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[Intro] D C D [4 beats per note for the intro.] [Verse] 1:
Oh GGideon lived across the bay, HCe's getting oGlder now. HCis boat is bGig and bold. She has Ama stalward bDow But mGy father's boat was second hand, OCne someone uGsed before, ACnd after eGvery fishing trip My fatheAmr always sDwore; That sGomeday he would save enough TCo go to SGt. John's town. ACnd buy himsGelf a big new boat, A bCoat like GDideon BGrown. A BCoat Like GDideon BGrown.
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'Cause she can punch theEm head in any gale And rCide the fishing gDrounds. I oGften thought how pEmround I'd be In a bCoat like GDideon BGrown. In a bCoat like GDideon BGrown.
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Many yGears did pass away ACnd Dad began to fGade. He dCidn't talk of bGoats too much, He sAmaid "Son I'm aDfraid" If tGhings don't soon improve Then IC'll be uGnderground; BCefore we ever get to see oGurselves, In a bCoat like GDideon BGrown.
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I sat and hGeld his hand one day And he sCaid "Son, that pGolicy" The iCnsurance is all in yGour name YAmou're the bDeneficiary And wGhen I'm gone they'll pay you off. Then gCo to St. JGohn's town And bCuy yourself a big, new bGoat, In a bCoat like GDideon BGrown. In a bCoat like GDideon BGrown.
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