The Auctioneer - Gordon Lightfoot Chords
Chords: G, C, D, A
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INTRO:
G
G
Open the gate and let 'em out and walk 'em boys
G
I want a five dollar want a bid
C
Who wouldn't listen to his ma
D G D
When she told him that he should go to school
G
Well, he'd sneak away in the afternoon
C
Take a little walk and pretty soon
D G
You'd find him at the local auction barn
C
Well, he'd stand and listen carefully
G
Until at last he began to see
A D
How the auctioneer could talk so rapidly
G
Well, he said, "Oh my, it's do or die
C
I've got to learn that auction cry
D G
Gonna make my mark and be an auctioneer"
C
Will you make it thirty, bid it on a thirty dollar thirty dollar
D G D
Will you give me thirty, will you give me thirty dollar bill
G
I got a thirty dollar bid you now
C
Five will you beat it on a thirty-five, bid it on thirty-five, thirty-five
D G
Who's gonna bid it at a thirty-five dollar bill
INSTRUMENTAL:
G C D G C D G
C
And all could see he did not jest
D G D
He practiced calling bids both night and day
G
Well, his pappy found him behind the barn
C
Just working up an awful storm
D G
As he tried to imitate the auctioneer
C
Then his pop said, "Son, we just can't stand
G
To have a mediocre man
A D
Selling things at auction, using our good name
G
Gonna send you off to auction school
C
And then you'll be nobody's fool
D G
And you can take your place among the best"
C
Will you make it forty, bid it on a forty dollar forty dollar
D G D
Will you give me forty, will you give me forty dollar bill
G
I got a forty dollar bid you now
C
Five will you beat it on a forty-five, bid it on forty-five, forty-five
D G
Who's gonna bid it at a forty-five dollar bill
INSTRUMENTAL:
G C D G C D G
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