EmD
Couple in the next room, bound to win a prize
GAD
They've been going at it all night long
CGCG
Well, I'm trying to get some sleep, but these motel walls are cheap
CGDEm
Lincoln Duncan is my name and here's my song, here's my song
EmD
My father was a fisherman, my mama was the fisherman's friend
GAD
And I was born in the boredom and the chowder
CGCG
So when I reached my prime, I left my home in the Maritimes
CGDEm
Headed down the turnpike for New England, sweet New England
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Holes in my confidence, holes in the knees of my jeans
GAD
I was left without a penny in my pocket.
CGCG
Oo hoo hoo wee I was about destituted as a kid could be
CGDEm
And I wished I wore a ring so I could hock it, I'd like to hock it
EmD
A young girl in a parking lot was preaching to a crowd
GAD
Singing sacred songs and reading from the Bible
CGCG
Well, I told her I was lost, and she told me all about the Pentecost
CGDEm
And I seen that girl as the road to my surviv - - - - - - al
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Just later on the very same night
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when I crept to her tent with a flashlight
GAD
and my long years of innocence ended
CGCG
Well, she took me to the woods, saying "Here comes something and it feels so good!"
CGDEm
And just like a dog I was befriended I was befriended
EmD
Oh, oh, what a night, Oh what a garden of delight
GAD
Even now that sweet memory lingers
CGCG
I was playing my guitar, lying underneath the stars
CGDEm
Just thanking the Lord for my fingers, for my fingers
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