Intro:
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Verse 1:
    G 
Oh Gideon lived across the bay,

 C            G 
He's getting older now.

 C           G 
His boat is big and strong and bold.

        Am          D 
She has a stalwart bow

     G 
But my father's boat was second hand,

 C           G 
One someone used before,

 C         G 
And after every fishing trip

        Am        D 
My father always swore;

      G 
That someday he would save enough

 C        G 
To go to St. John's town.

 C          G 
And buy himself a big new boat,

   C         D      G 
A boat like Gideon Brown.

   C         D      G 
A Boat Like Gideon Brown.


CHORUS:

                        Em 
'Cause she can punch the head in any gale

     C                D 
And ride the fishing grounds.

   G                 Em 
I often thought how pround I'd be

      C         D      G 
In a boat like Gideon Brown.

      C         D      G 
In a boat like Gideon Brown.

Verse 2:

      G
Many years did pass away

 C                G 
And Dad began to fade.

    C              G 
He didn't talk of boats too much,

    Am            D 
He said "Son I'm afraid"

    G
If things don't soon improve

      C       G 
Then I'll be underground;

 C                         G 
Before we ever get to see ourselves,

      C         D      G 
In a boat like Gideon Brown.

CHORUS

           G 
I sat and held his hand one day

        C               G 
And he said "Son, that policy"

     C                   G 
The insurance is all in your name

 Am         D 
You're the beneficiary

     G 
And when I'm gone they'll pay you off.

      C         G 
Then go to St. John's town

     C                       G 
And buy yourself a big, new boat,

      C         D      G 
In a boat like Gideon Brown.

      C         D      G 
In a boat like Gideon Brown.