Montgomery John Michael - Sold guitar tab

Sold (The Grundy County Auction Incident)

Written by: Richard Fagan and Robb Royer

Performed by: John Michael Mongomery

Transcribed by: Jeff Gary

INTRO: A D A E A D A E

VERSE 1:

A D

Well, I went down to the Grundy County Auction

A E

Where I saw somethin' I just had to have

A D

My mind said I should proceed with caution

A E A (stop)

But my heart said "Go ahead an' make a bid on that!"

CHORUS:

A

An' I said, hey, pretty lady, won'cha gi'me a sign

A

Id' give anything to make you mine all mine

D E A

I'll do your biddin' an' be at your beckon call

A

Yeah, I never seen anyone lookin' so fine

A

Man, I gotta have her, she' a one-of-a-kind

D E

I'm goin' once, goin' twice,

A (second time go to *)

I'm sold! On the lady in the seccond row

A

She's an eight, she's a nine, she's a ten, I know

A

She's got ruby-red lips, blond hair, blue eyes

A A D A E (play 2x)

An' I'm about to bid my heart good-bye!

VERSE 2:

A D

Well the auctioneer was goin' about a mile a minute

A E

He was takin' bids an' callin' them out loud

A D

An' I guess I was really gettin' in it

A E A (stop)

'Cause I just shouted out above the crowd!

REPEAT CHORUS

*

A

I'm sold! On the lady in the long black dress

A

Well, she won my heart it was no contest

A

With her ruby-red lips, blond hair, blue eyes

A A D A E (1x only)

I'm about to bid my heart good-bye!

BRIDGE:

E

Yeah, we found love on the auction block

A6

An' I hauled her heart away

G

Now we still love to laugh about

E

The way we met that day

REPEAT CHORUS

Note:

A6 = xx2222

Please send any corections to me. Enjoy!

-Jeff Gary-

jwgary@mail.utexas.edu