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