Capo: 2 Tuning: E A D G B E

From the performance at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ccaWR3CfYBQ (when playing G, Fred plays between the two G positions, listen to the performance to get it) G1 G2 e|------------| B|--3--3------| G|--0--4------| D|--0--0------| A|--2--2------| E|--3--3------| [Verse 1]

There's a ^Glittle white note ^Gon the gate by the road that a m^Can ^C/Gput u^Cp y^C/Gester^Gday ^GAnd when we saw it, ^Gwe all ran out just to see^A what it had ^D/F#to say. And ^Gwhen we read it, ^Gour eyes filled with tears, and they ^Cfel^C/Gl to the^C co^C/Gld, hard ^Gclay ^GSomething about a mortgage, ^Gsomething about foreclosure, ^Gsomething about ^Dfailing to ^Gpay.

[Chorus]

^GOh, and on the post by the ^Ggeneral store, they ^Cput^C/G up a ^Clit^C/Gtle si^Ggn ^GAn auction sale ^Gday after tomorrow at the e^And of the Lincoln^D/F# Line ^D ^D/F# ^GThirty years of farming, ^Gthirty years of heartache, thirty^C ye^C/Gars of^C da^C/Gy to d^Gay ^GOh, my daddy stopped talking ^Gthe day the farm was auctioned, ^Gthere was nothing ^Dleft to sa^Gy.

[Verse 2]

^GOh, my mama's tears fell ^Gfreely down as she w^Calked^C/G amongst t^Che flower^C/Gs in the ^Gyard ^GAnd every number ^Gthe auctioneer called was like a b^Alow to her precious ^D/F#heart ^GAnd every number ^Gthe auctioneer called meant a^Cnothe^C/Gr thing was^C sold^C/G that d^Gay ^G'Til everything was auctioned, ^Gand we stood there watching ^Gas they loaded it and ^Ddrove it a^Gway.

[Chorus]

^GOh, and on the post by the ^Ggeneral store, they ^Cput^C/G up a ^Clit^C/Gtle si^Ggn ^GAn auction sale ^Gday after tomorrow at the e^And of the Lincoln ^D/F#Line ^GThirty years of farming, ^Gthirty years of heartache, thirty^C ye^C/Gars of^C da^C/Gy to d^Gay ^GOh, my daddy stopped talking ^Gthe day the farm was auctioned, ^Gthere was nothing ^Dleft to sa^Gy.

[Instrumental] G C G G A D G C G G D G [Verse 3]

^GAt the day's first dawning, ^Gwe awoke this morning, there was ^Cnot^C/Ghing f^Cor ^C/Gus to ^Gdo, ^GNothing in the granary, ^Gno hay in the mow, no cattl^Ae, no tractor, no ^D/F#tools. ^GSo we loaded up the car, ^Gtook the clothes that we wore and a ^Cfew ^C/Gthings ^Cwe m^C/Ganaged to ^Gsave. ^GMama read from the Book, ^Gwe took one last look, ^Gand then we^D drove a^Gway.

[Chorus]

[Outro]

^GOh, my daddy stopped talking ^Gthe day the farm was auctioned, ^Gthere was nothing ^Dleft to sa^Gy.

Fred Eaglesmith - Thirty years of farming