Chords for Ferlin Husky / Little Tom

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Little Tom, _ [G] what will be [C] your fate? _ _ _ _ _
[G] Little Tom, will you be [Dm] someone [C] great? _ _ _ _ _
Do you know right from wrong?
Are [F] they teaching you at home?
Or have [C] they turned you loose [G] to roam?
Little [C] Tom _ _ _ _ _
_ I went [Em] into a cafe [G] and ordered myself something [C] to eat
When a little boy walked in with his shoes [G] half on his feet
He said, buy a paper mister
[C] I said, how old are you son?
_ Seven sir, and when my papers are sold I'll be on my way home _
What's your name?
[F] _ [F] Thomas, but everybody calls me Little Tom
[C] They name me after my daddy, but [G] they say I look like my mom
_ Why it's [C] almost midnight, you should be home asleep
I know it, but I wanted to get me a bicycle
[G] But I gotta help mommy buy something to [C] eat
_ My daddy's pretty mean to us, [G] and he spends most of his money for wine
And he don't hold a job [C] like other men, cause, well, he gets fired all the time
_ I said, have something to eat, ain't you hungry?
[F] I guess, a little bit, I believe I'll have a hamburger and a glass of [C] milk to go with it
_ [G] I said, is that enough?
He said, [C] make it two, I ain't eat since noon
I said, where do you live son?
On [G] Main Street sir, the six of us live in [C] one room
There's me and my three brothers, _ [G] my mommy and my dad
But same day I'm gonna [C] buy mommy [G] a big house, if I have to turn out [C] bad _
My appetite left me as I sat there watching him
[F] And I thought, he's just one of thousands that's brought [G] up in a home of [C] sin
Where their parents [G] deprive their children and forget [C] the maker of all mankind
And then wonder why there's juvenile delinquency when [G] they're at fault most of the [C] time
I bit my lip and fought back tears as I watched the little guy leave the cafe
_ And I wondered how many more children _ would be brought up that way
_ _ _ Little Tom, _
_ [G] what will be your fate? _
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