Chords for From Little Things Big Things Grow - Kev Carmody and Paul Kelly

[D] These Aboriginal stockmen [F#m] are on strike.
They walked off the job over a month ago.
[N] Their wives, children and relatives went with them.
_ _ This is the Wave Hill mob.
Wave Hill is the territory's biggest cattle station.
5 _ ,186 square miles.
In fact, the biggest [Em] in the world.
I think that Australians all over Australia have got to decide
whether they think it's right that Macquarie Street, for example,
[F#] should be owned by the Aboriginals.
[D#] The Aboriginals aren't claiming Macquarie Street, are they?
No, but_
because there aren't any Aboriginals here.
_ Other. _
He said, [D] hey, _ [A#] you're stealing another man's country.
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And I said, well, what was before the bestie born and I born?
That was a blackfella [D] country.
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_ [A] _ [D] You mob can sing [Bm] along to this, eh?
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_ [A] _ _ [D] Then you'd all [Bm] become [F#m] Aboriginal-idle, wouldn't you?
[A] _ [D] Gather round, [Bm] people, [F#m] I'll tell you a [A] story
[D] An eight-year-long [Bm] story of power and [A] pride
Of [D] British Lord [Bm] Vestey [F#m] and Vincent [A] Lignari
Who [D] were opposite men [Bm] and [F#m] opposite [A] sides
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[A] _ _ [D] Vestey [Bm] was fat, [F#m] full of money [A] and muzzle
[D] Beef was [Bm] his business, [F#m] broad was his [A] jaw
_ [D] Vincent [Bm] was lean, [F#m] spoke [A] very little
[D] He had no bank [Bm] balance, [F#m] our dirt was his [A] flaw
[D] Proud [Bm] little things, [F#m] big things [A] grow
[D] Proud [Bm] little things, [F#m] big things _ [D] grow
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[A] _ [D] And Pritchett were [Bm] working [F#m] for nothing but [A] rations
[D] For once [Bm] they had gathered the [F#m] wealth of the [A] land
[D] And daily [Bm] the pressures [F#m] got tighter [A] and tighter
[D] _ [Bm] Kerenji decided [F#m] they must make [A] a stand
_ [D] They _ [Bm] _ [F#m] _ _
_ [A] _ [D] packed up their [Bm] swags and [F#m] started off [A] walking
[D] And by what it [Bm] creaked, [F#m] they sat themselves [A] down
They said [D] it don't sound [Bm] like much, but [F#m] I sure got [A] time to talk [D] it
[Bm] Back at the homestead, [F#m]
men in [A] the town
[D] Proud [Bm] little [F#m] things, big [A] things grow
[D] Proud [Bm] little [F#m] things, big [A] things [D] grow
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_ [A] _ _ [D] Vestey [Bm] men said, [F#m] _
[A] wage it, [D] seven [Bm] quid a week, you'll [F#m] have it in your [A] _ [D] head
And Vincent [Bm] said, oh no, [F#m] we ain't talking [A] about wages
[D] We're sitting [Bm] right here till [F#m] we get our land
[A] _ [D] Well, Vestey [Bm] men roared, [F#m] and Vestey [A] men laughed
And Vestey men said, [D] you don't [Bm] stand a chance of [F#m] a cinder in [A] snow
[D] But Vincent [Bm] said, if we bought [F#m]
others [A] _ [D] rising
Proud [Bm] little [F#m] things, big [A] things grow
[D] Proud [Bm] little [F#m] things, big things [D] grow
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_ [A] _ [D] And Vincent [Bm] Langari, [F#m] he boarded an [A] airplane
_ [D] Landed in [Bm] Sydney, [F#m] great big city [A] life
[D] And daily [Bm] he went round, [F#m] softly [A] speaking his story
[D] To all kinds [Bm] of men, [F#m] from all walks [A] of life
_ [D] Vincent [Bm] sat down [F#m] with them big [A] politicians
[D] This affair they [Bm] told him, [F#m] it's a matter of [A] state
[D] Let us sort it [Bm] out, [F#m] while your people are [A] hungry
_ [D] Vincent [Bm] said, no thanks, [F#m] we know how [A] to wait
_ [D] Proud [Bm] little [F#m] things, big [A] things grow
[D] _ [Bm] Proud little [F#m] things, big things grow
[D] _ [Bm] Proud little [F#m] things, big [A] things grow
[D] _ [B] Proud little [F#m] things, big [A] things [D] grow
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_ [A] So, [D] Vincent [Bm] Langari, [F#m]
boarded [A] an airplane
[D] Back to [Bm] his country, [F#m] once more to [A] sit down
[D] And he told [Bm] my people, [F#m] that the stars keep [A] on turning
[D] With friends in the [Bm] south, [F#m] and cities in [A] town
[D] Eight years [Bm] went by, [F#m] eight long years [A] of waiting
[D] Till one day a [Bm] tall stranger [F#m]
appeared in the [A] land
[D] And his name [Bm] was Willem, _ [F#m]
came with great [A] ceremony
[D] Through [Bm] Vincent's fingers, on [F#m] that handful of [A] sand
[D] I solemnly [Bm] hand to you these [F#m] deeds, [A] as proof
[D] In [B] Australian law, [F#] that these lands belong [D] to the purity [Bm] beings
Proud little [D] things, [A] big _ [D] _ _ [Bm] _ _ [D]
things grow
_ [Bm] Proud little [F#m] things, big things grow
[D] Proud [Bm] little [D] things, big things grow
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_ _ [D] That was a [Bm] story, [F#m] of Vincent [A] Langari
[D] But this is [Bm] a story, [F#m] of something much more
[D] How power [Bm] and privilege, [F#m] could not [A] move a people
[D] Could not really [Bm] stand
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_ [A] _ _ [D] Proud [Bm] little [F#m] things, big things [A] grow
_ [D] Proud [Bm] little [F#m] things, big things grow
[D] Proud [Bm] little [F#m] things, big things [A] _ _ [D] _ _ [Bm] _ _ [F#m] _
[A] grow
_ [D] Proud [Bm] little things, [F#m]
big things [A] grow
_ [D] Proud [Bm] little [F#m] things, big things [A] grow
_ [D] Proud [Bm] little things, [F#m] big things [A] grow
[D] Proud [Bm] little things, [F#m] big things [A] grow
_ [D] Proud little things, big [N] things grow
_ Proud little things, big things grow _ _ _
Our spirit walks with you, our spirit walks with you
Good night, go safe, alright
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