Tom: Dm
C F C D C
[Verse 1]
C Am
Little man in a big world
F C
The land so large and problems so small
Am D G
Little ears trusting in every word they hear
C
Some day he’ll work the factory
F C
And grow to be six feet tall
F C G C
His mother will always see him in his toddler years
[Pre-Chorus]
F Bb C
He believes in what he sees
F Bb C
And he says what he means
F Bb C Dm G N.C.
If only everything were exactly like it appeared
[Chorus]
F G
Sometimes the outcasts look like trouble
F G
And the enemies look like friends
F C G N.C.
Oh it takes a little living to know just where you stand
[Verse 2]
C Am
Little boy with big opinions
F C
One size too small for his adult britches
Am
Thinking he’s got life figured out
D G
All the problems and solutions
C F C
Someday, oh someday, he’ll learn to love a woman
F C G C
And he’ll tell his little man, “Gosh, women are hard to understand”
[Pre-Chorus]
F C
Oh he packed his bags (packed his bags)
F C
To catch his train (catch his train)
F Bb C
To find his own way
Dm G
No one could tell him to stay
F Bb C
It’ll take many times
F C
To realize he still needs advice
F Bb C Dm N.C.
And the wisdom of the wise that have gone before
[Chorus]
F G
Sometimes the good things and the bad
F G
Are lost in the expectations we have
F C G N.C.
Takes a little living to know what really lasts
[Bridge]
G Em
Young man in a mean world
C G
Politics say ?
Em A D
It seems like you have to earn your happiness
G
Young man on his white horse
C G
Falling to his hearty corpse
Em A D G
He’s not as invincible as he thought he might be
[Pre-Chorus]
F C
Oh he stood and he fell
F Bb C
Good times like heaven and times like hell
F Bb C Dm G
Tightening his fist toward a voiceless sky
F C
If there really were higher meaning
F C
To why do good men die
F C Dm N.C.
And the wolves with bad intentions get away with their lives?
[Chorus]
F G
Sometimes the good guys and the villains
F G
Are dressed in grey opinions
F G Em D F G
And it leaves us to question where the hero stands
[Outro]
Em D F G Em D F G
Em D F G Em D
