The Auctioneer Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
Hey, well all right sir, here we go there
and what're we gonna give for 'em?
I bid six hundred dollar down there
'n'now ten 'n'now twenty-five 'n'now thirty-five
'n'now [G]there fifty now sixty
We're looking at sixty now
Seventy- five, seventy- five
another eighty-five dollars
Another buyer in [G]there...

[Verse 1]
There [G]was a boy in Arkansas
Who [C]wouldn't listen to his ma
When [D]she told him
that he should go to [G]school[D]
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
He'd [C]stand and listen carefully
Then [G]pretty soon he began to see
How the [A]auctioneer could talk so rapid[D]ly
He [G]said oh my it's do or die
I've [C]got to learn that auction cry
Gotta [D]make my mark and be an auction[G]eer

[Chorus 1]
Twenty-[G]five dollar bid it now, thirty dollar thirty
Will you [C]gimmie thirty, make it thirty
Bid 'em up on a thirty dollar,
[D]will you gimmie thirty
Who'll bid a thirty dollar [G]bid?[D]
[G]Thirty dollar bid it now, thirty-five
Will you gimmie [C]thirty-five
To make it a thirty-five, to bid at a thirty-five,
[D]Who woulda bid it at a thirty-five [G]dollar bid?
[Ab]

[Verse 2]
As [Ab]time went on he did his best and
[Db]all could see he didn't jest
He [Eb]practiced calling bids
both night and [Ab]day[Eb]
His [Ab]pappy'd find him behind the barn
just a- [Db]workin up an awful storm
As he [Eb]tried to imitate the auction[Ab]eer
Then his [Db]pap said, "Son, we just can't stand
to [Ab]have a mediocre man
Sellin' [Bb]things at auction usin' our good [Eb]name
I'll [Ab]send you off to auction school
and [Db]then you'll be nobody's fool
[Eb]You can take your place among the [Ab]best"

[Chorus 2]
Thirty-[Ab]five dollar bid it now, a forty dollar forty
Will you [Db]gimmie forty make it forty
Bid em' up on a forty dollar,
[Eb]will you gimmie forty
Who'll bid a forty dollar [Ab]bid?[Eb]
[Ab]Forty dollar bid it now, forty-five
Will you gimmie [Db]forty- five
To make it a forty-five, to bid at a forty-five,
[Eb]Who woulda bid it at a forty- five dol- [Ab]lar bid?
[A]

[Verse 3]
So [A]from that boy who went to school
there [D]grew a man who played it cool
He [E]came back home a full- fledged
auction[A]eer[E]
And the [A]people came from miles around
just to [D]hear him make that rhythmic sound
That [E]filled their hearts
with such a happy [A]cheer
His [D]fame spread out from shore to shore
he [A]had all he could do and more
[B]Had to buy a plane to get aro[E]und
Now [A]he's the tops in all the land
so let's [D]all give that man a hand
[E]He's the best of all the auctioneer[A]s

[Chorus 3]
Forty-[A]five dollar bid it now, a fifty dollar fifty
Will you [D]gimmie fifty make it fifty
Bid 'em up on a fifty dollar,
[E]will you gimmie fifty
Who'll bid a fifty dollar [A]bid?[E]
Fif[A]ty dollar bid it now, fifty-five
Will you gimmie [D]fifty- five
To make it a fifty- five, a bid a fifty-five
And [E]sold that horse for the fifty dollar [A]bill!

[Outro 1]
[A]Hey, well, all right sir, open the gate
and let 'em out and walk 'em, boys!
Here we come, a- lot 29
and what're we gonna give for 'em?
I got 25 oughta get 35
and now the 50 make it 50
Bidder all at 50 now
[A]60 will you give me 60 now
75 and now 85 and now
95 a hundred and now 25 and now 50
Send em up and a two
and a three and a four
and a five and a six
and a seven and a eight hundred dollar
and a buyer in back...
[Fade out]