G
Buy a boy a baseball
           D
Get him outside
              Em7
Get his hands dirty
              Cadd9
Take a little time
             G
Give a boy a Bible
                 D
Teach him how to pray
               Em7
Thank the good Lord
                  Cadd9
At the end of the day
            G
Wake him up early
                 D
Teach him how to work
              Em7
Spend his own money
                   Cadd9
Show him what it's worth, yeah


[Chorus]
     G
He's gonna know it all
      D
He'll slip and he'll fall
      Em7                Cadd9
He'll pick him self up, amen
    G
Yes sir, yes ma'am
         D
Show him how to be a man
   Em7                  Cadd9
So one of these days he can


[Verse 2]
           G
Buy a girl flowers
              D
Take her to a show
                 Em
Treat her like a lady
                   Cadd9
And maybe down the road
                    G
He'll givе a girl a diamond
              D
Put it on her hand
                  Em7
Watch her and her mama
               Cadd9
Making all thе plans
                  G
Then get a little house on a
                D
Little piece of land
               Em7
Build a little family
         Cadd9
So maybe one of these days he can, yeah


[Pre-Chorus]
            G
Buy a boy a baseball
           D
Get him outside
              Em7
Get his hands dirty
              Cadd9
Take a little time
             G
Give a boy a Bible
                 D
Teach him how to pray
               Em7
Thank the Good Lord
                  Cadd9
At the end of the day


[Chorus]
           G
Yeah, he's gonna know it all
      D
He'll slip and he'll fall
      Em7                Cadd9
He'll pick him self up, amen
    G
Yes sir, yes ma'am
        D
Show him how to be a man
   Em7                  Cadd9
So one of these days he can
            G       D  Em7  Cadd9
Buy a boy a baseball
             G    D  Em7  Cadd9
Give a boy a Bible


[Verse 3]
     G
He's watching you walk
         D
And he's hearing you talk
       Em7                 Cadd9
And he wants to be you someday
     G
He's growing up fast
        D
And you can't get it back
      Em7                  Cadd9
Right now he just wants to play


[Chorus]
               G
So buy a boy a baseball
           D
Get him outside
              Em7
Get his hands dirty
              Cadd9
Take a little time
             G
Give a boy a Bible
                 D
Teach him how to pray
         Em7
And keep thanking the Lord
    Cadd9
all day, yeah
            G       D  Em7   Cadd9
Buy a boy a Baseball,       yeah
             G    D  Em7  Cadd9
Give a boy a bible
            N.C.
Buy a boy a baseball