The Auctioneer - Leroy Van Dyke (With Lyrics) Chords
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Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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Hey, well, all right, sir, here we go there, what are you gonna give for him?
I've got $600 down here now, $10 an hour, $25 an hour, $35 an hour, $50 an hour, $60,
will you give me $60 an hour, $75, $75, another $85, another $75, I'm there.
There was a boy in Arkansas [C] who wouldn't listen to his ma [D] when she told him he should [G] go to school.
[D] [G] He'd sneak away in the afternoon, [C] take a little walk, then pretty soon [D] 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 do or die, [C] I've got to learn that auction [D] cry, got to make my mark and be an [G]
auctioneer.
When a $5 bidder now, $30, $30, [C] will you give me $30, make it $30, bidder mama, [D] $30, will you give me $30,
who would bid a $30 [G] bid?
[D] [G] $30 bidder now, $35, will you [C] give me $35, make it $35, bid a $35,
[D] who would have biddered 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 callin' bids both night [Ab] and day.
[Eb] [Ab] His pap would find him behind the barn [Db] just a-workin' 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] sellin' things at auction usin' [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] son, we live in $40,
who would bid a $40 [Ab] bid?
[Eb] [Ab] $40 bidder now, $45, will you [Db] give me $45, make it a $45, bid a $45,
[Eb] who would have biddered at a $45 [Ab] bid?
[A]
So fun that boy who went to school,
[D] there grew a man who played it cool, [E] he came back home a full-fledged [A] auctioneer.
[E] [A] Then the people came from miles around [D] just 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 [A] shore, he had all he could do and [B] more, had to buy a plane to [E] get around.
[A] Now he's the top sin on the land, [D] let's all give that man a [E] hand, he's the best of all the [A]
auctioneers.
$45 bidder now, $50, [D] $50, will you give me $50, make it $50, bidder mama, [E] $50, will you give me $50,
who would have bid a [A] $50 bid?
[E] [A] $50 bidder now, $55, will [D] you give me $55, make it a $55, bid a [E] $55,
I sold that hog for a $50 [A]
bid.
Hey, well, all right, sir, open the [Bb] gate and let him out and [A] walk him, boy.
Here come a lot number 29 in, what are you going to give for him?
I'm a [E] 25, I'll give $35, make it a $50 [Ab] bidder, [A] $50 now, $60, will you give me $60,
I said, $75, now $85, now $95, $125, now $50, $75, now $2, now $3, now $4, now $5, now $6, now $7, now $8,
[N]
Hey, well, all right, sir, here we go there, what are you gonna give for him?
I've got $600 down here now, $10 an hour, $25 an hour, $35 an hour, $50 an hour, $60,
will you give me $60 an hour, $75, $75, another $85, another $75, I'm there.
There was a boy in Arkansas [C] who wouldn't listen to his ma [D] when she told him he should [G] go to school.
[D] [G] He'd sneak away in the afternoon, [C] take a little walk, then pretty soon [D] 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 do or die, [C] I've got to learn that auction [D] cry, got to make my mark and be an [G]
auctioneer.
When a $5 bidder now, $30, $30, [C] will you give me $30, make it $30, bidder mama, [D] $30, will you give me $30,
who would bid a $30 [G] bid?
[D] [G] $30 bidder now, $35, will you [C] give me $35, make it $35, bid a $35,
[D] who would have biddered 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 callin' bids both night [Ab] and day.
[Eb] [Ab] His pap would find him behind the barn [Db] just a-workin' 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] sellin' things at auction usin' [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] son, we live in $40,
who would bid a $40 [Ab] bid?
[Eb] [Ab] $40 bidder now, $45, will you [Db] give me $45, make it a $45, bid a $45,
[Eb] who would have biddered at a $45 [Ab] bid?
[A]
So fun that boy who went to school,
[D] there grew a man who played it cool, [E] he came back home a full-fledged [A] auctioneer.
[E] [A] Then the people came from miles around [D] just 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 [A] shore, he had all he could do and [B] more, had to buy a plane to [E] get around.
[A] Now he's the top sin on the land, [D] let's all give that man a [E] hand, he's the best of all the [A]
auctioneers.
$45 bidder now, $50, [D] $50, will you give me $50, make it $50, bidder mama, [E] $50, will you give me $50,
who would have bid a [A] $50 bid?
[E] [A] $50 bidder now, $55, will [D] you give me $55, make it a $55, bid a [E] $55,
I sold that hog for a $50 [A]
bid.
Hey, well, all right, sir, open the [Bb] gate and let him out and [A] walk him, boy.
Here come a lot number 29 in, what are you going to give for him?
I'm a [E] 25, I'll give $35, make it a $50 [Ab] bidder, [A] $50 now, $60, will you give me $60,
I said, $75, now $85, now $95, $125, now $50, $75, now $2, now $3, now $4, now $5, now $6, now $7, now $8,
[N]
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[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ Hey, well, all right, sir, here we go there, what are you gonna give for him?
