The Farm Auction chords by Garnet Rogers

This song was written by Enoch Kent who gave it to Garnet Rogers after hearing Garnet and Doug MacArthur perform
a song called ?Break the Law? which protested the increasing practise of bank foreclosures of small, family
farms.
?The Farm Auction? is available on Garnet?s album ?The Outside Track?.
I learned this from the album, back in the day, and can?t swear as to whether or not my interpretation is in
the same key as the original. I?ve heard a more recent version done by Mr. Kent and it is essentially the same
although the ordering of the lyrics differs slightly.

THE FARM AUCTION

VERSE 1.
D         A7        G          D
A rusting tractor, on the hill, the fence post with the posted bill
   G         D    A7
That said the sale was on until everything was sold.
D        A7      G          D
Bone and silver napkin rings, elastic bands ?round spoons and things,
G      D            A7
Tiny fingers held the strings of that fiddle in the case.

CHORUS:
  G        D      G     D
The auctioneer comes here today, privacy is on display,
  G       D        A7
The highest bidder takes away, but they can?t take it all.

VERSE 2.
D       A7     G        D
Coffee pots we never used, silver frames a little bruised
G          D           A7
Around the portraits that amused us in the parlor and the hall.
D       A7         G        D
Fireglow with favorite songs, and laughter are the things among
G         D      A7
The memories, that still belong in those empty rooms.

CHORUS:
  G        D      G     D
The auctioneer comes here today, privacy is on display,
  G       D        A7
The highest bidder takes away, but they can?t take it all.

VERSE 3.
D         A7        G         D
A jar of nails, a box of tacks, the dining chairs with wicker backs,
  G       D           A7
Are in the garden, piled in stacks, being spotted by the rain,
 D        A7           G          D
Remember when the lights were low, we had pies, balloons, and mistletoe.
  G        D        A7
The morning sunlight on the snow, who will buy a broken sleigh?

CHORUS:
  G        D      G     D
The auctioneer comes here today, privacy is on display,
  G       D        A7
The highest bidder takes away, but they can?t take it all.

VERSE 4.
D          A7        G        D
The auctioneer comes here today, cars line the street, black and grey,
   G         D        A7
While children watch the odd display, and others touch the lots
     D         A7       G         D
That are numbered with the coloured tags, books and clothing sold in bags,
G          D          A7
Bought for learning, bought for rags, and everything must go.

CHORUS:
  G        D      G     D
The auctioneer comes here today, privacy is on display,
  G       D        A7
The highest bidder takes away, but they can?t take it all.