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From Little Things Big Things Grow chords by
Paul Kelly
Paul Kelly

Intro 1
C
Am
Em
G

C
Am
Em
G

C
Am
Em
G

C
Am
Em
G

Verse 1
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Em
G

Gather round people I tell you're a story
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Em
G

An eight year long story of power and pride
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Am
Em
G

The British Lord Vestey and Vincent Lingiarri
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Am
Em
G

Were opposite men on opposite sides
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Am
Em
G

Verse 2
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Vestey was fat with money and muscle
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G

Beef was his business, broad was his door
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Vincent was lean and spoke very little
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Am

He had no bank balance,
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G

hard dirt was his floor
Chorus 1
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From little things big things grow
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From little things big things grow
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C
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Verse 3
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Am

Gurindji were working
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for nothing but rations
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Am

Where once they had gathered
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G

the wealth of the land
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Daily the pressure got tighter and tighter
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Gurindju decided they must make a stand
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Verse 4
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Am

They picked up their swags
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G

and started off walking
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Am

At Wattie Creek
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G

they sat themselves down
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Am

Now it don't sound like much
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G

but it sure got tongues talking
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Am

Back at the homestead
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G

and then in the town
Chorus 2
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From little things big things grow
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From little things big things grow
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C
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Verse 5
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Am

Vestey man said
Em
G

I'll double your wages
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Am

Eighteen quid a week
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G

you'll have in your hand
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Vincent said uhuh
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G

we're not talking about wages
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Am

We're sitting right here
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G

till we get our land
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Am

Vestey man roared
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and Vestey man thundered
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You don't stand the chance
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G

of a cinder in snow
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Vince said if we fall others are rising
Chorus 3
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From little things big things grow
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From little things big things grow
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Verse 6
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Am

Then Vincent Lingiarri
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G

boarded an aeroplane
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Am

Landed in Sydney,
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G

big city of lights
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Am

And daily he went round
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G

softly speaking his story
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Am

To all kinds of men
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G

from all walks of life
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Am

And Vincent sat down
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G

with big politicians
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Am

This affair they told him
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G

is a matter of state
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Am

Let us sort it out,
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G

your people are hungry
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Am

Vincent said no thanks,
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G

we know how to wait
Chorus 4
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From little things big things grow
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From little things big things grow
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G

C
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G

Verse 7
C
Am

Then Vincent Lingiarri
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G

returned in an aeroplane
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Am

Back to his country
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G

once more to sit down
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Am

And he told his people round
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G

let the stars keep on turning
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Am

We have friends in the south,
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G

in the cities and towns
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G

Verse 8
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Am

Eight years went by,
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G

eight long years of waiting
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Am

Till one day a tall stranger
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G

appeared in the land
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Am

And he came with lawyers
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G

and he came with great ceremony
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Am

And through Vincent's fingers
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G

poured a handful of sand
Chorus 5
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From little things big things grow
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From little things big things grow
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Verse 9
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That was the story
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G

of Vincent Lingairri
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Am

But this is the story
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G

of something much more
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Am

How power and privilege
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can not move a people
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Am

Who know where they stand
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G

and stand in the law
Chorus 6
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From little things big things grow
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From little things big things grow
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Am
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From little things big things grow
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From little things big things grow
Chorus 7
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Am
Em
G

From little things big things grow
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From little things big things grow
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From little things big things grow
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From little things big things grow
Chorus 8
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From little things big things grow
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From little things big things grow
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From little things big things grow
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From little things big things grow
Outro 1
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Am
Em
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C
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[Repeat and fade]

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