Chords for From Little Things Big Things Grow - Make Poverty History

How many folks?
_ _ I'd like to now invite another friend of mine, Paul Kelly on stage.
_ Paul! _ _ _
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_ [Abm] _ _ [B] Paul and [E] I wrote this about [Dbm] 17 years ago.
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[E] My t-shirt [Dbm] says,
[Abm] Make Indigenous [B] Poverty History.
[E] Make Indigenous [Abm] Poverty History.
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_ Gather round people, _
[B] tell you a story,
_ [E] make the year long [E] story,
of power and [B] pride, _
[Dbm] British Lord Vesley,
[Abm] and Vincent [B] Lignari,
were [Dbm] opposite men,
[Abm] and [B] opposite sides.
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[Abm] _ _ [B] _ _ [E] _
[Dbm] Veskey was fat,
[Abm] money [B] and muscle,
[E] beef [Dbm] was his business,
[Abm] broad [B] was his jaw,
[E] Vincent [Dbm] was [Abm] lean,
spoke [B] very little,
[E] he had [Dbm] no bank balance,
[Abm] hard dirt [B] was his flaw.
[E] From new [Abm] things,
big [B] things grow,
[E] _ from [Abm] new things,
[B] big things grow.
You can sing along [Dbm] too, you mob.
[Abm] _ [B] If you don't sing [E] along,
we're going to charge [Dbm] you to get out.
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[B] _ _ [E] Gurindji [Dbm] were working,
[Abm] but nothing [B] much rashes,
[E] but once [Dbm] they had gathered,
[Abm] the wealth of [B] the land,
[E] daily [Dbm] depression,
_ [Abm] got [B] tighter and tighter, Gurindji [Dbm] decided,
[Abm] he must [B] make his stand.
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[Dbm] _ _ [Abm] _ _ [B] _
[E] They picked up [Dbm] their swags,
[Abm] started [B] all walking,
[E] at [Dbm] Waddy Creek,
[Abm] they sat [B] themselves down,
[E] now it don't [Dbm] sound like much,
[Abm] but it sure got [B] tongues talking,
[E] back at the [Dbm] homestead,
[Abm] then [B] in the town.
[E] From [Dbm] new [Abm] things,
big [B] things grow,
[E] from [Dbm] new [Abm] things,
big [B] things grow.
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[B] _ _ [E] _ _ [Dbm] _ _
[Abm] _ _ [B] _ Then Vestman [Dbm] said,
[Abm] I'll double [B] your wages,
[E] _ [Dbm] seven quid a week,
[Abm] you'll have in your [B] hand.
_ [E] Vincent [Dbm] said, uh-uh,
[Abm] we're not talking about [B] wages,
_ [E] we're staying [Dbm] right here,
[Abm] till we get our [B] land. _
[E] _ [Dbm] Vestman rolled,
[Abm] _
[B] Vestman plundered,
[E] you don't [Dbm] stand a chance,
[Abm] of a cinder [B] in snow.
[E] Vincent [Dbm] said, if we fall,
[Abm] others [B] are rising.
[E] From [Dbm] new [Abm] things,
big [B] things grow,
[E] from [Dbm] new [Abm] things,
big [B] things grow.
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[Dbm] _ _ [Abm] _ _ [B] _ _
[E] _ _ [Dbm] _ _ [Abm] _ _
[B] _ [E] Then Vincent [Dbm] Lignari,
[Abm] he boarded an [B] airplane,
_ [E] landed [Dbm] in Sydney,
[Abm] great big [B] city of lights,
[E] _ [Dbm] daily he went [Abm] round,
softly [B] speaking his story,
[E] to all kinds [Dbm] of men,
[Abm] from all walks of [B] life.
_ [E] Vincent sat down,
with them big [B] politicians,
[E] this affair they told him,
[Abm] it's a matter of state,
let [E] us sort it [Dbm] out,
[Abm] while your people are [B] hungry.
_ [E] Vincent said, [Dbm] no thanks,
[Abm] we know how to [B] wait. _
[E] _ [Dbm] From new [Abm] things,
big [B] things grow,
[E] from [Dbm] new [Abm] things,
big [B] things grow.
[E] From [Dbm] new [Abm] things,
big [B] things grow,
[E] from [Dbm] new [Abm] things,
big [B] things grow.
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[Abm] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _
[Dbm] _ _ [Abm] _ _ [B] _ _
[E] Vincent [Dbm] Lignari,
[Abm] returned [B] in an airplane,
[E] _ [Dbm] back to his country,
[Abm] once more to [B] sit down,
[E] and he told [Dbm] his people,
[Abm] let the [B] stars keep on [E] turning,
we got [Dbm] friends in the south,
[Abm] even the cities and [B] towns.
_ [E] Eight [Dbm] years went by,
[Abm] eight long [B] years of waiting,
[E] to one day a [Dbm] tall stranger,
[Abm] appeared in the [B] land. _
[E] He [Dbm] came with lawyers,
[Abm] came with [B] great ceremony,
[E] and through [Dbm] Vincent's fingers,
[Abm] brought that handful [B] of sand.
[E] _
[Dbm] From new [Abm] things,
big [B] things grow,
[E] _ [Dbm] from new [Abm] things,
big [B] things grow.
[E] From [Dbm] new [Abm] things,
big [B] things grow,
[E] from [Dbm] new [Abm] things,
big [B] things grow.
[E] _ _ [Dbm] _ _ [Abm] _ _
[B] _ _ [E] John Butler,
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_ [Abm] that [B] _ _ [E] _
[Dbm] was a story,
_ [Abm] of Vincent [B] Lignari,
_ [E] but this is a [Dbm] story,
_ [Abm] of something much [B] more.
[E] How [Dbm] power and privilege,
[Abm] cannot [B] move a people,
[E] who know where [Dbm] they stand,
when [Abm] standing [B] there alone.
[E] _
[Dbm] From new [Abm] things,
big [B] things grow,
[E] _ from new [Abm] things,
big [B] things grow.
[E] _ From new [Abm] things,
big [B] things grow,
[E] _
[Dbm] from new [Abm] things,
big [B] things grow.
[E] _ From new things,
big things grow,
[N] from new things,
big things grow.
Like this movement,
our spirit walks with you.
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