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Verse 1
(G major) They say that Dan the (B minor) farmer
had been (E minor) married late in (C major) life
(G major) 47 summers gone
before (A minor) he took a (D major) wife
A (G major) woman from the (B minor) town
who thought she'd (E minor) like the country life
(C major) Although (G major) she was some
(D major) 20 years (G major) his junior
Well, (D major) after six more (G major) months or so
the (D major) temperature declined
(G major) The (C major) words got few and (G major) far between
and (A minor) pas sion fell be (D major) hind
They (G major) lived together (B minor) quietly
like two (E minor) odd socks on the (C major) line
And they (G major) only pulled to (D major) gether
at the (G major) milking
Seventeen months (B minor) later
and no (E minor) babby in the (C major) cot
The (G major) farmer looked around himself
to (A minor) see what he had (D major) got
A (G major) stony wife in (B minor) stony ground,
that (E minor) seemed to be his (C major) lot
He (G major) thought he couldn't
(D major) face another (G major) winter
The (D major) wife was disen (G major) chanted
with the (D major) quiet of the (G major) farm
For (C major) she'd been used to (G major) company
and (A minor) someone on her (D major) arm
But the (G major) only one she (B minor) ever saw
was (E minor) Tim the Tinker (C major) man
When he (G major) passed that way
with (D major) caravan and (G major) pony
The farmer's mood got (B minor) blacker
as he (E minor) viewed his stony (C major) ground
One (G major) day he took his bicycle
and (A minor) likewise fifty (D major) pound
He (G major) nodded to his (B minor) missus,
he was (E minor) heading for the (C major) town
And she (G major) watched him disap (D major) pear
and not the (G major) loner
He (D major) hadn't travelled (G major) far
until he (D major) spied a tinkerman
(G major) Who was (C major) poking at (G major) the fire
for to (A minor) boil a billy (D major) can.
This (G major) struck up conversa (B minor) tion,
Tinker, (E minor) Tim and Farmer (C major) Dan,
For the (G major) rocky road that (D major) winds
around the (G major) mountain.
The Tinker spoke of (B minor) hardships
in his (E minor) movable (C major) abode,
And how (G major) modern times
were (C major) most unkind
for (A minor) travellers on the (D major) road,
While (G major) the farmer moaned an (B minor) d mumbled
with his (E minor) own sad epis (C major) ode,
They (G major) swapped their troubles
well (D major) into the (G major) evening.
Well, to (D major) make the story (G major) shorter,
they agreed (D major) upon a (G major) plan,
That the (C major) farmer take the (G major) pony
and the (A minor) tinker's caravan,
(D major) While the (G major) tinker try his (B minor) fortune
with the (E minor) farmer's wife and (C major) land,
And (G major) make what sense
they (D major) could out of the (G major) bargain.
A wondrous idea (B minor) it seems
and (E minor) maybe no sur (C major) prise
The (G major) farmer's wife
was overjoyed
with (A minor) all that did arise
(D major) For (G major) she had just been (B minor) thinking
of the (E minor) need to advert (C major) ise
When (G major) heaven smiled upon (D major) her situation (G major)
As (D major) far as I can (G major) gather now
the (D major) deal was for a (G major) year
But it's (C major) more than seven summers
(G major) since the (A minor) farmer disappeared
(D major) While (G major) a man who'd been a (B minor) tinker
loves the (E minor) farming atmosphere
(C major) And his (G major) five wee children
(D major) help him at the (G major) milking
And so I'll end my (B minor) story
though a (E minor) strange one it may (C major) be
How (G major) people's lives are altered
with some (A minor) ingenuity
(D major) As to (G major) where the farmer (B minor) went to,
that re (E minor) mains a mystery
(C major) But his (G major) missus and the (D major) tinker's nuts
are (G major) mysing
Some (D major) say he went to (G major) Dublin
where he (D major) met a millionaire
(G major) Who, (C major) being a far -off relative,
(G major) made (A minor) sure he got his (D major) share
Some (G major) say he might be (B minor) buried
with a (E minor) caravan and (C major) mare
Where the (G major) rocky road,
it winds around (D major) the (G major) mountain
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Fair Exchange
Ben Sands
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