Little Man Chords by Alan Jackson

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_ [C#] I remember walking round [G#] the court square sidewalks, [F#] looking in wins, at things I couldn't want.
[C#] There's Johnson's hardware [G#] and Morgan's jewelry, [F#] and the old Lee King's apothecary.
They were [C#] the little man, _ _ [F#] _
_ _ [C#] the little man. _ _
_ _ _ I go back now, [G#] the stores are empty, [F#] except an old coat signed dated 1950.
_ [C#] _ Boarded up like [G#] they never existed, [F#] or renovated and called historic districts.
[C#] There goes the little man, _ [F#] _
there [C#] goes the little man. _ _ _
_ Now [A#m] the court square's just [F#] a set of streets, [C#] and people go around but [G#] they seldom think
about [A#m] the little [F#] man that built this town.
[C#] Before the big money [G#] shut him down, [C#] he killed the little man, _ [F#] _
_ the [C#] awful little man.
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_ _ _ [C#] He pumped your gas [G#] and he'd clean your glass, [F#] one cold rainy night and fixed your glass.
A [C#] new store came where [G#] you'd do it yourself, and you'd [F#] buy a lot of old tickets, food off the shelf.
Forget [C#] the little man, _ _ [F#] _
forget about [C#] that little man. _ _ _
_ _ _ He hung on there [G#] for a few more years, [F#] he couldn't sell slurpings, he wouldn't sell [B] beer.
[G#] [C#] Now the bank rents a station [G#] to a man down the road, and [F#] they sell velvet elves, second hand clothes.
There [C#] goes the little man, _ _ [F#] _
there goes another [C#] little man. _ _ _
_ _ [A#m] Now the court square's just [F#] a set of streets, [C#] and people go around [G#] but they seldom think
[A#m] about the little _ [F#] man that built this town.
[C#] Before the big money [G#] shut him down, he [C#] killed the little man, _ [F#] _
_ the [C#] awful little man. _ _ _
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_ Now the stores are lined up [G#] in a concrete strip, [F#] you can buy the whole world in just one trip.
_ [C#] They say the penny [G#] calls is jumbo size, [F#] and they don't even realize they're killing [C#] the
little man, _ [F#] _
_ oh [C#] the little man. _ _
_ _ [A#m] Now the court square's just [F#] a set of streets, [C#] and people go around [G#] but they seldom think
[A#m] about the little man [F#] that built this town.
[C#] Before the big money [G#]
shut him down, he [C#] killed the little man, _ [F#] _
_ _ [C#] oh the little man.
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_ _ _ [C#] It wasn't long ago [G#] when I was a [F#] child, an old black man came with his mule and his plow.
[C#] He broke the ground [G#] where we grew our garden, [F#] back before we'd all forgotten.
_ _ _ [C#] Without the little man, _ [F#] _ _ _ [C#] the little man, _ [F#] _ _ long [C#] live the little man.
_ _ [F#] _ _ God bless [C#] the little man. _ _
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