F] Singing sacred songs and [G] reading from [C] the Bible
_ _ Well I [Bb] told her I [F] was lost and she told me all about the [F] Pentecost
[Bb] Then I seen that girl [F] was the road to my [C] _ _ _
survival
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_ _ [F] _ _ [Bb] [F] Ooh, ooh, _
_ [Bb] ooh, I know, I know, [F] I know, I know, I [A] know, I know
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_ [F] [E] Ooh, ooh, [Dm] _ _ [C] ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ ooh _
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Just later on the very same [C] night when I crept to her tent with the flashlight
The long [G] years had been [C] no sense in it
_ _ [Bb] Well she took me to [F] the woods [Bb] saying here comes [F] something that feels so [Bb] good
And just [F] like a dog I [C] was befriended, _ I was [Dm] befriended _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ Oh, oh, what a [C] night, oh, what a garden of delight
[F] Even now that [G] sweet memory [C] _ lingers _
I [Bb] was playing [F] my guitar, [Bb] lying underneath [F] the stars
[Bb] Just thanking [F] the Lord for [C] my fingers, _ for [Dm] my fingers
_ _ [Bb] Ooh, _ _
_ _ [F] ooh, ooh, _ [Bb] _
I know, I know, I [F] know, I know, I know, I [A] know
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Ooh, [Dm] ooh, _ _ [C] _ _
ooh, [E] ooh, [Dm] ooh, _ _ [Bb] _
_ _ ooh, [G] _ _ [F] ooh, _ [Bb] ooh
_ I know, I know, [F] I know, I know, I know, I [Bb] know
Ooh, _
_ _ _ _ [E] ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, [C] ooh, _ ooh
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