Sentient Cement Coverpile - John Michael Montgomery

Sold (The Grundy County Auction Incident) - John Michael Montgomery

Bend up from D to E
E - E /E /E /F# /G# /B A E - E /E /F# /G# /B /G# /F# /E D (x2)

           /E     E          E            E /F# /G#      A | |-A4 0-A-|||
Well I went down to the Grundy county auction
              /E   E             E       E              B-B B-B-B B
Where I saw somethin' that I just had to have
       /E    E          E          E   /F#   /G# A | |-A4 0-A-|||
My mind told me I should proceed with caution
            /E     E           E                      B       B E   E-E(stac.)
But my heart said go ahead and make a bid on that and I said

{Refrain:
/E   E(sust)      E(stac)              E(sust) E(stac.)
Hey pretty lady won't ya gimme a sign
     /E    E(sust)       E(stac)              E /F# /G
I'd give anything to make you mine o'mine
     /A A                           D(sust.)          D(stac.) /E E-E-E|| /E E-E-E||
I'll do your biddin' and be at your beck and call
                      E(sust) E(stac)       E(sust) E(stac)
Yeah, I never seen anyone lookin' so fine
           E(stac)            E(stac)           E /F# /G
Man I gotta have her, she's a one of a kind
      A     A|-||    B      B|-||
I'm goin' once - goin' twice,
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E(sust.)
I'm sold on the lady in the second row
She's an 8 she's a 9 she's a 10 I know
Got ruby red lips blonde hair blue eyes
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And I'm about to bid my heart goodbye }
E - E /E /F# /G# /B /G# /F# /E D

              /E E         E             E       /F# /G# A | |-A4 0-A-|||
Well the auctioneer was goin' about a mile a minute
             /E E        E            E              B-B B-B-B B
He was takin' bids and callin' them out loud
          /E      E       E         E /F#/G# A | |-A4 0-A-|||
And I guess that I was really gettin' in it
           /E E          E           B | - | |   E   E-E(stac.)
'Cause I just shouted out above the crowd

[1ST HALF REFRAIN]

I'm sold on the lady in the long black dress
'Cause she won my heart - it was no contest
Ruby red lips blonde hair blue eyes
I'm about to bid my heart goodbye

E - E /E /E /F# /G# /B A E - E /E /F# /G# /B /G# /F# /E D (x2)

         /B B(sust,)     B(stac)     B(sust.)   B(stac.)
Yeah we found love on the auction block
             C#m       C#m(stac) C#m|-||
I hauled her heart away
             D2(sust.) D(stac) | | - | |
Now we still love to laugh about
              B(sust.) B(stac,) B(sust.) B(stac.)
The way we met that day, and I said

[REFRAIN]

E - E /E /E /F# /G# /B A E - E /E /F# /G# /B /G# /F# /E D (x2)

E(sust.)

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