Duncan chords by
Paul Simon

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Key: E minor

Intro 1

Dm

Dm

Dm

Dm

Dm

Dm

Verse 1
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Couple in the next room
C C 
 
Bound to win a prize
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G G 
 
C C 
 
They've been going at it all night long
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F F 
 
Well, I'm tryin' to get some sleep
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F F 
 
But these motel walls are cheap
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F F 
 
Lincoln Duncan is my name
C C 
 
Dm Dm 
 
And here's my song, here's my  song
Dm Dm 
 

Verse 2
Dm Dm 
 
My father was a fisherman
C C 
 
My mama was a fisherman's friend
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G G 
 
And I  was born in the boredom
C C 
 
and the chowder
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F F 
 
So when I reached my prime
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F F 
 
I left my  home in the Maritimes
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F F 
 
C C 
 
Headed down the turnpike for New England
Dm Dm 
 
Sweet New England

Interlude 1

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F

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F

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F

Dm

C

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

Interlude 2
Bb Bb 
 
F F 
 
Bb Bb 
 
F F 
 
I know, I know, I know, I know,
I know, I know
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F F 
 
Dm Dm 
 
C C 
 
Dm Dm 
 
Dm Dm

Verse 5
Dm Dm 
 
Just later on the very same night
C C 
 
When I crept to her tent with a flashlight
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G G 
 
C C 
 
And my long years of innocence ended
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F F 
 
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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F F 
 
C C 
 
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
C C 
 
Oh, what a garden of delight
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G G 
 
C C 
 
Even now that sweet memory lingers
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F F 
 
I was playing my guitar
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F F 
 
Lyin' underneath the stars
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F F 
 
Just thankin' the Lord
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For my fingers
Dm Dm 
 
For my fingers

Outro 1
Bb Bb 
 
F F 
 
Bb Bb 
 
F F 
 
(I know, I know...)
Bb Bb 
 
F F 
 
Dm Dm 
 
C C 
 
Dm Dm 
 
[Repeat and fade]

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