{"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":612545,"song":"Little Man","artist":"Alan Jackson","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/612545-little-man-chords-by-alan-jackson/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/612545?type=chord","rating":4.79769,"votes":91,"content":"[Intro]\r\n[ch]C[/ch]  [ch]F[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]F[/ch]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]                        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI remember walk'in round the court square sidewalk[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]\r\nLookin' in windows at things I could want[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                                 [ch]G[/ch]\r\n   There's Johnson's hardware and Morgan's jewelry[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAnd the ol' Lee King's apothecary[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]F[/ch]\r\nThey were the little man[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThe little man[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                        [ch]G[/ch]\r\n   I go back now and the stores are all empty[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]F[/ch]\r\nExcept for an old coke sign dated 1950[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                       [ch]G[/ch]\r\n   Boarded up like they never existed[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]\r\n   Or renovated and called historic districts[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]F[/ch]\r\nThere goes the little man[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThere goes the little man[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Am[/ch]                    [ch]F[/ch]\r\nNow the court square's just a   set of streets[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]                     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThat the people go round but they seldom think[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Am[/ch]              [ch]F[/ch]\r\nBout the little man that built this town[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBefore the big money shut em down[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAnd killed the little man[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]F[/ch]\r\nOh the little man[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                          [ch]G[/ch]\r\n   He pumped your gas and he cleaned your glass[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAnd one cold rainy night he fixed your flat[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                                [ch]G[/ch]\r\n   The new stores came where you do it yourself[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]F[/ch]\r\nYou buy a   lotto ticket and food off the shelf[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]F[/ch]\r\nForget about the little man[/tab]\r\n[tab]                  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nForget about that little man[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 4]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                         [ch]G[/ch]\r\n   He hung on there for a few more years[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]F[/ch]\r\nBut he couldn't sell slurpees, and he wouldn't sell beer[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nNow the bank rents the station[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nTo a man down the road[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAnd they sell velvet Elvis and second-hand clothes[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]F[/ch]\r\nThere goes the little man[/tab]\r\n[tab]                   [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThere goes another little man[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Am[/ch]                    [ch]F[/ch]\r\nNow the court square's just a   set of streets[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]                     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThat the people go round but they seldom think[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Am[/ch]              [ch]F[/ch]\r\nBout the little man that built this town[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBefore the big money shut em down[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAnd killed the little man[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nOh the little man[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Instrumental]\r\n[ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]F[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]F[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 5]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]                        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nNow the stores are lined up in a concrete strip[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]F[/ch]\r\nYou can buy the world with just one trip[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                              [ch]G[/ch]\r\n   And save a penny cause it's jumbo size[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAnd they don't even realize[/tab]\r\n[tab]                    [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]F[/ch]\r\nThey're killin' the little man[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nOh the little man[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Am[/ch]                    [ch]F[/ch]\r\nNow the court square's just a   set of streets[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]                     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThat the people go round but they seldom think[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Am[/ch]              [ch]F[/ch]\r\nBout the little man that built this town[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBefore the big money shut em down[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAnd killed the little man[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]F[/ch]\r\nOh the little man[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 6]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                      [ch]G[/ch]\r\n   It wasn't long when I was a child[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAn old black man came with his mule and his plow[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                               [ch]G[/ch]\r\n   He broke the ground where we grew our garden[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]\r\nBack before we'd all forgotten[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAbout the little man[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]F[/ch]\r\nThe little man[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]F[/ch]\r\nLong live the little man[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]C[/ch]\r\nGod bless the little man[/tab]","plain_text":"[Intro]\nC  F  C  F\n\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 4]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Instrumental]\nAm  F  C  G  Am  F  C  G  C  C\n\n\n[Verse 5]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 6]","chords":["C","F","G","Am"],"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]},"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]}}}