Bought And Sold chords by Dar Williams

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Dar Williams - Bought And Sold


INTRO: D MajorD G+G E minorEm A minorAm

      D MajorD       G+G
Well, we're heading for a past
       E minorEm        A minorAm
That you can leave, but not defend
     D MajorD         G+G
Where the downtowns hold the sadness
    E minorEm       A minorAm
Of you-can't-go-back-again
   D MajorD               G+G
It's there you'll find the rust and debtors
E minorEm        A minorAm
Motel signs with missing letters

         D MajorD       G+G
'Cause there's a monster on the outskirts
    E minorEm          A minorAm
Says it knows what your town needs
    D MajorD        G+G
Then it eats it up like nothing
    E minorEm         A minorAm
And it won't spit out the seeds


      DmDm      G+G
And we can be the super shoppers
    E minorEm        A minorAm
We can say we're really smart
    DmDm       G+G
We can say our town is doing fine
  E minorEm      A minorAm
Without a beating heart
                  D MajorD
We can even say the money saved is all our own
        G+G
It's bought and sold
        A minorAm
It's bought and sold


     D MajorD       G+G
Now we're heading for a nasty business
E minorEm        A minorAm
Keeps our country growing
     D MajorD         G+G
Where the weapons that we're selling
    E minorEm        A minorAm
Are the only seeds we're sowing
      D MajorD         G+G
You get to blow the fruits of all your labours
   E minorEm        A minorAm
Sell F-16?s to all the neighbours

    D MajorD         G+G
And we know that it's for money
      E minorEm        A minorAm
And that's how the west gets bargained
       D MajorD       G+G
You know the last time this happened
   E minorEm     A minorAm
Even Vietnam got jargoned


      DmDm         G+G
And you can say they're out to hunt you
    E minorEm         A minorAm
You can say they're out to fish you
    DmDm       G+G
You can join a gang of restless boys
  E minorEm        A minorAm
Or start your own militia
                 D MajorD
You can even say your violence is all your own
        G+G
It's bought and sold
        A minorAm
It's bought and sold


INSTRUMENTAL: D MajorD        G+G FF A augmentedA  D MajorD C majorC A augmentedA


    D MajorD       G+G
Well, I look up to the people
    E minorEm        A minorAm
Who are less bought than I
    D MajorD           G+G
You can show them what you're selling
      E minorEm      A minorAm
And they'll only ask you why
   D MajorD           G+G
Their pay checks don't have lots of zeros
E minorEm                A minorAm
They're my friends and they're my heroes


    D MajorD      G+G
And the TV sets are angry
      E minorEm         A minorAm
'Cause they just can't make 'em pay
   D MajorD         G+G
But I like the way these people
     E minorEm       A minorAm
Read the signs and walk away


    DmDm         G+G
We can call ourselves the makers
    E minorEm       A minorAm
And the keepers of the times
    DmDm       G+G
We can spend our sand dollars
     E minorEm        A minorAm
And sand nickels and sand dimes
               D MajorD
We can even say prosperity is all our own
        G+G
It's bought and sold
        A minorAm
It's bought and sold
                 D MajorD
We can even say our loneliness is all our own
        G+G
It's bought and sold
        A minorAm
It's bought and sold
        D MajorD  G+G
It's bought and sold__
        A minorAm   E minorEm A minorAm
It's bought and sold