xLittle Man, Alan Jackson
Capo I
Intro: C, F (x2)
Verse 1
C G
I remember walk'in round the court square sidewalk
F
Lookin' in windows at things I could want
C G
There's Johnson's hardware and Morgan's jewelry
F
And the ol' Lee King's apothecary
C F
They were the little man
C F
The little man
Verse 2
C G
I go back now and the stores are all empty
F
Except for an old coke sign dated 1950
C G
Boarded up like they never existed
F
Or renovated and called historic districts
C F
There goes the little man
C
There goes the little man
Chorus:
Am F
Now the court square's just a set of streets
C G
That the people go round but they seldom think
Am F
Bout the little man that built this town
C G
Before the big money shut em down
C F
And killed the little man
C
Oh the little man
Verse 3
C G
He pumped your gas and he cleaned your glass
F
And one cold rainy night he fixed your flat
C G
The new stores came where you do it yourself
F
You buy a lotto ticket and food off the shelf
C F
Forget about the little man
C
Forget about that little man
Verse 4
C G
He hung on there for a few more years
F
But he couldn't sell slurpees, and he wouldn't sell beer
C
Now the bank rents the station
G
To a man down the road
F
And they sell velvet Elvis and second-hand clothes
C F
There goes the little man
C
There goes another little man
CHORUS
Verse 5
C G
Now the stores are lined up in a concrete strip
F
You can buy the world with just one trip
C G
And save a penny cause it's jumbo size
F
And they don't even realize
C F
They're killin' the little man
C
Oh the little man
CHORUS
Verse 6
C G
It wasn't long when I was a child
F
An old black man came with his plow
C G
He broke the ground where we grew our garden
F
Back before we'd all forgot
C F
About the little man
C F
The little man
C F
Long live the little man
C (hold to fade, or strum increasingly slower a few times, then hold)
God bless the little man
Pretty easy song basic chords Enjoy!!!
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