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The auctioneer said, I'm not through yet,
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Here's a horse the likes of which you've never seen,
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And the straw hats in the sun, with a face beneath each one,
C\B G Am
Shown doubtful and the auctioneer got mean.
Am G F E
Do you think that you can find a horse like this every day?
Am G F E
I don't think there's any better on this earth,
Am E Am
And the more you pay, the more it's worth.
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Then out she came, a snow-white mare,
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Prancin' and a dancin' in the silver sun,
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They watched her from behind, as she did her bump and grind,
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Walkin' naked, sad and graceful for their fun.
Am G F E
Oh how I wished I could afford that lady painted white,
Am G F E
A queen with high nobility of birth,
Am E Am
But the more you pay, the more it's worth.
D
My pockets hung with empty blues,
C A D
Silent heels were standin' on my growin' pains,
G C \ B Am Em
My bid was not too bad, two bits was all I had,
C\B G Am
And the stable boy just handed me the reins.
Am G F E
Well the gallery went wild, and the auctioneer half smiled,
Am G F E
What we don't sell we shoot or give away,
Am E Am
'Cause the more you pay, the more it's worth.
Bm Em Bm Em
And where was the boy, who rode on her back,
Bm Em A
With his arms holding tight round her neck?
Bm Em
How tightly he clung,
Bm Em
When they both were young,
C B Am
And fate had not let this poor girl be so
Em
Disgraced.
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