A Boat Like Gideon Brown Tab par Great Big Sea

Intro:  F   D#   F  [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
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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 A#ideon Brown.
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A Boat Like A#ideon Brown.


CHORUS:
                         Gm 
 '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 A#ideon Brown.
      D#         F      A# 
In a boat like A#ideon Brown.



Verse 2:
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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
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Then I'll be underground;
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Before we ever get to see ourselves,
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In a boat like A#ideon Brown.



CHORUS
           A# 
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
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And when I'm gone they'll pay you off.
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Then go to St. John's town
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And buy yourself a big, new boat,
      D#         F      A# 
In a boat like A#ideon Brown.
      D#         F      A# 
In a boat like A#ideon Brown.


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