Capo I

G5

F5         C5       G5        
Barterers & their wives 
F5         C5       G5
Barterers & their wives 
F5        C5       F5       C5
Trading, fading, faking, breaking, 
F5       C5         G5
Barter away their lives 

F5            C5    G5
Crowding the city gate 
F5            C5        G5
Shunning the master s fate 
F5     C5       F5      C5
Low decisions they envision, 
F5            C5        G5
Cleaning the paupers  plates 

D5      A5            C5       G5           D5 . . .
In the marketplace, trading commonplace friends 
D5       A5         C5       G5              D5 . . .
Come to banter on odds to meet their own ends 

F5         C5          G5
Barterers hold their own 
F5           C5         G5
Pinching on what they loan 
F5     C5        F5      C5
After seeding, people pleading, 
F5            C5     G5
Spending the heat alone 

D5        A5         C5         G5          D5 . . .
Who will sacrifice pride for being nice game 
D5       A5        C5          G5         D5 . . .
He s in season & that s the reason he came 

break

G5

F5         C5       G5
Barterers & their trade 
F5           C5       G5
Lately fall back to fade 
F5     C5        F5        C5
Every evening, packing, leaving, 
F5           C5            G5
Counting on what they ve made 

D5      A5            C5         G5             D5 . . .
Wifely cooking will keep them looking their best 
D5       A5           C5     G5            D5 . . .
As they smile & set out beguiling with jest 

F5         C5       G5        
Barterers & their wives 
F5         C5       G5
Barterers & their wives 
F5        C5       F5       C5
Trading, fading, faking, breaking, 
F5       C5         G5
Barter away their lives 

D5 A5 C5 G5  D5 . . . 2x

F5 C5 G5 . . .

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