The Auctioneer Gordon Lightfoot
CAPO: 3rd Fret
[INTRO:] G
N.C.
Hey well, all right, sir
Open the gate and let 'em out and walk 'em boys [G]
N.C.
Here we come and let in number twenty-nine
What are you gonna give for the little fella
[CBORUS:]
I [G]want a five dollar want a bid
Would you bid it on a five on a five on a five
Will you bid it on a twenty-five
Got a twenty-five dollar would you bid it on five on the five
Will you bid it on a thirty dollar five on five
Will you bid it on a five, will you bid it on a thirty-five
[VERSE 1:]
Well, there was a boy from Arkansas
Who [C]wouldn't listen to his ma
When [D]she told him that he should go to [G]school[D]
Well, he'd [G]sneak away in the afternoon
Take a [C]little walk and pretty soon
You'd [D]find him at the local auction [G]barn
[VERSE 2:]
Well, he'd [C]stand and listen carefully
Un[G]til at last he began to see
How the [A]auctioneer could talk so rapid[D]ly
Well, he [G]said, "Oh my, it's do or die
I've [C]got to learn that auction cry
Gonna [D]make my mark and be an auctio[G]neer"
[CBORUS:]
Twenty-five dollar bid you now thirty dollar thirty
Will you [C]make it thirty, bid it on a thirty dollar thirty dollar
[D]Will you give me thirty, will you give me thirty dollar [G]bill[D]
I got a [G]thirty dollar bid you now
Five will you beat it on a [C]thirty-five, bid it on thirty-five, thirty-five
[D]Who's gonna bid it at a thirty-five dollar [G]bill
[INSTRUMENTAL:] G C D G C D G
[VERSE 3:]
Well, the time went by and he did his best
And [C]all could see he did not jest
He [D]practiced calling bids both night and [G]day [D]
Well, his [G]pappy found him behind the barn
Just [C]working up an awful storm
As he [D]tried to imitate the auctio[G]neer
[VERSE 4:]
Then his [C]pop said, "Son, we just can't stand
To [G]have a mediocre man
Selling [A]things at auction, using our good [D]name
Gonna [G]send you off to auction school
And [C]then you'll be nobody's fool
And [D]you can take your place among the [G]best"
[CBORUS:]
Thirty-five dollar bid you now forty dollar forty
Will you [C]make it forty, bid it on a forty dollar forty dollar
[D]Will you give me forty, will you give me forty dollar [G]bill [D]
I got a [G]forty dollar bid you now
Five will you beat it on a [C]forty-five, bid it on forty-five, forty-five
[D]Who's gonna bid it at a forty-five dollar [G]bill
[INSTRUMENTAL:] G C D G C D G
[VERSE 5:]
And from that boy that went to school
There [C]grew a man who played it cool
He [D]come back home a full fledged auctio[G]neer [D]
And the [G]people would come from miles around
Just to [C]hear him make that rhythmic sound
That [D]filled their hearts with such a happy [G]cheer
[VERSE 6:]
And his [C]fame spread out from shore to shore
He'd [G]all that he could do and more
He [A]had to buy a plane to get a[D]round
Well, now [G]he's the best in all the land
Let's [C]pause and give that man a hand
'Cause [D]he's the best of all the auctio[G]neers
[CBORUS:]
Forty-five dollar bid you now fifty dollar fifty
Will you [C]make it fifty, bid it on a fifty dollar fifty dollar
[D]Will you give me fifty, will you give me fifty dollar [G]bill [D]
I got a [G]fifty dollar bid you now
Five will you beat it on a [C]fifty-five, bid it on fifty-five, fifty-five
[D]Who's gonna bid it at a fifty-five dollar [G]bill
[INSTRUMENTAL:] G C D G C D G
[OUTRO:]
Well, I [D]sold that hog for a fifty dollar [G]bill
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