Auctioneer chords by Slim Dusty

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Intro 1

Verse 1
G 
Oxenna,  (G major) 
oxenna,
C 
G 
 (C major) bring that hammer  (G major) down
F 
G 
Take my family,  (F major) smash it apart  (G major) 
C 
Well, it's just a few machines  (C major) 
G 
And a little  (G major) piece of land
F 
G 
Bring that hammer down  (F major) on my heart  (G major) 
C 
Well, his family's been here  (C major) 
G 
For  (G major) seventy years or more
C 
His granddad cleared the land  (C major) 
D 
Just an old blue star  (D major) 
C 
Heard him cry (C major) in' late last night
G 
When he  (G major) thought I wasn't round
F 
G 
Oh I'm sorry grand (F major) daddy let you down  (G major) 
C 
So auctioneer, auctioneer  (C major) 
G 
Bring that hammer  (G major) down
F 
G 
Take my family,  (F major) smash it apart  (G major) 
C 
Well it's just a few machines  (C major) 
G 
and a little  (G major) piece of land
F 
Bring that hammer down  (F major) on
G 
C 
G 
F 
my heart  (G major)  (C major)  (G major)  (F major) 
G 
 (G major) 
C 
Well there's acres and acres  (C major) 
G 
of  (G major) wheat in the sun
C 
My heart's achin' and achin'  (C major) 
D 
for the work that should be done  (D major) 
C 
Now the  (C major) banks stop the checks,
G 
oh, no  (G major) one wants the crack
F 
G 
But it's breaking my heart  (F major) to watch it rot  (G major) 
C 
So auctioneer, auctioneer,  (C major) 
G 
bring that hammer  (G major) down
F 
G 
Take my family an (F major) d  smash it apart  (G major) 
C 
Well, it's just a few machines  (C major) 
G 
and a little  (G major) piece of land
F 
G 
Bring that hammer down  (F major) on my heart  (G major) 
C 
G 
F 
 (C major)  (G major)  (F major) 
G 
C 
G 
F 
 (G major)  (C major)  (G major)  (F major) 
G 
 (G major) 
C 
After half this rain and flood,  (C major) 
G 
years  (G major) and years of drought
C 
Now the interest rates  (C major) 
D 
are gonna finally wipe us out (D major) 
C 
They say  (C major) it's not our fault,
G 
it's just the  (G major) world economy
Oh, but he blames himself,
F 
G 
because  (F major) we're down on our knees  (G major) 
C 
So auctioneer, auctioneer,  (C major) 
G 
bring that  (G major) hammer down
F 
G 
Take my family an (F major) d  smash it apart  (G major) 
Well, it's just a few machines
C 
G 
 (C major) and a little  (G major) piece of land
F 
Bring that hammer down  (F major) 
G 
on my heart  (G major) 
C 
Auctioneer, auction (C major) eer,
G 
bring that  (G major) hammer down
F 
Take my family and smash  (F major) it apart
G 
C 
Well, it's just  (G major) a  few machines  (C major) 
G 
and  (G major) a little piece of land
G 
F 
Bring that  (G major) hammer down  (F major) 
G 
On my heart  (G major) 
Thank you, thanks very much
And now would you please
welcome back on stage, Slim Dusty
Well thank you very much indeed Anne
Well anyway,
we'd like to do this song
about my first trip to Sydney with my dad. I
was going to dress up in all the stockman gear
with the laughing side boots,
the elastic side boots.
And dad said if you dress up like that
they'll call us bushkalooks.
So I had to dress like a civilian
and buy a brand new pair of flat
-heeled lace -up shoes.
That was back in 1943.
So here's the story
about that very memorable trip with dad.
so I just naturally called it Lace -Up Fuse.