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Dar Williams
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Key: D major•
Intro 1
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Verse 1
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Well we're heading for a
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past that you leave not defend
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Where the downtowns hold the sadness
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of you can't go back again
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Verse 2
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It's there you'll find the
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rust and debtors
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Motel signs with missing letters
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Cause there's a monster
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on the outskirts
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Says it knows what your town needs
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Then it eats it up like nothing
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and it won't spit out the seeds
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And we can be the super shoppers
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We can say we're really smart
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We can say our town is doing fine
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without a beating heart
Verse 3
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We can even say the money
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saved is all our own

It's bought and sold,
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it's bought and sold
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And we're heading for a nasty business,
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keeps our country growing
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Where the weapons that we're selling
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are the only seeds we're sowing
Verse 4
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You get to blow the fruits
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of all your labors
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Sell F-16's to all the neighbors
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And we know that it's for money
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And that's how the west get
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s bargained
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You the know the last time this happened
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Even Vi etnam got
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jargoned
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And you can say they're out to hunt you
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You can say they're
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out to fish you
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You can join a gang of restless boys
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Or start your own militia

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is all your own
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It's bought and sold, it's bought and sold
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Well I look up to the people
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who are less bought than I
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Verse 5

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You can show them what
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you're selling
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A
A

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And they'll only ask you why
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And their paychecks don't
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have lots of zeros
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They're my friends and
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they're my heroes
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And the TV sets are angry 'cause they
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just can't make 'em pay
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But I like the way these people read
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the signs and walk away
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Verse 6

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And we can call ourselves the makers
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And the keepers of the times
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We can spend our sand dollars
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And sand nickels and sand dimes
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We can even say prosperity is all our own

It's bought and sold,
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it's bought and sold

We can even say our
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loneliness is all our own

It's bought and sold,
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it's bought and sold

It's bought and sold,
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it's bought and sold
Outro 1
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An acoustic guitar head with tuning pegs

Tuning:Standard Open Tuner
Chords

  • D

  • G

  • Em

  • Am

  • A

  • Dm

  • F

  • C

Capo: 0

Transpose: 0

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The original key of Bought and Sold by Dar Williams is D major.

The primary chords used in Bought and Sold are D, G, Em, Am, A, Dm.

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