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From Little Things Big Things Grow by Paul Kelly and the Messengers - Guitar Chords
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From Little Things Big Things Grow - Paul Kelly
[Intro]
C Am Em G x4
[Verse 1]
C Am Em G C Am Em G
Gather 'round people I'll tell you a story, an eight year long story of power and pride.
C Am Em G C Am Em G
British Lord Vestey and Vincent Lingiarri, were opposite men on opposite sides.
C Am Em G
[Verse 2]
C Am Em G C Am Em G
Vestey was fat with money and muscle. Beef was his business, broad was his door.
C Am Em G C Am Em G
Vincent was lean and spoke very little. He had no bank balance, hard dirt was his floor.
[Chorus]
C Am Em G C Am Em G
From little things, big things grow. From little things, big things grow.
C Am Em G x2
[Verse 3]
C Am Em G C Am Em G
Gurindji were working for nothing but rations. Where once they had gathered the wealth of the land.
C Am Em G C Am Em G
Daily the pressure got tighter and tighter. Gurindji decided they must make a stand.
C Am Em G
[Verse 4]
C Am Em G C Am Em G
They picked up their swags and started off walking. At Wattie Creek they sat themselves down.
C Am Em G C Am Em G
Now it don't sound like much but it sure got tongues talking, back at the homestead and then in the town.
[Chorus]
C Am Em G C Am Em G
From little things, big things grow. From little things, big things grow.
[Harmonica]
C Am Em G x2
[Verse 5]
C Am Em G C Am Em G
Well Vestey man said, 'I'll double your wages. Eighteen quid a week you'll have in your hand'.
C Am Em G C Am Em G
Vincent said 'Uh-uh, we're not talking about wages. We're sitting right here 'til we get our land'.
C Am Em G C Am Em G
Vestey man roared and Vestey man thundered, 'You don't stand the chance of a cinder in snow'.
C Am Em G
Vince said, 'If we fall others are rising'.
[Chorus]
C Am Em G C Am Em G
From little things big things grow. From little things big things grow.
[Harmonica]
C Am Em G x2
[Verse 6]
C Am Em G C Am Em G
Then Vincent Lingiarri boarded an aeroplane, landed in Sydney. Big city of lights.
C Am Em G C Am Em G
And daily he went round softly speaking his story to all kinds of men from all walks of life.
C Am Em G C Am Em G
And Vincent sat down with big politicians, 'This affair', they told him, 'It's a matter of state.
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Let us sort it out, Why, your people are hungry.' Vincent said 'No thanks, we know how to wait'.
[Chorus]
C Am Em G C Am Em G
From little things big things grow. From little things big things grow.
[Harmonica]
C Am Em G x2
[Verse 7]
C Am Em G C Am Em G
Then Vincent Lingiarri returned in an aeroplane, back to his country once more to sit down.
C Am Em G C Am Em G
And he told his people 'Let the stars keep on turning. We have friends in the south, in the cities and towns'.
C Am Em G
[Verse 8]
C Am Em G C Am Em G
Eight years went by, eight long years of waiting 'til one day, a tall stranger appeared in the land.
C Am Em G C Am Em G
And he came with lawyers and he came with great ceremony and through Vincents fingers poured a handful of sand
[Chorus]
C Am Em G C Am Em G
From little things big things grow. From little things big things grow.
[Harmonica]
C Am Em G x4
[Verse 9]
C Am Em G C Am Em G
Well that was the story of Vincent Lingairri but this is the story of something much more.
C Am Em G C Am Em G
How power and privilege can not move a people who know where they stand and stand in the law.
[Chorus]
C Am Em G C Am Em G
From little things big things grow. From little things big things grow.
C Am Em G C Am Em G C
From little things big things grow. From little things big things grow.
C Am Em G C Am Em G C
From little things big things grow. From little things big things grow.
C Am Em G C Am Em G C
From little things big things grow. From little things big things grow.
C Am Em G C Am Em G C
From little things big things grow. From little things big things grow.
C Am N.C.
(From little things big things grow. From little things big things grow).....
[Outro]
C Am Em G x8
Didjeridoo to fade
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