Chords for Kev Carmody, Paul Kelly & Tiddas : From Little Things, Big Things Grow (1993)

Steve was fat [Eb] with money [B] and muscle.
_ [E]
Beef was [Dbm] his business.
[Abm]
Broad was [B] his door.
_ [E] _
Vincent [Dbm] was lean, [Abm]
spoke [B] very little.
[E] He had no [Dbm] bank balance.
[Abm] Hard dirt was [B] his floor. _
[E] From little [Abm] things big things [B] grow. _
[E] From _ little [Abm]
things big things [B] grow.
[E] _
_ _ _ [Dbm] _ _ _
[Abm] _ _ _ [B] _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ [Dbm] _ _ _
[Abm] _ _ _ [B] _ _ _
[E] _ Gurinji were [Dbm] working, _
[Abm] nothing [B] but rations.
[E] For once they [Dbm] had gathered [Abm] the wealth of the [B] land. _ _
[E] _ Daily the [Dbm] pressure [Abm] got tighter [B] and tighter. _
[E] _ Gurinji [Dbm] decided [Abm] they must make [B] a stand. _
[E] _ _ _ [Dbm] _ _ _
[Abm] _ _ _ [B] _ _ _
[E] They picked up [Dbm] their swags, [Abm] _ started [B] off walking [E] at Woody [Dbm] Creek.
[Abm] They sat themselves [B] down.
[E] Now it don't sound [Dbm] like much, [Abm] but it sure got [B] tongues talking. _
[E] Back at the [Dbm] _ homestead
[Abm] and then in [B] the town.
[E] _ From [Dbm] little [Abm] things big [B] things grow.
[E] _ From [Dbm] little [Abm] things big [B] things grow. _
[E] _ _ _ [Dbm] _ _ _
[Abm] _ _ _ [B] _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ [Dbm] _ _ _
[Abm] _ _ _ [B] _ _ _
[E] Best in [Dbm] man said, _
[Abm] I'll double [B] your wages. _
[E] _ Seven [Dbm] quid a week [Abm] you have in your [B] hand. _
[E] _ Vincent [Dbm] said, uh-uh, we're [Abm] not talking about [B] wages. _
[E] We're sitting right [Dbm] here [Abm] till we get our [B] land. _ _
[E] Best in [Dbm] man rode. _
[Abm] Best in [B] man thundered.
[E] It don't stand [Dbm] a chance [Abm] of a cinder in [B] snow. _
[E] Vincent said, if [Dbm] we fall, _
[Abm] others [B] are rising. _
[E] From _ [Dbm] little [Abm]
things big things [B] grow. _
[E] From
_ [Dbm] little [Abm]
things big things [B] grow. _
[E] _ _ _ [Abm] _ _ _
_ _ _ [B] _ _ [E] _
_ _ _ [Dbm] _ _ [Abm] _
_ _ [B] _ _ _
[E] Eight [Dbm] years went by, eight [Abm] long [B] years of waiting, _
[E] till one day a [Dbm] tall stranger [Abm] _
appeared in [B] the land.
_ [E]
And he came [Dbm] with lawyers,
_ [Abm] _
came with [B] great ceremony.
[E]
Through [Dbm] Vincent's fingers [Abm] poured a handful [B] of sand down.
[E] Vincent Fingiaro, I solemnly [G] hand to you these deeds as proof in Australian laws
that these lands belong _ [Ab] to the Euripides. Thank you.
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ [E] _ _ _ [Dbm] _
_ [Abm] _ _ _ _ [B] _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ [Dbm] _
_ [Abm] _ _ _ [B] _ _
_ [E] That _ [Abm] _ _
_ _ _ _ [B] _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ [Dbm] _
_ [Abm] _ _ _ [B] _ _
_ [E] _ was the [Dbm]
story [Abm] of Vincent _ [B]
Langari.
_ [E] This is the [Dbm] story _ [Abm] of something [B] much more.
[E] A power, [Dbm] a privilege, [Abm] cannot [B] move a people.
[E] Know where [Dbm] they stand, [Abm] and they stand in their law.
_ [E] _ From [Dbm] little [Abm] things big [B] things grow.
_ [E] _ From [Dbm] little [Abm] things big [B] things grow.
_ [E] _ From [Dbm] little [Abm] things big [B] things grow.
_ [E] _ From [Dbm] little [Abm] things big [B] things grow.
_ [E] _ From [Abm] little things big [B] things grow.
[E] _ From little [Abm] things big [B] things grow.
_ [E] _ From little _ things big things grow. _ _ _
From little things big