Lincoln Duncan
Paul Simon

Em                              D
The couple in the next room are bound to win a prize
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They've been going at it all night long
            C               G
And I'm trying to get some sleep
          C               G
But these motel walls are cheap
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Lincoln Duncan is my name and here's my song - here's my song

Em                            D
My father was a fisherman, my mother a fisherman's friend
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And I was born midst the boredom and the chowder
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When I hit my prime I left my home in the maritime
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And headed down the turnpike for New England - Sweet New England

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Em                            D
Holes in my confidence, I had holes in the knees of my jeans
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I was left without a penny in my pocket
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Hoo-Hoo-Whee - I'm about as destitute as a kid can be
      C            G                    D                     Em
And I wish I had a ring so I could hock it - I'd like to hock it

Em                     D
Girl in a parking lot, preaching to a crowd
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Singing sacred songs and reading from the bible
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I told her I was lost and she told me all about the Pentecost
      C                     G              D   Em
And I seen that girl as the road to my sur-vi-val

Em                               D
Later on that very same night, I crept to her tent with a flashlight
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And all my years of innocence were ended
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She took me to the woods and said, "Here comes something and it feels so good."
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And just like a dog, I was befriended - I was befriended

Em                           D
Oh, Oh, Oh what a night - Oh what a garden of delight
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Even now, the sweet memory lingers
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Just lying under the stars playing on my old guitar
    C            G               D               Em
And thanking the Lord for my fingers - For my fingers