A Boat Like Gideon Brown Uke tab by Great Big Sea

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.
        Am          D 
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
        Am        D 
My father always swore;
      G 
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.
   C         D      G 
A Boat Like Gideon Brown.


CHORUS:
                         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
      C         D      G 
In a boat like Gideon Brown.
      C         D      G 
In a boat like Gideon 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,
    Am            D 
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,
      C         D      G 
In a boat like Gideon Brown.



CHORUS
           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
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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.


CHORUS x2