[Chords]
G        3 x 0 0 0 x
G/F#     2 x 0 0 0 x
A        x 0 2 2 2 x
A7/G     3 0 2 0 x x  (no 3)
G*       3 2 0 0 3 x
C*       x 3 2 0 1 3
Gsus2    3 0 0 0 3 5
G/B      x x 9 7 8 7
Cadd9    x 3 2 0 3 0
Gadd9    3 x 0 2 0 x

[Intro]


[Verse 1]
            
Couple in the 

             
next room    B

ound to win a 

prize  they've

 been
        
goin' at it  a

         
ll night long 

             
 Well I'm  try

              
in to get some

 
 sleep but the

se
             
motel walls ar

             
e cheap  Linco

             
ln Duncan is m

   
y name and her

e's my
             
song    here's

     
 my  song

[Verse 2]
            
My father was 

              
a fisherman  m

 
y mama was a f

isherman's fri

end  And
         
I was born in 

         
the boredom an

      
d the chowder 

             
             
So when I reac

            
hed my prime  

             
I left my home

        
 in the Mariti

mes
             
headed down th

            
e turnpike for

 
 New England
          
Sweet New Engl

and

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[Verse 3]
            
Holes in my co

          
nfidence  hole

s in the knees

 of my jeans  

I was
          
left without a

#       
 penny in my p

             
ocket    Oo  h

        
oo hoo  wee  I

 was about
             
destituted as 

             
a kid could be

             
 And I wished 

         
I wore a ring 

so I could
             
hock it   I'd 

        
like to hock i

t

[Verse 4]
            
A young girl i

              
n a parking lo

       
t was preachin

g to a crowd  

singing
         
sacred songs a

          
nd reading fro

       
m the Bible   

Well I
             
told her I was

            
 lost   and sh

             
e told me all 

           
about the Pent

ecost  And I
             
seen that girl

            
 as the road t

            
o my surviv--a


l

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[Verse 5]

Just later on 

the very same 

night I
             
crept to her t

              
ent with a fla

              
shlight and my

         
 long years of

     
 innocence
             
ended    Well 

             
she took me to

     
 the woods say

in'
             
"Here comes so

              
methin' and it

             
 feels so good

             
!" And just li

       
ke a dog I was
             
befriended   I

          
 was befriende

d

[Verse 6]
            
Oh  oh  what a

       
 night Oh what

 a garden of d

elight
         
Even now that 

         
sweet me-mory 

 
lingers   I wa

s
             
playin' my gui

           
tar   lying un

              
derneath the s

   
tars  Just
            
thankin' the l

*            
ord for my fin

              
gers    for my

 
 fingers

[Outro]
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