Capo on the 3rd Fret



Intro: D   C   D   4 beats per note for the intro.  



Verse 1:

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Oh Gideon lived across the bay,



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He's getting older now.



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His boat is big and bold.



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She has a stalward bow



    G  

But my father's boat was second hand,



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One someone used before,



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And after every fishing trip



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My father always swore;



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That someday he would save enough



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To go to St. John's town.



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And buy himself a big new boat,



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A boat like Gideon Brown.

  

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A Boat Like Gideon Brown.





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                        Em  

 'Cause she can punch the head in any gale



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And ride the fishing grounds.



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I often thought how pround I'd be



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In a boat like Gideon Brown.



     C         D      G  

In a boat like Gideon Brown.



Verse 2:



     G         

Many years did pass away



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And Dad began to fade.



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He didn't talk of boats too much,



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He said "Son I'm afraid"



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If things don't soon improve



     C       G  

Then I'll be underground;



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Before we ever get to see ourselves,



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In a boat like Gideon Brown.



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          G  

I sat and held his hand one day



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And he said "Son, that policy"



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The insurance is all in your name



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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.



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