Key: B major
Verse 1
on a gate by the road
C#
F#
Just to see what it had to say
eyes filled with tears
E
B
And they fell to the cold hard clay
Something 'bout a mortgage
Something 'bout foreclosure
F#
B
Something 'bout failing to pay
Verse 2
general store
E
B
They've put up a little sign
An auction sale, day after tomorrow
C#
F#
At the end of the Lincoln Line
Thirty years of heartache
E
B
Thirty years of day to day
Oh, my Daddy stopped talking
The day the farm was auctioned
F#
B
There was nothing left to say
Verse 3
And every number the auctioneer called
C#
C#m
C#
F#
Was like a blow to her precious heart
E
B
Meant another thing was sold that day
'Til everything was auctioned
And we stood there watching
F#
B
As they loaded it and drove it away
Verse 4
general store
E
B
They've put up a little sign
An auction sale, day after tomorrow
C#
F#
At the end of the Lincoln Line
Thirty years of heartache
E
B
Thirty years of day to day
Oh, my daddy stopped talking
The day the farm was auctioned
B
Interlude 1
E
B
C#
F#
B
E
B
F#
B
Verse 5
We awoke this morning
E
B
E
B
There was nothing for us to do
Nothing in the granary
No hay in the mow
C#
F#
No cattle, no tractor, no tools
With the clothes that we wore
E
B
And the few things we managed to save
Mama read from The Book
We took one last look
F#
B
And then we drove away
Verse 6
general store
E
B
They've put up a little sign
An auction sale day after tomorrow
C#
F#
At the end of the Lincoln Line
Thirty years of heartache
E
B
Thirty years of day to day
Oh, my Daddy stopped talking
The day the farm was auctioned
F#
B
There was nothing left to say
Verse 7
The day the farm was auctioned
B
F#
There was nothing left to say
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ChordsB E C# F# C#m
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