{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":1755621,"song":"The Farm Auction","artist":"Garnet Rogers","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11379914-the-farm-auction-chords-by-garnet-rogers/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1755621?type=chord","rating":4.45522,"votes":3,"content":"This song was written by Enoch Kent who gave it to Garnet Rogers after hearing Garnet and Doug MacArthur \r\nperform a song called ‘Break the Law’ which protested the increasing practise of bank foreclosures of small, \r\nfamily farms.  \r\n‘The Farm Auction’ is available on Garnet’s album ‘The Outside Track’.\r\nI learned this from the album, back in the day, and can’t swear as to whether or not my interpretation is in \r\nthe same key as the original or if the chords are the same as the original.  I’ve heard a more recent version\r\ndone by Mr. Kent and it is essentially the same although the ordering of the lyrics differs slightly.\r\n\r\nTHE FARM AUCTION\r\n\r\nVERSE 1.\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                  [ch]A7[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]D[/ch]    \r\nA rusting tractor, on the hill, the fence post with the posted bill[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]A7[/ch]\r\nThat said the sale was on until everything was sold.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]               [ch]A7[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]                    [ch]D[/ch]  \r\nBone and silver napkin rings, elastic bands ‘round spoons and things,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]                        [ch]A7[/ch]\r\nTiny fingers held the strings of that fiddle in the case.[/tab]\r\n\r\nCHORUS:\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThe auctioneer comes here today, privacy is on display,[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]               [ch]A7[/ch]\r\nThe highest bidder takes away, but they can’t take it all.[/tab]\r\n\r\nVERSE 2.\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]              [ch]A7[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]\r\nCoffee pots we never used, silver frames a little bruised[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                    [ch]D[/ch]                     [ch]A7[/ch]\r\nAround the portraits that amused us in the parlor and the hall.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]             [ch]A7[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]\r\nFireglow with favorite songs, and laughter are the things among[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                  [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]A7[/ch]\r\nThe memories, that still belong in those empty rooms.[/tab]\r\n\r\nCHORUS:\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThe auctioneer comes here today, privacy is on display,[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]               [ch]A7[/ch]\r\nThe highest bidder takes away, but they can’t take it all.[/tab]\r\n\r\nVERSE 3.\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                 [ch]A7[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]                  [ch]D[/ch]\r\nA jar of nails, a box of tacks, the dining chairs with wicker backs,[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]                      [ch]A7[/ch]\r\nAre in the garden, piled in stacks, being spotted by the rain,[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]D[/ch]               [ch]A7[/ch]                      [ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]D[/ch]\r\nRemember when the lights were low, we had pies, balloons, and mistletoe.[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]                [ch]A7[/ch]\r\nThe morning sunlight on the snow, who will buy a broken sleigh?[/tab]\r\n\r\nCHORUS:\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThe auctioneer comes here today, privacy is on display,[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]               [ch]A7[/ch]\r\nThe highest bidder takes away, but they can’t take it all.[/tab]\r\n         \r\nVERSE 4.\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                    [ch]A7[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThe auctioneer comes here today, cars line the street, black and grey,[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]G[/ch]                  [ch]D[/ch]                [ch]A7[/ch]\r\nWhile children watch the odd display, and others touch the lots[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]D[/ch]                 [ch]A7[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]                  [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThat are numbered with the coloured tags, books and clothing sold in bags,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                    [ch]D[/ch]                    [ch]A7[/ch]\r\nBought for learning, bought for rags, and everything must go.[/tab]\r\n\r\nCHORUS:\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThe auctioneer comes here today, privacy is on display,[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]               [ch]A7[/ch]\r\nThe highest bidder takes away, but they can’t take it all.[/tab]","plain_text":"This song was written by Enoch Kent who gave it to Garnet Rogers after hearing Garnet and Doug MacArthur \nperform a song called ‘Break the Law’ which protested the increasing practise of bank foreclosures of small, \nfamily farms.  \n‘The Farm Auction’ is available on Garnet’s album ‘The Outside Track’.\nI learned this from the album, back in the day, and can’t swear as to whether or not my interpretation is in \nthe same key as the original or if the chords are the same as the original.  I’ve heard a more recent version\ndone by Mr. Kent and it is essentially the same although the ordering of the lyrics differs slightly.\n\nTHE FARM AUCTION\n\nVERSE 1.\n\n\n\n\n\nCHORUS:\n\n\n\nVERSE 2.\n\n\n\n\n\nCHORUS:\n\n\n\nVERSE 3.\n\n\n\n\n\nCHORUS:\n\n\n         \nVERSE 4.\n\n\n\n\n\nCHORUS:","chords":["D","A7","G","A"],"chord_diagrams":{"A7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,0,2,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,0,2,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}