Intro: D  G 
  
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Estate sale today from one o'clock 'til four 
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You go and get ready, I'll go start the car 
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Better to be early, then we'll be the first in line 
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And you know how I love this, it's amazing what you find 
  
  
Chorus: 
N.C.          C    A        D 
Going through dead people's houses 
          G           A       D 
Wonderful things they have collected 
         G            A           D 
Open the drawers, the trunks, the closets 
              G      A   D           G 
Don't leave a corner uninspected 
  
  
            A             D                G 
You head for the kitchen, I'll check out upstairs 
             A             D           G 
Old postcards and pens and blue fiesta ware 
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Shaving mugs and winged eyeglasses, giant plastic pins 
                A                 D              G 
Linen suits and flowered dresses, so glad we got in 
  
  
Chorus: 
N.C.          C    A        D 
Going through dead people's houses 
          G           A       D 
Wonderful things they have collected 
         G            A           D 
Open the drawers, the trunks, the closets 
              G      A   D    
Don't leave a corner uninspected 
  
  
Bridge: 
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They just don't make 'em like this, it's an incredible price 
         D                              A 
We could hang it in the kitchen, he was just your size 
       D                    A 
It's a beautiful frame, the picture's alright 
         D                                C      A 
Salt and pepper airplanes, ooh, that deco light, eew! 
  
  
Chorus: 
N.C.          C    A        D 
Going through dead people's houses 
          G           A       D 
Wonderful things they have collected 
         G            A           D 
Open the drawers, the trunks, the closets 
              G      A   D             G 
Don't leave a corner uninspected 
  
  
             A            D                  G 
Tonight we'll go home and sort through our array 
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We'll find the best spots to put things on display 
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You can't get this great stuff anymore, I don't know why 
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But I bet we make some young strangers happy when we die 
  
  
Chorus: 
N.C.          C    A        D 
Going through dead people's houses 
          G           A       D 
Wonderful things they have collected 
         G            A          D 
Open the drawers, the trunks and closets 
              G      A   D       
Don't leave a corner uninspected 
  
  
Chorus: 
              C    A        D 
Going through dead people's houses 
          G           A       D 
Wonderful things they have collected 
         G            A           D 
Open the drawers, the trunks, the closets 
              G      A   D       
Don't leave a corner uninspected 
  
  
OUTRO:    (## fade to end ##) 
              C    A        D 
Going through dead people's houses (Dead people's houses)  
G    A        D 
Dead people's houses (Dead people's houses)  
G    A        D 
Dead people's houses (Dead people's houses)  
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I've got a brand new pair of roller-skates 
              C    A        D 
Going through dead people's houses 
          G           A       D 
Wonderful things they have collected 
         G            A          D 
Open the drawers, the trunks and closets 
              G      A   D       
Don't leave a corner uninspected