Auctioneer 

By Anne Kirkpatrick (Slim Dusty's daughter)


CHORUS
 	 A 	     D
Auctioneer, Auctioneer
 	    A
Bring that hammer down
 	  	    G         A
Take my family and smash it apart
                       D
Well its just a few machines
      A
and a little piece of land
                  G          A
Bring that hammer down on my heart.


         A             D
Well his family's been here
    A
for 70 years or more
                        D
his grandad cleared the land
                      E
with just an old wood saw
          D
heard him crying late last night
        A
when he thought I wasn't round
           G                A
I'm sorry grandad I let you down

CHORUS 	 A D A G A

Well there's acres and acres
of wheat in the sun
my hearts aching and aching
for the work that should be done
now the banks stopped the cheques
and no one wants the crop
and its breaking my heart to watch it rot

CHORUS 	 A D A G A D A G A

After harvest rain and flood
and years and years of drought
now the interest rates are gonna finally wipe us out
they say its not our fault
its just the world economy
but he blames himself
cause were down on our knee's.

CHORUS X 2 (2ND TIME NO MUSIC EXCEPT FOR SINGLE STRUMS ON LAST LINE)