From Little Things Big Things Grow: accordi originali per chitarra di 
Paul Kelly 
Tonalità: E major
Intro 1
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Verse 1
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Gather round people I tell you're a story
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An eight year long story of power and pride
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The British Lord Vestey and Vincent Lingiarri
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Were opposite men on opposite sides
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Verse 2
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Vestey was fat with money and muscle
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Beef was his business, broad was his door
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Vincent was lean and spoke very little
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He had no bank balance,
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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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Verse 3
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Gurindji were working
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for nothing but rations
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Where once they had gathered
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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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They picked up their swags
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and started off walking
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At Wattie Creek
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they sat themselves down
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Now it don't sound like much
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but it sure got tongues talking
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Back at the homestead
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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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Verse 5
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Vestey man said
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I'll double your wages
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Eighteen quid a week
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you'll have in your hand
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Vincent said uhuh
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we're not talking about wages
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We're sitting right here
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till we get our land
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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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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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Then Vincent Lingiarri
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boarded an aeroplane
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Landed in Sydney,
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big city of lights
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And daily he went round
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softly speaking his story
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To all kinds of men
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from all walks of life
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And Vincent sat down
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with big politicians
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This affair they told him
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is a matter of state
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Let us sort it out,
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your people are hungry
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Vincent said no thanks,
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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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Verse 7
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Then Vincent Lingiarri
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returned in an aeroplane
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Back to his country
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once more to sit down
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And he told his people round
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let the stars keep on turning
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We have friends in the south,
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in the cities and towns
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Verse 8
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Eight years went by,
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eight long years of waiting
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Till one day a tall stranger
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appeared in the land
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And he came with lawyers
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and he came with great ceremony
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And through Vincent's fingers
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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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of Vincent Lingairri
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But this is the story
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of something much more
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How power and privilege
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can not move a people
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Who know where they stand
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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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From little things big things grow
Chorus 7
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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
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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