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Dar Williams - Bought And Sold
INTRO:   D    G    Em  Am  
Well, we're Dheading for a Gpast
That you can Emleave, but not deAmfend
Where the Ddowntowns hold the Gsadness
Of you-Emcan't-go-back-aAmgain
It's Dthere you'll find the rust and Gdebtors
EmMotel signs with Ammissing letters
'Cause there's a Dmonster on the Goutskirts
Says it Emknows what your town Amneeds
Then it Deats it up like Gnothing
And it Emwon't spit out the Amseeds
And we can Dmbe the super Gshoppers
We can Emsay we're really Amsmart
We can Dmsay our town is Gdoing fine
WithEmout a beating Amheart
We can even say the money saved is Dall our own
It's bought and Gsold
It's bought and Amsold
Now we're Dheading for a Gnasty business
EmKeeps our country Amgrowing
Where the Dweapons that we're Gselling
Are the Emonly seeds we're Amsowing
You get to Dblow the fruits of Gall your labours
Sell EmF-16′s to all the Amneighbours
And we Dknow that it's for Gmoney
And that's Emhow the west gets Ambargained
You know the Dlast time this Ghappened
Even EmVietnam got Amjargoned
And you can Dmsay they're out to Ghunt you
You can Emsay they're out to Amfish you
You can Dmjoin a gang of Grestless boys
Or Emstart your own miAmlitia
You can even say your violence is Dall your own
It's bought and Gsold
It's bought and Amsold
INSTRUMENTAL:                 D   G   F      A    D    C  A  
Well, I Dlook up to the Gpeople
Who are Emless bought than AmI
You can Dshow them what you're Gselling
And they'll Emonly ask you Amwhy
Their Dpay checks don't have Glots of zeros
EmThey're my friends and they're my Amheroes
And the DTV sets are Gangry 
'Cause they Emjust can't make 'em Ampay
But I Dlike the way these Gpeople
Read the Emsigns and walk aAmway
We can Dmcall ourselves the Gmakers
And the Emkeepers of the Amtimes
We can Dmspend our sand Gdollars
And sand Emnickels and sand Amdimes
We can even say prosperity is Dall our own
It's bought and Gsold
It's bought and Amsold
We can even say our loneliness is Dall our own
It's bought and Gsold
It's bought and Amsold
It's bought and Dsold_G_
It's bought and AmsoldEm  Am  

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Bought And Sold

by Dar Williams

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Dar Williams - Bought And Sold

D G Em Am

INTRO:

D G

Well, we're heading for a past

Em Am

That you can leave, but not defend

D G

Where the downtowns hold the sadness

Em Am

Of you-can't-go-back-again

D G

It's there you'll find the rust and debtors

Em Am

Motel signs with missing letters

D G

'Cause there's a monster on the outskirts

Em Am

Says it knows what your town needs

D G

Then it eats it up like nothing

Em Am

And it won't spit out the seeds

Dm G

And we can be the super shoppers

Em Am

We can say we're really smart

Dm G

We can say our town is doing fine

Em Am

Without a beating heart

We can even say the money saved is all our own

It's bought and sold

D G

Now we're heading for a nasty business

Em Am

Keeps our country growing

D G

Where the weapons that we're selling

Em Am

Are the only seeds we're sowing

D G

You get to blow the fruits of all your labours

Em Am

Sell F-16′s to all the neighbours

D G

And we know that it's for money

Em Am

And that's how the west gets bargained

D G

You know the last time this happened

Em Am

Even Vietnam got jargoned

Dm G

And you can say they're out to hunt you

Em Am

You can say they're out to fish you

Dm G

You can join a gang of restless boys

Em Am

Or start your own militia

You can even say your violence is all your own

It's bought and sold

D G F A D C A

INSTRUMENTAL:

D G

Well, I look up to the people

Em Am

Who are less bought than I

D G

You can show them what you're selling

Em Am

And they'll only ask you why

D G

Their pay checks don't have lots of zeros

Em Am

They're my friends and they're my heroes

D G

And the TV sets are angry

Em Am

'Cause they just can't make 'em pay

D G

But I like the way these people

Em Am

Read the signs and walk away

Dm G

We can call ourselves the makers

Em Am

And the keepers of the times

Dm G

We can spend our sand dollars

Em Am

And sand nickels and sand dimes

We can even say prosperity is all our own

It's bought and sold

We can even say our loneliness is all our own

It's bought and sold

D G

It's bought and sold__

Am Em Am

It's bought and sold

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