Hank Snow (The Auctioneer) Chords
Tempo:
131.6 bpm
Chords used:
D
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Ab
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Eb
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
Hey, well, all right, sir, here we go there, and what are you gonna give for?
I'm at $600 down here now, 10 and now, 25 and now, 35 and now, 50 now, 60, will you give me 60 now, 75, 75, another 85, and I'll put another 5 there.
There was a boy in [C] Arkansas who wouldn't listen to his [D] ma when she told him he should [G] go to school.
[D] He'd sneak away in the afternoon, [C] take a little walk, then pretty [D] soon you'd find him at the local [G] auction barn.
[C] He'd stand there to listen carefully, [G] then pretty soon he began to see [A] how the auctioneer could talk so [D] rapidly.
[G] He said, oh my, it's your [C] die, I've got to learn that auction [D] cry, got to make my mark and be an [G]
auctioneer.
Well, and if I had all the bidder now, $30, [C] 30, will you give me 30, make it 30 bidder, mama, [D] $30, will you give me 30, who would bid a [G] $30 bid?
[D] [G] $30 bidder now, 35, will [C] you give me 35, to make it 35, to bid a [D] 35, who would bid it at a $35 [G]
bid?
[Ab] As time went on, he did his best [Db] and all could see, he didn't jest, [Eb] he practiced calling bids both night [Ab] and day.
[Eb] [Ab] His pap would find him behind the barn [Db] just working up an awful storm [Eb] as he tried to imitate the [Ab] auctioneer.
Then [Db] his pap said, son, we just can't [Ab] stand to have a mediocre man [Bb] selling things at auction using [Eb] our good name.
[Ab] I'll send you off to auction [Db] school, then you'll be nobody's fool, [Eb] you can take your place among [Ab] the best.
$35 bidder now, $40, 40, [Db] will you give me 40, make it 40 bidder, mama, $40, [Eb] $40, who would bid a $40 [Ab] bid?
[Eb] [Ab]
$40 bidder now, 45, will you [Db] give me 45, to make it 45, to bid a 45, [Eb] who would bid it at a $45 [Ab] bid?
[A]
So from that boy who went to school [D] there grew a man who played it cool, [B] he came back home [E] a full-fledged [A] auctioneer.
[E] [A] Then the people came from miles around [D] to hear him make that rhythmic sound [E] that filled their hearts with such a happy [A] cheer.
[D] His fame spread out from shore to shore, [A] he had all he could do and more, [B] had to buy a plane to [E] get around.
[A] Now he's the top sin all the land, [D] let's go and give that man a [E] hand, he's the best of all the [A]
auctioneers.
$45 bidder now, $50, 50, [D] will you give me 50, make it 50, bidder, mama, $50, [E] will you give me 50, who would bid a $50 [A] bid?
[E] [A] $50 bidder now, 55, will you [D] give me 55, to make it 55, to bid a 55, [E] I sold that hog for a $50 [A] bid.
Hey, well, all right, sir, open the gate and let him out and walk him, boys.
Here we come to lot number 29 in, what are you going to give for him?
I'm a 25, I'll give [B] $35, 50, make it 50, bidder, mama, 59, 60, will you give me 60, I'll sell it for $80, $85, $95, $100, $120.
I'm at $600 down here now, 10 and now, 25 and now, 35 and now, 50 now, 60, will you give me 60 now, 75, 75, another 85, and I'll put another 5 there.
There was a boy in [C] Arkansas who wouldn't listen to his [D] ma when she told him he should [G] go to school.
[D] He'd sneak away in the afternoon, [C] take a little walk, then pretty [D] soon you'd find him at the local [G] auction barn.
[C] He'd stand there to listen carefully, [G] then pretty soon he began to see [A] how the auctioneer could talk so [D] rapidly.
[G] He said, oh my, it's your [C] die, I've got to learn that auction [D] cry, got to make my mark and be an [G]
auctioneer.
Well, and if I had all the bidder now, $30, [C] 30, will you give me 30, make it 30 bidder, mama, [D] $30, will you give me 30, who would bid a [G] $30 bid?
[D] [G] $30 bidder now, 35, will [C] you give me 35, to make it 35, to bid a [D] 35, who would bid it at a $35 [G]
bid?
