Snare Drum
By Lucy Wainwright Roche
Capo 3rd Fret
G C G
The morning bus will come to take you down
Em C G
The country road to the farthest side of town
Em C G
Later on the field behind the school it will be bright
Em C G
When you play a snare drum solo in the Friday football light
G C G
The station on the corner has fired another clerk
Em C G
But the strike is over and the teachers are back to work
Em C G
The boy next door has gone to war, he's the next in a five year fight
Em C G
And you'll play a snare drum solo in the Friday football light
Chorus
Em C
Little man, little man
G D
Are you the heir to an empty hand?
Em C G D
Oh, no one is sure what we'll be fighting for next
Em C
Little boy, little boy
G D
Are you the heir to a plastic toy?
Em C G D
D
G C G
With hair like that you know nobody can see your eyes
Em C G
You've heard it from your mother if once, than a thousand times
Em C G
You like it long, freedom belongs to the red, the blue, the white
Em C G
And you'll play a snare drum solo in the Friday football light
G C G
The jokes you hear, well who knows what they mean?
Em C G
There are the kids at school and the kids behind the screen
Em C G
At home at night your parents fight and while neither one is right
Em C G
You'll play a snare drum solo in the Friday football light
Chorus
Em C
Little man, little man
G D
Are you the heir to an empty hand?
Em C G D
Oh, no one is sure what we'll be fighting for next
Em C
Little boy, little boy
G D
Are you the heir to a plastic toy?
Em C G D
D
G C G
Do you know who you are or how you'll know?
Em C G
You lay in bed last night and listened for the season's first snow
Em C G
Upon the roof you'll tell the truth someday, but for tonight
Em C G
You'll play a snare drum solo in the Friday football light
Em C G
You'll play a snare drum solo in the Friday football light
Transcribed by Kate N :-)
