| Исполнитель: | Paul Kelly (English) |
| Пользователь: | Noel Sadler |
| Длительность: | 130 секунд |
| Начальная пауза: | 12 секунд |
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Tuning:
E A D G B E
Capo:
4th fret
From Little Things Big Things Grow - Paul Kelly co-written by Kev Carmody
[Intro]
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[Verse 1]
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Gather 'round people I'll tell you a story, an eight year long story of power
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and pride.
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British Lord Vestey and Vincent Lingiarri, were opposite men on opposite sides.
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[Verse 2]
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Vestey was fat with money and muscle. Beef was his business, broad was his
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door.
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Vincent was lean and spoke very little. He had no bank balance, hard dirt was
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his floor.
[Chorus]
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From little things, big things grow. From little things, big things grow.
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[Verse 3]
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Gurindji were working for nothing but rations. Where once they had gathered the
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wealth of the land.
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Daily the pressure got tighter and tighter. Gurindji decided they must make a
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stand.
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[Verse 4]
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They picked up their swags and started off walking. At Wattie Creek they sat
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themselves down.
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Now it don't sound like much but it sure got tongues talking, back at the
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homestead and then in the town.
[Chorus]
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From little things, big things grow. From little things, big things grow.
[Harmonica]
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[Verse 5]
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Well Vestey man said, 'I'll double your wages. Eighteen quid a week you'll have in
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your hand'.
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Vincent said 'Uh-uh, we're not talking about wages. We're sitting right here 'til
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we get our land'.
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Vestey man roared and Vestey man thundered, 'You don't stand the chance of a
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cinder in snow'.
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Vince said, 'If we fall others are rising'.
[Chorus]
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From little things big things grow. From little things big things grow.
[Harmonica]
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[Verse 6]
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Then Vincent Lingiarri boarded an aeroplane, landed in Sydney. Big city of lights.
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And daily he went round softly speaking his story to all kinds of men from all
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walks of life.
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And Vincent sat down with big politicians, 'This affair', they told him, 'It's a
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matter of state.
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Let us sort it out, Why, your people are hungry.' Vincent said 'No thanks, we
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know how to wait'.
[Chorus]
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From little things big things grow. From little things big things grow.
[Harmonica]
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[Verse 7]
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Then Vincent Lingiarri returned in an aeroplane, back to his country once more to
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sit down.
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And he told his people 'Let the stars keep on turning. We have friends in the
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south, in the cities and towns'.
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[Verse 8]
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Eight years went by, eight long years of waiting 'til one day, a tall stranger
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appeared in the land.
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And he came with lawyers and he came with great ceremony and through Vincents
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fingers poured a handful of sand
[Chorus]
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From little things big things grow. From little things big things grow.
[Harmonica]
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[Verse 9]
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Well that was the story of Vincent Lingairri but this is the story of something
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much more.
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How power and privilege can not move a people who know where they stand and
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stand in the law.
[Chorus]
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From little things big things grow. From little things big things grow.
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From little things big things grow. From little things big things grow.
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From little things big things grow. From little things big things grow.
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From little things big things grow. From little things big things grow.
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From little things big things grow. From little things big things grow.
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(From little things big things grow. From little things big things grow).....
[Outro]
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Didjeridoo to fade