Little Tom chords by George Hamilton IV

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Intro 1

Verse 1
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Little Tom,  (D major) 
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what  (A major) will be your  (D major) fate?
Little
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Tom,  (A major) will you be someone great?  (D major) 
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Do you know right  (A major) from  (D major) wrong
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Are they  (G major) teachin' you at home
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Or are  (D major) you left to  (A major) roam
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Little  (D major) town
I went into a cafe and ordered
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 (A major) myself something to eat
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When a  (D major) little boy walked in
with shoes half off his feet
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He said,  (A major) my paper mister? I said,
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how old are you son?  (D major) 
Seven sir, and when my papers are sold
I'll be on my way home.
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What's your name?  (A major) 
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 (D major) Thomas sir, but everybody calls me little
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 (G major) Tom.
They named me after my daddy,
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but this hair looks like my mom.  (D major) 
Why it's almost midnight,
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 (A major) and you should be home asleep.
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 (D major) I know it, but I wanted to get me a bicycle,
and I gotta help mommy buy something to eat.
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My daddy's pretty  (A major) mean to us,
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and he spends most of  (D major) his money for wine
And he don't hold a job like other men,
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cause,  (A major) well, he gets fired all the time
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I said, have something  (D major) to eat,
son, aren't you hungry?
I guess a little bit,
I believe I'll have a hamburger and a glass of milk to go with it
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I said, is that enough?  (G major) 
Make it two, ain't eaten since lunch
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Where  (A major) do you live,  (D major) son?
On
Main
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Street,  (A major) sir, there's six of
us lives in one room.
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 (D major) That's me and my three brothers
and my mommy and my dad.
But I'm gonna buy mommy a big house someday,
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 (A major) if I have to turn out bad.  (D major) 
My appetite left me as I
sat there watching him,
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an (A major) d I thought, he's just one of thousands
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that's brought up in a home of sin,  (D major) 
where the parents declare their children
and forget the maker of all mankind,
and then wonder why there's juvenile delinquency
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when they're at fault most  (G major) of the time.
I bit my lip and fought back tears as I
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 (D major) watched the  (B minor) little guy leave  (D major) the cafe,
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 (A major) and I wondered how many more chil
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 (B minor) dren would be brought up that way.  (G minor) 
Little
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 (D major) Tom,
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 (A major) what will be your fate?
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 (D major) Thank you for watching.