I've got $600 down here now, $10 an hour, $25 an hour, $35 an hour, $50 an hour, $60,
will you give me $60 an hour, $75, $75, another $85, another $75, I'm there.
_ There was a boy in Arkansas [C] who wouldn't listen to his ma [D] when she told him he should [G] go to school.
[D] _ [G] He'd sneak away in the afternoon, [C] take a little walk, then pretty soon [D] 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 do or die, [C] I've got to learn that auction [D] cry, got to make my mark and be an [G]
auctioneer.
_ When a $5 bidder now, $30, $30, [C] will you give me $30, make it $30, bidder mama, [D] $30, will you give me $30,
who would bid a $30 [G] bid?
_ [D] _ [G] $30 bidder now, $35, will you [C] give me $35, make it $35, bid a $35,
[D] who would have biddered 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 callin' bids both night [Ab] and day.
[Eb] _ [Ab] His pap would find him behind the barn [Db] just a-workin' 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] sellin' things at auction usin' [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] son, we live in $40,
who would bid a $40 [Ab] bid?
_ [Eb] _ [Ab] $40 bidder now, $45, will you [Db] give me $45, make it a $45, bid a $45,
[Eb] who would have biddered at a $45 [Ab] bid?
_ _ [A] _
_ _ So fun that boy who went to school,
[D] there grew a man who played it cool, [E] he came back home a full-fledged [A] auctioneer.
_ [E] _ [A] Then the people came from miles around [D] just 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 [A] shore, he had all he could do and [B] more, had to buy a plane to [E] get around.
_ [A] Now he's the top sin on the land, [D] let's all give that man a [E] hand, he's the best of all the [A]
auctioneers.
_ _ $45 bidder now, $50, [D] $50, will you give me $50, make it $50, bidder mama, [E] $50, will you give me $50,
who would have bid a [A] $50 bid?
[E] _ _ [A] $50 bidder now, $55, will [D] you give me $55, make it a $55, bid a [E] $55,
I sold that hog for a $50 [A]
bid.
Hey, well, all right, sir, open the [Bb] gate and let him out and [A] walk him, boy.
Here come a lot number 29 in, what are you going to give for him?
I'm a [E] 25, I'll give $35, make it a $50 [Ab] bidder, [A] $50 now, $60, will you give me $60,
I said, $75, now $85, now $95, $125, now $50, $75, now $2, now $3, now $4, now $5, now $6, now $7, now $8, _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _ _
_ _ Hey, well, all right, sir, here we go there, what are you gonna give for him?
I've got $600 down here now, $10 an hour, $25 an hour, $35 an hour, $50 an hour, $60,
will you give me $60 an hour, $75, $75, another $85, another $75, I'm there.
_ There was a boy in Arkansas [C] who wouldn't listen to his ma [D] when she told him he should [G] go to school.
[D] _ [G] He'd sneak away in the afternoon, [C] take a little walk, then pretty soon [D] 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 do or die, [C] I've got to learn that auction [D] cry, got to make my mark and be an [G]
auctioneer.
_ When a $5 bidder now, $30, $30, [C] will you give me $30, make it $30, bidder mama, [D] $30, will you give me $30,
who would bid a $30 [G] bid?
_ [D] _ [G] $30 bidder now, $35, will you [C] give me $35, make it $35, bid a $35,
[D] who would have biddered 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 callin' bids both night [Ab] and day.
[Eb] _ [Ab] His pap would find him behind the barn [Db] just a-workin' 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] sellin' things at auction usin' [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] son, we live in $40,
who would bid a $40 [Ab] bid?
_ [Eb] _ [Ab] $40 bidder now, $45, will you [Db] give me $45, make it a $45, bid a $45,
[Eb] who would have biddered at a $45 [Ab] bid?
_ _ [A] _
_ _ So fun that boy who went to school,
[D] there grew a man who played it cool, [E] he came back home a full-fledged [A] auctioneer.
_ [E] _ [A] Then the people came from miles around [D] just 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 [A] shore, he had all he could do and [B] more, had to buy a plane to [E] get around.
_ [A] Now he's the top sin on the land, [D] let's all give that man a [E] hand, he's the best of all the [A]
auctioneers.
_ _ $45 bidder now, $50, [D] $50, will you give me $50, make it $50, bidder mama, [E] $50, will you give me $50,
who would have bid a [A] $50 bid?
[E] _ _ [A] $50 bidder now, $55, will [D] you give me $55, make it a $55, bid a [E] $55,
I sold that hog for a $50 [A]
bid.
Hey, well, all right, sir, open the [Bb] gate and let him out and [A] walk him, boy.
Here come a lot number 29 in, what are you going to give for him?
I'm a [E] 25, I'll give $35, make it a $50 [Ab] bidder, [A] $50 now, $60, will you give me $60,
I said, $75, now $85, now $95, $125, now $50, $75, now $2, now $3, now $4, now $5, now $6, now $7, now $8, _ _ _
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