A Boat Like Gideon Brown
Great Big SeaVersion1
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Oh Gideon lived across the bay,
He's getting older now.
His boat is big and bold.
She has a stalward bow
But my father's boat was second hand,
One someone used before,
And after every fishing trip
My father always swore;
That someday he would save enough
To go to St. John's town.
And buy himself a big new boat,
A boat like Gideon Brown.
A Boat Like Gideon Brown.
'Cause she can punch the head in any gale
And ride the fishing grounds.
I often thought how pround I'd be
In a boat like Gideon Brown.
In a boat like Gideon Brown.
Many years did pass away
And Dad began to fade.
He didn't talk of boats too much,
He said "Son I'm afraid"
If things don't soon improve
Then I'll be underground;
Before we ever get to see ourselves,
In a boat like Gideon Brown.
I sat and held his hand one day
And he said "Son, that policy"
The insurance is all in your name
You're the beneficiary
And when I'm gone they'll pay you off.
Then go to St. John's town
And buy yourself a big, new boat,
In a boat like Gideon Brown.
In a boat like Gideon Brown.
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Readable chord sheet for A Boat Like Gideon Brown by Great Big Sea
D C D [4 beats per note for the intro.] Oh G[G]ideon lived across the bay, H[C]e's getting o[G]lder now. H[C]is boat is b[G]ig and bold. She has [Am]a stalward b[D]ow But m[G]y father's boat was second hand, O[C]ne someone u[G]sed before, A[C]nd after e[G]very fishing trip My fathe[Am]r always s[D]wore; That s[G]omeday he would save enough T[C]o go to S[G]t. John's town. A[C]nd buy hims[G]elf a big new boat, A b[C]oat like G[D]ideon B[G]rown. A B[C]oat Like G[D]ideon B[G]rown. 'Cause she can punch the[Em] head in any gale And r[C]ide the fishing g[D]rounds. I o[G]ften thought how p[Em]round I'd be In a b[C]oat like G[D]ideon B[G]rown. In a b[C]oat like G[D]ideon B[G]rown. Many y[G]ears did pass away A[C]nd Dad began to f[G]ade. He d[C]idn't talk of b[G]oats too much, He s[Am]aid "Son I'm a[D]fraid" If t[G]hings don't soon improve Then I[C]'ll be u[G]nderground; B[C]efore we ever get to see o[G]urselves, In a b[C]oat like G[D]ideon B[G]rown. I sat and h[G]eld his hand one day And he s[C]aid "Son, that p[G]olicy" The i[C]nsurance is all in y[G]our name Y[Am]ou're the b[D]eneficiary And w[G]hen I'm gone they'll pay you off. Then g[C]o to St. J[G]ohn's town And b[C]uy yourself a big, new b[G]oat, In a b[C]oat like G[D]ideon B[G]rown. In a b[C]oat like G[D]ideon B[G]rown.