Little Man
Alan JacksonVersion1
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remember walk'in round the court square sidewalk
Lookin' in windows at things I couldn't want
There's johnson's hardware and morgans jewelry
And the ol' Lee king's and the pots they carried
They were the little man
The little man
I go back now and the stores are all empty
Except for an old coke sign from 1950
Boarded up like they never existed
Or renovated and called historic districts
There goes the little man
There goes the little man
Now the court square's just a set of streets
That the people go round but they seldom think
Bout the little man that built this town
Before the big money shut em down
And killed the little man
Oh the little man
Same all the way through
He pumped your gas and he cleaned your glass
And one cold rainy night he fixed your flat
The new stores came where you do it yourself
You buy a lotto ticket and food off the shelf
Forget about the little man
Forget about that little man
He hung on there for a few more years
But he couldn't sell slurpees
And he wouldn't sell beer
Now the bank rents the station
To a man down the road
And they sell velvet Elvis and
Second-hand clothes
There goes little man
There goes another little man
Chorus then lead
Now the are lined up in a concrete strip
You can buy the world with just one trip
And save a penny cause it's jumbo size
They don't even realize
They'er killin' the little man
Oh the little man
It wasn't long when I was a child
An old black man came with his plow
He broke the ground where we grew our garden
Back before we'd all forgot about the little man
The little man
Long live the little man
God bless the little man
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Readable chord sheet for Little Man by Alan Jackson
[C] [F] [C]remember walk'in round the co[G]urt square sidewalk [F]Lookin' in windows at things I couldn't want [C]There's johnson's hardware and mor[G]gans jewelry And the ol' L[F]ee king's and the pots they carried [C]They were the little man [F] [C]The little man [F] [C]I go back now and the sto[G]res are all empty [F]Except for an old coke sign from 1950 [C]Boarded up like they ne[G]ver existed [F]Or renovated and called historic districts There goes the lit[C]tle man [F] There goes the lit[C]tle man Now the co[Am]urt square's just a s[F]et of streets That the pe[C]ople go round but they sel[G]dom think Bout the lit[Am]tle man that bu[F]ilt this town [C]Before the big money sh[G]ut em down And killed the lit[C]tle man [F] Oh the lit[C]tle man Same all the way through He pumped your gas and he cleaned your glass And one cold rainy night he fixed your flat The new stores came where you do it yourself You buy a lotto ticket and food off the shelf Forget about the little man Forget about that little man He hung on there for a few more years But he couldn't sell slurpees And he wouldn't sell beer Now the bank rents the station To a man down the road And they sell velvet Elvis and Second-hand clothes There goes little man There goes another little man Chorus then lead Now the are lined up in a concrete strip You can buy the world with just one trip And save a penny cause it's jumbo size They don't even realize They'er killin' the little man Oh the little man It wasn't long when I was a child An old black man came with his plow He broke the ground where we grew our garden Back before we'd all forgot about the little man The little man Long live the little man God bless the little man