G                         C                         G
The morning bus will come to take you down
Em               C                        G
The country road to the farthest side of town
Em               C            G
Later on the field behind the school it will be bright
Em                              C                      G
When you play a snare drum solo in the Friday football light


G                             C                   G
The station on the corner has fired another clerk
Em                             C                        G
But the strike is over and the teachers are back to work
Em                    C                        G
The boy next door has gone to war, he's the next in a five year fight
Em                                       C                    G
And you'll play a snare drum solo in the Friday football light


Chorus
Em                      C
Little man, little man
G                      D
Are you the heir to an empty hand?
Em                 C             G                D
Oh, no one is sure what we'll be fighting for next
Em                     C
Little boy, little boy
G                     D
Are you the heir to a plastic toy?


Em                 C                            G                D

D


        G                    C                         G
With hair like that you know nobody can see your eyes
Em                                  C                        G
You've heard it from your mother if once, than a thousand times
Em               C                        G
You like it long, freedom belongs to the red, the blue, the white
                  Em               C                        G
And you'll play a snare drum solo in the Friday football light


        G                C                         G
The jokes you hear, well who knows what they mean?
              Em               C                        G
There are the kids at school and the kids behind the screen
Em                    C                        G
At home at night your parents fight and while neither one is right
              Em               C                        G
You'll play a snare drum solo in the Friday football light


Chorus
Em                      C
Little man, little man
G                      D
Are you the heir to an empty hand?
Em                 C             G                D
Oh, no one is sure what we'll be fighting for next
Em                     C
Little boy, little boy
G                     D
Are you the heir to a plastic toy?

Em                 C                            G                D

D

   G                C                      G
Do you know who you are or how you'll know?
Em               C                        G
You lay in bed last night and listened for the season's first snow
Em               C                        G
Upon the roof you'll tell the truth someday, but for tonight
              Em                     C                        G
You'll play a snare drum solo in the Friday football light
              Em                     C                        G
You'll play a snare drum solo in the Friday football light