Duncan original guitar chords by
Paul Simon

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Key: E minor•

Intro 1

Em

Em

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Em

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Em

Em

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Em

Em

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Em

Em

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Em

Em

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

Interlude 1

C

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G

G

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C

C

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G

G

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C

C

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G

G

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G/F#

G/F#

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Em

Em

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D

D

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Em

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Em

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Verse 3
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Holes in my confidence
D/A D/A 2
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Holes in the knees of my jeans
G G 
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A A 
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D D 
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I was left without a penny in my pocket
C C 
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G G 
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Ooh- wee
C C 
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G G 
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I was about as destituted as a kid could be
C C 
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G G 
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D D 
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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
D/A D/A 2
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Was preaching to a crowd
G G 
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Singing sacred songs and
A A 
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D D 
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Reading from the Bible
C C 
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G G 
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Well, I told her I was lost
C C 
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G G 
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And she told me all about the Pentecost
C C 
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And I seen that girl
G G 
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D D 
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Em Em 
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as the road to my survival

Interlude 2
C C 
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G G 
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C C 
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G G 
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I know, I know, I know, I know,
I know, I know
C C 
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G G 
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G/F# G/F# 
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Em Em 
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D D 
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Em Em 
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Verse 5
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Just later on the very same night
D/A D/A 2
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When I crept to her tent with a flashlight
G G 
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A A 
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D D 
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And my long years of innocence ended
C C 
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G G 
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Well, she took me to the woods
C C 
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Sayin' "Here comes something,
G G 
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and it feels so good!"
C C 
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G G 
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D D 
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And just like a dog I was befriended
Em Em 
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I was befriended
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Verse 6
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Oh, oh, what a night
D/A D/A 2
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Oh,   what a garden of delight
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A A 
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D D 
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Even now that sweet memory lingers
C C 
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G G 
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I was playing my guitar
C C 
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G G 
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Lyin' underneath the stars
C C 
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G G 
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Just thankin' the Lord
D D 
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For my fingers
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For my fingers

Outro 1
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G G 
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C C 
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G G 
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(I know, I know...)
C C 
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G G 
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G/F# G/F# 
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Em Em 
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D D 
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Em Em 
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[Repeat and fade]

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