Tom: E5 E5 D5 Couple in the next room Bound to win a prize they've been G5 A5 D5 C5 G5 goin' at it all night long Well I'm tryin to get some sleep but these C5 G5 C5 G5 motel walls are cheep Lincoln Duncan is my name and here's my D5 E5 song here's my song E5 D5 My father was a fisherman my mama was a fisherman's friend And G5 A5 D5 I was born in the boredom and the chowder So C5 G5 C5 G5 when I reached my prime I left my home in the maritimes C5 G5 D5 headed down the turnpike for New England solo: C5 G5 C5 G5 C5 G5 E5 D5 E5 E5 D5 Holes in my confidence holes in the knees of my jeans I's G5 A5 D5 C5 G5 left without a penny in my pocket Oo hoo hoo wee I's a - bout C5 G5 C5 G5 destituted as a kid could be And I wish I wore a ring so I could D5 E5 hock it I'd like to hock it E5 D5 A young girl in a parking lot was preachin to a crowd singin. G5 A5 D5 sacred songs and reading from the bible Well I C5 G5 C5 G5 told her I was lost and she told me all about the Pentecost And I C5 G5 D5 E5 seen that girl as the road to my surviv - - - - - - al solo : C5 G5 C5 G5 C5 G5 E5 D5 E5 E5 Just latter on the very same night when I D5 G5 A5 crept to her tent with a flashlight and my long years of innocence D5 C5 G5 ended Well she took me to the woods sayin' C5 G5 C5 G5 "Here comes somethin' and it feels so good!" And just like a dog I was D5 E5 befriended I was befriended E5 D5 Oh oh what a night Oh what a garden of delight G5 A5 D5 Even now that sweet memory lingers C5 G5 C5 G5 playin' my guitar lying underneath the stars Just C5 G5 D5 E5 thankin' the lord for my fingers for my fingers fade out : C5 G5 C5 G5 C5 G5 E5 D5 E5
