G

F         C       G        
Barterers & their wives 
F         C       G
Barterers & their wives 
F        C       F       C
Trading, fading, faking, breaking, 
F       C         G
Barter away their lives 

F            C    G
Crowding the city gate 
F            C        G
Shunning the master s fate 
F     C       F      C
Low decisions they envision, 
F            C        G
Cleaning the paupers  plates 

D      A            C       G           D . . .
In the marketplace, trading commonplace friends 
D       A         C       G              D . . .
Come to banter on odds to meet their own ends 

F         C          G
Barterers hold their own 
F           C         G
Pinching on what they loan 
F     C        F      C
After seeding, people pleading, 
F            C     G
Spending the heat alone 

D        A         C         G          D . . .
Who will sacrifice pride for being nice game 
D       A        C          G         D . . .
He s in season & that s the reason he came 

break

G

F         C       G
Barterers & their trade 
F           C       G
Lately fall back to fade 
F     C        F        C
Every evening, packing, leaving, 
F           C            G
Counting on what they ve made 

D      A            C         G             D . . .
Wifely cooking will keep them looking their best 
D       A           C     G            D . . .
As they smile & set out beguiling with jest 

F         C       G        
Barterers & their wives 
F         C       G
Barterers & their wives 
F        C       F       C
Trading, fading, faking, breaking, 
F       C         G
Barter away their lives 

D A C G  D . . . 2x

F C G . . .