{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":2109549,"song":"Little Tom","artist":"Johnny Hickman","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11457987-little-tom-chords-by-johnny-hickman/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2109549?type=chord","rating":4.81142,"votes":3,"content":"Little Tom by Johnny Hickman\r\n\r\n[Intro]\r\n[ch]Am[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\n    \r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                                       [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWell someone shot the president, on the night that I was born[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                            [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI wasn't born to poverty or wealth[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                              [ch]C[/ch]\r\nJust one in a million babies, often to be told[/tab]\r\n[tab]                           [ch]G[/ch]                    \r\nKeep their opinions to themselves[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                                       [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]                    \r\nI really wasn't all that small but they called me Little Tom[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                              [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd they sent me to school far away[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI don't really get it and I may never know [/tab]\r\n[tab]                                                   [ch]G[/ch]                                      \r\nBut they said at the time that there was no other way, [/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]Am[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nno other way[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Instrumental]\r\n[ch]Am[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                                     [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWell they say I had a sister, but she died when I was young[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                                 [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nIn a home that the government had found her in[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                                               [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd the place they found for me they called the great opportunity[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                          [ch]G[/ch]                                                 \r\nStill I wish she could have died with me around her[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                                 [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]           \r\nSee some kids got a beatin', some kids went away[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                                      [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nSometimes I'd hear 'em leaving in the night[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                             [ch]C[/ch]\r\nOne time I saw Jesus standing outside in the rain[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                       [ch]G[/ch]                               \r\nAnd he told me that I was gonna be all right, [/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]Am[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\ngonna be all right[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Instrumental]\r\n[ch]D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                                                 [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWell the priest there he bought me a suit, and we got in his car[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                             [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd he took me for a ride downtown[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                                   \r\nSaid the Army is the place for you, [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nbe a man before they're through[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHe walked away while I was just staring down[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                                           [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nNow which God made the criminals, and which God made police[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                                 [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd which God makes the ones like me[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                                         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWhere do bad guys come from if they don't fall out of the sky[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWhen I get out I'm gonna work at stayin free, [/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]Am[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]\r\njust stayin free[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Instrumental]\r\n[ch]Am[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]","plain_text":"Little Tom by Johnny Hickman\n\n[Intro]\nAm C G\n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Instrumental]\nAm C G\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Instrumental]\nD C D C Em Am\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Instrumental]\nAm C G Am","chords":["Am","C","G","F","D","Em"],"chord_diagrams":{"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"Em":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,0,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,0,0]},"F":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,2,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,2,1,1]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}