Buy A Boy A Baseball
Recorded by Granger Smith
Album: Country Things Vol. 2 (2020)

(No  Capo)

(Intro.)
|(G) / (D) / |(Em) / (C) / | x 2

(Verse 1)
Buy a boy a (G)baseball, get him out-(D)side
Get his hands (Em)dirty, take a little (C)time
Give a boy a (G)Bible, teach him how to (D)pray
Thank the good (Em)Lord at the end of the (C)day
Wake him up (G)early, teach him how to (D)work
Spend his own (Em)money, show him what it's (C)worth, yeah

(Chorus)
He's (G)gonna know it all, he'll (D)slip and he'll fall
He'll (Em)ick him self up, a-(C)men
Yes (G)sir, yes ma’am, show him (D)how to be a man
So (Em)one of these days he (C)can

(Verse 2)
Buy a girl (G)flowers, take her to a (D)show
Treat her like a (Em)lady and maybe down the (C)road
He'll givе a girl a (G)diamond, put it on her (D)hand
Watch her and her (Em)mama, making all thе (C)plans
Then get a little (G)house on a little piece of (D)land
Build a little (Em)family, so maybe (C)one of these days he can, yeah
 
(Pre-Chorus)
Buy a boy a (G)baseball, get him out-(D)side
Get his hands (Em)dirty, take a little (C)time
Give a boy a (G)Bible, teach him how to (D)pray
Thank the Good (Em)Lord at the end of the (C)day

(Chorus)
Yeah, he's (G)gonna know it all, he'll (D)slip and he'll fall
He'll (Em)pick him self up, a-(C)men
Yes (G)sir, yes ma’am, show him (D)how to be a man
So (Em)one of these days he (C)can
Buy a boy a (G)baseball / (D) / |(Em) / (C)
Give a boy a (G)Bible / (D) / |(Em) / (C) / |(C) /

(Verse 3)
He's (G)watching you walk and he's (D)hearing you talk
And he (Em)wants to be you some-(C)day
He's (G)growing up fast and you (D)can't get it back
Right (Em)now he just wants to (C)play

(Chorus)
So buy a boy a (G)baseball, get him out-(D)side
Get his hands (Em)dirty, take a little (C)time
Give a boy a (G)Bible, teach him how to (D)pray
And keep (Em)thanking the Lord all (C)day, yeah
Buy a boy a (G)Baseball, (D) (Em) yeah (C)
Give a boy a (G)bible (D) (Em) (C)
Buy a boy a baseball - - - - -