Little Man Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[C][F][C][F]

[Verse 1]
I re[C]member walkin'
'round the [G]court square sidewalk
[F]Lookin' in windows at things I couldn't want
[C]There's Johnson's Hardware
and [G]Morgan's Jewelry
And the [F]ol' Lee King's Apothecary
They were the [C]little [F]man
The [C]little man

[Verse 2]
[C]I go back now and the sto[G]res are empty
Ex[F]cept for an old coke sign dated 1950
[C]Boarded up like they nev[G]er existed
[F]Or renovated and called historic districts
There goes the [C]little [F]man
There goes the [C]little man

[Chorus 1]
Now the [Am]court square's just [F]a set of streets
That the [C]people go round
but [G]they seldom think
'Bout the [Am]little man that [F]built this town
Be[C]fore the big money [G]shut 'em down
And killed the [C]little [F]man
Oh the [C]little [F]man

[Verse 3]
[C]He pumped your gas
and [G]he cleaned your glass
And [F]one cold rainy night
he fixed your flat
The [C]new store came where you [G]do it yourself
You [F]buy a lotto ticket and food off the shelf
Forget the [C]little [F]man
Forget about that [C]little man

[Verse 4]
[C]He hung on there for a few[G] more years
But he [F]couldn't sell slurpees
And he wouldn't sell beer
Now the [C]bank rents the station
To a [G]man down the road
And they [F]sell velvet Elvis
and second-hand clothes
There goes [C]little [F]man
There goes another little [C]man

[Chorus 2]
Now the [Am]court square's just [F]a set of streets
That the [C]people go round
but [G]they seldom think
'Bout the [Am]little man that [F]built this town
Be[C]fore the big money [G]shut 'em down
And killed the [C]little [F]man
Oh the [C]little man

[Solo 1]
[Am][F][C][G]
[Am][F][C][G]
[C][C]

[Verse 5]
Now the [C]stores are lined up in a [G]concrete strip
You can [F]buy the whole world in just one trip
[C]And save a penny 'cause it's jum[G]bo size
[F]They don't even realize
They're killin' the [C]little [F]man
Oh the [C]little man

[Chorus 3]
Now the [Am]court square's just [F]a set of streets
That the [C]people go round
but [G]they seldom think
'Bout the [Am]little man that [F]built this town
Be[C]fore the big money [G]shut 'em down
And killed the [C]little [F]man
Oh the [C]little [F]man

[Outro 1]
[C]It wasn't long ago when I w[G]as a child
An [F]old black man came
with his mule and his plow
[C]He broke the ground
where we [G]grew our garden
[F]Back before we'd all forgotten
About the [C]little [F]man
The [C]little [F]man
Long live the [C]little [F]man
God bless the little [G]man[C]