Chords for GORDON LIGHTFOOT THE AUCTIONEER

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_ _ _ very [B] kind. _ _
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_ _ [G#] _ _ _ [C#] I don't [B] even want to hear that
_ _ Well the [G#m] boys boy from [E] Arkansas
Wouldn't listen to his mama
[F#] Told him that he should go to [B] school
_ Well he'd sneak away in the afternoon
[E] Take a little walk
And pretty soon [F#] you'd find him
At the local auction [B] barn
[E] Well he's stainless [B] and godly
Until at last he began to [C#] say
How the auctioneer could talk so [F#] rapidly
_ _ [B] Well he said, oh my, it's done
[E] I've got to learn my auction [B] craft
I'm going to make [F#] my merchandise An [B] auctioneer
_ $25, $30, $35, [Em] $35, $35, [G#m] $35
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_ [B] _ _ $35, $35, $35, $35, $35
I got a $35, _ _ _ [E] $35, $35, [F#] $35
$35, [B] $35, $35, $35
$35, _ [G#m] _ _
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_ _ $35, $35, $35
And the time of night is [E] best of all
To [F#] digest and discover this book [B] night and _ day
It's about the time that you have the [E] burn
Just to work it up enough
Well [F#] Stomp started him a day as the [B] _
auctioneer
[E] And his thoughts are some you just can't [B] stand
To have a mediocre [C#] man celebrate an auction
Using [F#m] our good _ name
[B] And I won't have you up to auction this [E] good
And if you feel awfully [F#] spoiled
You can take your place [B] among the best
_ $35, $35, [E] $35, $35, $35
$35, _ _ [F#] $35, $35, $35, $35
[B] $35, $35, $35, [F#] $35, $35
[B] $35, $35, $35, $35, $35
I got a $35, $35, $35, $35
[E] And if you don't want to put it down
You can put [G#m] it down
I [F#] put it on the double [B] side of the deal
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_ _ [G#m] I'm glad that we're getting to school
A true man that played it [F#] cool
To come back on the full-fledged [B]
auctioneer
And the people of the miles [E] around
Wish they had a nigger that could make [F#] sound
That filled their hearts with such a [B] happy cheer
_ [E] Well his things spread from shore to shore
He [B] told that he could do it
[F#] Before he [C#] had to buy a plane to [F#] get around
Well, [B] he's the best in all of inland
[E] We're suppose to give that man [G#m] a hand
[F#] He's the best of all the _ [B]
auctioneers
$35, $35, [E] $35, $35 _ _
[B] $35, [F#] $35, _ [B] $35, $35 _ _
I've got a $35, $35, $35, _ [G#m] $35
[F#] I want to bid her [B] $35 deal
So [Bm] _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
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[F#] let's hope for a $30 [B] _ deal Thank you
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