Duncan chords by
Paul Simon
Paul Simon

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Key: E minor
Intro 1
Cm
Cm

Cm
Cm

Cm
Cm

Cm
Cm

Cm
Cm

Cm
Cm

Verse 1
Cm
Cm

Couple in the next room
Bb
Bb

Bound to win a prize
Eb
Eb

F
F

Bb
Bb

They've been going at it all night long
Ab
Ab

Eb
Eb

Well, I'm tryin' to get some sleep
Ab
Ab

Eb
Eb

But these motel walls are cheap
Ab
Ab

Eb
Eb

Lincoln Duncan is my name
Bb
Bb

Cm
Cm

And here's my song, here's my song
Cm
Cm

Verse 2
Cm
Cm

My father was a fisherman
Bb
Bb

My mama was a fisherman's friend
Eb
Eb

F
F

And I was born in the boredom
Bb
Bb

and the chowder
Ab
Ab

Eb
Eb

So when I reached my prime
Ab
Ab

Eb
Eb

I left my home in the Maritimes
Ab
Ab

Eb
Eb

Bb
Bb

Headed down the turnpike for New England
Cm
Cm

Sweet New England
Interlude 1
Ab
Ab

Eb
Eb

Ab
Ab

Eb
Eb

Ab
Ab

Eb
Eb

Cm
Cm

Bb
Bb

Cm
Cm

Cm
Cm

Verse 3
Cm
Cm

Holes in my confidence
Bb
Bb

Holes in the knees of my jeans
Eb
Eb

F
F

Bb
Bb

I was left without a penny in my pocket
Ab
Ab

Eb
Eb

Ooh- wee
Ab
Ab

Eb
Eb

I was about as destituted as a kid could be
Ab
Ab

Eb
Eb

Bb
Bb

And I wished I wore a ring so I could hock it
Cm
Cm

I'd like to hock it
Cm
Cm

Verse 4
Cm
Cm

A young girl in a parkin' lot
Bb
Bb

Was preaching to a crowd
Eb
Eb

Singing sacred songs and
F
F

Bb
Bb

Reading from the Bible
Ab
Ab

Eb
Eb

Well, I told her I was lost
Ab
Ab

Eb
Eb

And she told me all about the Pentecost
Ab
Ab

And I seen that girl
Eb
Eb

Bb
Bb

Cm
Cm

as the road to my survival
Interlude 2
Ab
Ab

Eb
Eb

Ab
Ab

Eb
Eb

I know, I know, I know, I know,
I know, I know
Ab
Ab

Eb
Eb

Cm
Cm

Bb
Bb

Cm
Cm

Cm
Cm

Verse 5
Cm
Cm

Just later on the very same night
Bb
Bb

When I crept to her tent with a flashlight
Eb
Eb

F
F

Bb
Bb

And my long years of innocence ended
Ab
Ab

Eb
Eb

Well, she took me to the woods
Ab
Ab

Sayin' "Here comes something,
Eb
Eb

and it feels so good!"
Ab
Ab

Eb
Eb

Bb
Bb

And just like a dog I was befriended
Cm
Cm

I was befriended
Cm
Cm

Verse 6
Cm
Cm

Oh, oh, what a night
Bb
Bb

Oh, what a garden of delight
Eb
Eb

F
F

Bb
Bb

Even now that sweet memory lingers
Ab
Ab

Eb
Eb

I was playing my guitar
Ab
Ab

Eb
Eb

Lyin' underneath the stars
Ab
Ab

Eb
Eb

Just thankin' the Lord
Bb
Bb

For my fingers
Cm
Cm

For my fingers
Outro 1
Ab
Ab

Eb
Eb

Ab
Ab

Eb
Eb

(I know, I know...)
Ab
Ab

Eb
Eb

Cm
Cm

Bb
Bb

Cm
Cm

[Repeat and fade]

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