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