From Little Things Big Things Grow Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[C][G][Em][C][D][C][G][C][Em][C][D]

[Verse 1]
[G]Gather round people
[Em]let [C]me tell you'[G]re a story
An eight [C]year [G]long [C]story of
power [D]and pride
[G]British [C]Lord Vestey and Vin[G]cent
[C]Lin[G]giarri
Were opposite [C]men [Em]on o[C]p
[G]posite sides
[C][F][C][D]

[Verse 2]
[G]Vestey was fat[C] with
[G]money [C]and muscle[G]
Beef was his business,
[C]broad was his door
Vincent was lean and
spoke very [G]little
[C]He had no bank balance,
hard dirt [G]was his floor
From [C]little things

[Verse 3]
big things [D]grow
[G]From lit[C]tle things big things
[G]grow
[Em]Gurindji were working for

[Verse 4]
[C]
nothing but [G]ra tions
Where once they [Em]had gathered
[C]the wealth of the [D]land
[G]Daily the pres[Em]sure got [C]tighter
[G]and tighter
[Em]Gurindju decided they
[C]must make [D]a stand

[Verse 5]
They [G]picked up their [Em]swags
and [C]started off [D]walking
[G]At [Em]Wattie Creek they
[C]sat themselves [D]down
Now it [G]don't sound like [Em]much but
it [C]sure got tongues [G]talking
Back [Em]at the homestead
and [C]then [D]in the town

[Verse 6]
[G]From [Em]little things [C]big things [D]grow
[G]From [Em]little things [C]big things [D]grow

[Verse 7]
[G]Vestey man sai[Em]d[G]
I'll double your wages
[D]Seven [G]quid a week you[Em]'ll have
[G]in your hand[Em][C][D]
[G]Vincent said [Em]uhuh we're not
[C]talking about [G]wages
[D]We're [G]sitting right [Em]here
[G]til[Em]l we [C]get our lan[D]d
[G]Vestey man roa[Em]red and
[C]Vestey man thu[D]ndered
[G]You don't stand [Em]the chance
of [C]a cinder in [D]snow
[G]Vince said if [Em]we fall [C]others [G]are rising

[Verse 8]
[G]From [Em]little things [C]big things [D]grow
[G]From [Em]little things [C]big things grow
[D]Then

[Verse 9]
[G]Vincent [Em]Ling[G]iarr[C]i boarded
[D]an aeroplane
[G]Landed in [Em]Sydney, big [C]city [D]of lights
And [G]daily he went [Em]round
softly [C]speaking his story
[G]To all kinds of [Em]men from all[C] walks of life
[D]And

[Verse 10]
[G]Vincent sat down [Em]with
big [C]politi[D]cians
This af[G]fair they told [Em]him
is a mat[C]ter of [D]state
Let [G]us sort it [Em]out,
your [C]people [D]are hungry[G]
Vincent said no [Em]thanks,
we [C]know how to [D]wait
[G][Em][G][C][D]

[Verse 11]
[G]From [Em]little things [C]big [D]things [G]grow[C][D]
[G]From [Em]little things [C]big things [D]grow
[G][C][D][G][C][Em]

[Verse 12]
[C][D]
Then [G]Vincent [Em]Lingi[G]ar[Em]
[C]ri returned [D]in an aeroplane
[G]Back to his [Em]country
once [C]more [D]to sit down
And [G]he told his [Em]people [G]let[Em] the stars
[C]keep on tur[G]ning
We have friends in the [Em]south,
[G]in the cit[C]ies and towns[D]

[Verse 13]
[G]Eight years went [Em]by,
eight [C]long years of waiting
[G]Till one day a tall [Em]stranger
[G]app[Em]eared i[C]n the land[D]
And [G]he came [Em]with lawyers and
he came with [C]great ceremony
[D]And through Vin[G]cent's fin[Em]gers pou[C]red
a [D]handful of sand

[Interlude 1]
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[Verse 14]
[G]From [C]lit[D]tle[G] th[C]ings[G]
[C]big things [D]grow[G]
From [Em]little things [C]big things [D]grow

[Verse 15]
[G]That was [Em]the story of [G]Vin
[C]cent [G]Lingairri
But this is the story of
[C]something much [D]more
How [G]power and priv[C]ilege[Em]
can [C]not move [D]a people
Who [G]know where they [Em]stand
and stand in [D]the law

[Verse 16]
[G]From [Em]little things [C]big things [D]grow
[G]From little thing[C]s big things g[D]row
[G]From little [C]things big things grow
[D]From [G]little things big[C] things grow