Duncan (CHORDS) by Paul Simon

[Verse 1]~
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Couple in the next room Bound to win a prize  they've been

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goin' at it  all night long  Well I'm  tryin to get some sleep but these

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motel walls are cheep  Lincoln Duncan is my name and here's my

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song here's my  song


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My father was a fisherman  my mama was a fisherman's friend  And

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I was born in the boredom and the chowder So

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when I reached my prime  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


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[Verse 2]~
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Holes in my confidence holes in the knees of my jeans I's

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left without a penny in my pocket Oo  hoo hoo  wee  I's a - bout

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destituted as a kid could be And I wish I wore a ring so I could

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hock it I'd like to hock it


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A young girl in a parking lot was preachin to a crowd singin.

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sacred songs and reading from the bible Well I

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told her I was lost   and she told me all about the Pentecost And I

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seen that girl as the road to my surviv - - - - - - al


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[Verse 3]~
~Em
Just latter on the very same night when I

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crept to her tent with a flashlight and my long years of innocence

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ended Well she took me to the woods sayin'

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"Here comes somethin' and it feels so good!" And just like a dog I was

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befriended I was befriended


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Oh  oh  what a night Oh what a garden of delight

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Even now that sweet memory lingers

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playin' my guitar   lying underneath the stars Just

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thankin' the lord for my fingers    for my fingers


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