Biography:
Hickman is best known for co-founding the band Cracker, in which he is the lead guitarist, occasional vocalist and a co-songwriter. In 2005 he released his first solo album, Palmhenge.
Additionally, Hickman was a member of the 1980's band The Unforgiven, and had earlier briefly teamed up with future Cracker bandmate David Lowery in a pre-Camper Van Beethoven outfit known as the Estonian Gauchos.
Occasionally, Hickman ventures away from solo work and Cracker to spearhead side projects, such as All Thumbs Trio (with moe.
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Little Tom by Johnny Hickman
[Intro]
Am C G
F C G
Well someone shot the president, on the night that I was born
F C G
I wasn't born to poverty or wealth
F C
Just one in a million babies, often to be told
G
Keep their opinions to themselves
F C G
I really wasn't all that small but they called me Little Tom
F C G
And they sent me to school far away
F C
I don't really get it and I may never know
G
But they said at the time that there was no other way,
Am C G
no other way
[Instrumental]
Am C G
F C G
Well they say I had a sister, but she died when I was young
F C G
In a home that the government had found her in
F C
And the place they found for me they called the great opportunity
G
Still I wish she could have died with me around her
F C G
See some kids got a beatin', some kids went away
F C G
Sometimes I'd hear 'em leaving in the night
F C
One time I saw Jesus standing outside in the rain
G
And he told me that I was gonna be all right,
Am C G
gonna be all right
[Instrumental]
D C D C Em Am
F C G
Well the priest there he bought me a suit, and we got in his car
F C G
And he took me for a ride downtown
F
Said the Army is the place for you,
C
be a man before they're through
G
He walked away while I was just staring down
F C G
Now which God made the criminals, and which God made police
F C G
And which God makes the ones like me
F C
Where do bad guys come from if they don't fall out of the sky
G
When I get out I'm gonna work at stayin free,
Am C G
just stayin free
[Instrumental]
Am C G Am
[Intro]
Am C G
F C G
Well someone shot the president, on the night that I was born
F C G
I wasn't born to poverty or wealth
F C
Just one in a million babies, often to be told
G
Keep their opinions to themselves
F C G
I really wasn't all that small but they called me Little Tom
F C G
And they sent me to school far away
F C
I don't really get it and I may never know
G
But they said at the time that there was no other way,
Am C G
no other way
[Instrumental]
Am C G
F C G
Well they say I had a sister, but she died when I was young
F C G
In a home that the government had found her in
F C
And the place they found for me they called the great opportunity
G
Still I wish she could have died with me around her
F C G
See some kids got a beatin', some kids went away
F C G
Sometimes I'd hear 'em leaving in the night
F C
One time I saw Jesus standing outside in the rain
G
And he told me that I was gonna be all right,
Am C G
gonna be all right
[Instrumental]
D C D C Em Am
F C G
Well the priest there he bought me a suit, and we got in his car
F C G
And he took me for a ride downtown
F
Said the Army is the place for you,
C
be a man before they're through
G
He walked away while I was just staring down
F C G
Now which God made the criminals, and which God made police
F C G
And which God makes the ones like me
F C
Where do bad guys come from if they don't fall out of the sky
G
When I get out I'm gonna work at stayin free,
Am C G
just stayin free
[Instrumental]
Am C G Am
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