[Ab] As time went on, he did his best [Db] and all could see, he didn't jest, [Eb] he practiced calling bids both night [Ab] and day.
[Eb] [Ab] His pap would find him behind the barn [Db] just working up an awful storm [Eb] as he tried to imitate the [Ab] auctioneer.
Then [Db] his pap said, son, we just can't [Ab] stand to have a mediocre man [Bb] selling things at auction using [Eb] our good name.
[Ab] I'll send you off to auction [Db] school, then you'll be nobody's fool, [Eb] you can take your place among [Ab] the best.
$35 bidder now, $40, 40, [Db] will you give me 40, make it 40 bidder, mama, $40, [Eb] $40, who would bid a $40 [Ab] bid?
[Eb] [Ab]
$40 bidder now, 45, will you [Db] give me 45, to make it 45, to bid a 45, [Eb] who would bid it at a $45 [Ab] bid?
[A]
So from that boy who went to school [D] there grew a man who played it cool, [B] he came back home [E] a full-fledged [A] auctioneer.
[E] [A] Then the people came from miles around [D] to hear him make that rhythmic sound [E] that filled their hearts with such a happy [A] cheer.
[D] His fame spread out from shore to shore, [A] he had all he could do and more, [B] had to buy a plane to [E] get around.
[A] Now he's the top sin all the land, [D] let's go and give that man a [E] hand, he's the best of all the [A]
auctioneers.
$45 bidder now, $50, 50, [D] will you give me 50, make it 50, bidder, mama, $50, [E] will you give me 50, who would bid a $50 [A] bid?
[E] [A] $50 bidder now, 55, will you [D] give me 55, to make it 55, to bid a 55, [E] I sold that hog for a $50 [A] bid.
Hey, well, all right, sir, open the gate and let him out and walk him, boys.
Here we come to lot number 29 in, what are you going to give for him?
I'm a 25, I'll give [B] $35, 50, make it 50, bidder, mama, 59, 60, will you give me 60, I'll sell it for $80, $85, $95, $100, $120.
Key:
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_ _ Hey, well, all right, sir, here we go there, and what are you gonna give for?
I'm at $600 down here now, 10 and now, 25 and now, 35 and now, 50 now, 60, will you give me 60 now, 75, 75, another 85, and I'll put another 5 there.
_ There was a boy in [C] Arkansas who wouldn't listen to his [D] ma when she told him he should [G] go to school.
_ [D] He'd sneak away in the afternoon, [C] take a little walk, then pretty [D] soon you'd find him at the local [G] auction barn.
_ [C] He'd stand there to listen carefully, [G] then pretty soon he began to see [A] how the auctioneer could talk so [D] rapidly.
_ _ [G] He said, oh my, it's your [C] die, I've got to learn that auction [D] cry, got to make my mark and be an [G]
auctioneer.
_ Well, and if I had all the bidder now, $30, [C] 30, will you give me 30, make it 30 bidder, mama, [D] $30, will you give me 30, who would bid a [G] $30 bid?
[D] _ _ [G] $30 bidder now, 35, will [C] you give me 35, to make it 35, to bid a [D] 35, who would bid it at a $35 [G]
bid?
_ _ [Ab] _ _ _ As time went on, he did his best [Db] and all could see, he didn't jest, [Eb] he practiced calling bids both night [Ab] and day.
[Eb] _ [Ab] His pap would find him behind the barn [Db] just working up an awful storm [Eb] as he tried to imitate the [Ab] auctioneer.
Then [Db] his pap said, son, we just can't [Ab] stand to have a mediocre man [Bb] selling things at auction using [Eb] our good name.
_ [Ab] I'll send you off to auction [Db] school, then you'll be nobody's fool, [Eb] you can take your place among [Ab] the best. _ _
$35 bidder now, $40, 40, [Db] will you give me 40, make it 40 bidder, mama, $40, [Eb] $40, who would bid a $40 [Ab] bid?
[Eb] _ _ [Ab]
$40 bidder now, 45, will you [Db] give me 45, to make it 45, to bid a 45, [Eb] who would bid it at a $45 [Ab] bid?
_ _ [A] _
_ So from that boy who went to school [D] there grew a man who played it cool, [B] he came back home [E] a full-fledged [A] auctioneer.
