Duncan chords by
Paul Simon

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Key: E minor

Intro 1

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Verse 1
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Couple in the next room
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Bound to win a prize
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They've been going at it all night long
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Well, I'm tryin' to get some sleep
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But these motel walls are cheap
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Lincoln Duncan is my name
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And here's my song, here's my    song
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Verse 2
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My father was a fisherman
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My mama was a fisherman's friend
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And I   was born in the boredom
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and the chowder
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So when I reached my prime
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I left my home in the Maritimes
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Headed down the turnpike for New England
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Sweet New England

Interlude 1

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Verse 3
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Holes in my confidence
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Holes in the knees of my jeans
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I was left without a penny in my pocket
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Ooh- wee
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I was about as destituted as a kid could be
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And I wished I wore a ring so I could hock it
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I'd like to hock  it
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Verse 4
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A young girl in a parkin' lot
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Was preaching to a crowd
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Singing sacred songs and
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Reading from the Bible
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Well, I told her I was lost
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And she told me all about the Pentecost
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And I seen that girl
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as the road to my survival

Interlude 2
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I know, I know, I know, I know,
I know, I know
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Verse 5
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Just later on the very same night
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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
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Sayin' "Here comes something,
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and it feels so good!"
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And just like a dog I was befriended
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I was befriended
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Verse 6
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Oh,   oh, what a night
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Oh, what a garden of delight
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Even now that sweet memory lingers
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I was playing my guitar
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Lyin' underneath the stars
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Just thankin' the Lord
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For my fingers
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For my fingers

Outro 1
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(I know, I know...)
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[Repeat and fade]

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