_ [E] _ [A] Then the people came from miles around [D] to hear him make that rhythmic sound [E] that filled their hearts with such a happy [A] cheer.
_ _ [D] His fame spread out from shore to shore, [A] he had all he could do and more, [B] had to buy a plane to [E] get around.
_ [A] Now he's the top sin all the land, [D] let's go and give that man a [E] hand, he's the best of all the [A]
auctioneers.
_ _ $45 bidder now, $50, 50, [D] will you give me 50, make it 50, bidder, mama, $50, [E] will you give me 50, who would bid a $50 [A] bid?
_ [E] _ _ [A] $50 bidder now, 55, will you [D] give me 55, to make it 55, to bid a 55, [E] I sold that hog for a $50 [A] bid.
_ Hey, well, all right, sir, open the gate and let him out and walk him, boys.
Here we come to lot number 29 in, what are you going to give for him?
I'm a 25, I'll give [B] $35, 50, make it 50, bidder, mama, 59, 60, will you give me 60, I'll sell it for $80, $85, $95, $100, $120. _ _ _ _
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I'm at $600 down here now, 10 and now, 25 and now, 35 and now, 50 now, 60, will you give me 60 now, 75, 75, another 85, and I'll put another 5 there.
_ There was a boy in [C] Arkansas who wouldn't listen to his [D] ma when she told him he should [G] go to school.
_ [D] He'd sneak away in the afternoon, [C] take a little walk, then pretty [D] soon you'd find him at the local [G] auction barn.
_ [C] He'd stand there to listen carefully, [G] then pretty soon he began to see [A] how the auctioneer could talk so [D] rapidly.
_ _ [G] He said, oh my, it's your [C] die, I've got to learn that auction [D] cry, got to make my mark and be an [G]
auctioneer.
_ Well, and if I had all the bidder now, $30, [C] 30, will you give me 30, make it 30 bidder, mama, [D] $30, will you give me 30, who would bid a [G] $30 bid?
[D] _ _ [G] $30 bidder now, 35, will [C] you give me 35, to make it 35, to bid a [D] 35, who would bid it at a $35 [G]
bid?
_ _ [Ab] _ _ _ As time went on, he did his best [Db] and all could see, he didn't jest, [Eb] he practiced calling bids both night [Ab] and day.
[Eb] _ [Ab] His pap would find him behind the barn [Db] just working up an awful storm [Eb] as he tried to imitate the [Ab] auctioneer.
Then [Db] his pap said, son, we just can't [Ab] stand to have a mediocre man [Bb] selling things at auction using [Eb] our good name.
_ [Ab] I'll send you off to auction [Db] school, then you'll be nobody's fool, [Eb] you can take your place among [Ab] the best. _ _
$35 bidder now, $40, 40, [Db] will you give me 40, make it 40 bidder, mama, $40, [Eb] $40, who would bid a $40 [Ab] bid?
[Eb] _ _ [Ab]
$40 bidder now, 45, will you [Db] give me 45, to make it 45, to bid a 45, [Eb] who would bid it at a $45 [Ab] bid?
_ _ [A] _
_ So from that boy who went to school [D] there grew a man who played it cool, [B] he came back home [E] a full-fledged [A] auctioneer.
_ [E] _ [A] Then the people came from miles around [D] to hear him make that rhythmic sound [E] that filled their hearts with such a happy [A] cheer.
_ _ [D] His fame spread out from shore to shore, [A] he had all he could do and more, [B] had to buy a plane to [E] get around.
_ [A] Now he's the top sin all the land, [D] let's go and give that man a [E] hand, he's the best of all the [A]
auctioneers.
_ _ $45 bidder now, $50, 50, [D] will you give me 50, make it 50, bidder, mama, $50, [E] will you give me 50, who would bid a $50 [A] bid?
_ [E] _ _ [A] $50 bidder now, 55, will you [D] give me 55, to make it 55, to bid a 55, [E] I sold that hog for a $50 [A] bid.
_ Hey, well, all right, sir, open the gate and let him out and walk him, boys.
Here we come to lot number 29 in, what are you going to give for him?
I'm a 25, I'll give [B] $35, 50, make it 50, bidder, mama, 59, 60, will you give me 60, I'll sell it for $80, $85, $95, $100, $120. _ _ _ _
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