Chords for Rockwiz Salutes Australia - From Little Things, Big Things Grow
Tempo:
171.8 bpm
Chords used:
G
D
Em
Bm
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[G]
[Em] [Bm]
[D] [G]
[D]
[G] Gather round people, tell you a story, an eighty [Em] long story, [Bm] for power and [D] pride.
[G] The great Lord Vestey [Bm] and Vincent [D] Lingari [G] were opposite [Em] men, [Bm] on opposite [D] sides.
[G]
Vestey [Em] was fat, [Bm] with money [D] and muscle.
[G] Beef was [Em] his business, [Bm] gold was [D] his store.
[G]
Vincent was [Em] lean, [Bm] and he spoke [D] very little.
[G] He had no bank [Em] balance, [Bm] hard dirt [D] was his floor.
[G]
From little things, big things [D] grow.
[G]
From little things, big things [D]
[G] grow.
[Bm] [D] [G]
The Renji were [Em] working, [Bm] but nothing but [D] rations.
[G] For once they [Em] had gathered [Bm] the wealth of [D] the land.
[G] And daily the [Em] pressure [Bm] grew tighter [D] and tighter.
[G] For Renji [Em] decided [Bm] they must make a [D] stand.
[G] They picked up their [Em] swags, [Bm] they started out [D] walking.
[G] At Wadi [Em] Creek, [Bm] they sat themselves [D] down.
[G] Now it don't sound like [Em] much, [Bm] but it sure got [D] tongues talking.
[G] Back at [Em] the homestead, [Bm] and then in [D] the towns.
[G] [Em] From little [G] things, big [D] things grow.
[G] From little things, big things grow.
[Em]
[D] [G]
Well Vestey man [Em] said, [G] I'll double your [D] wages.
[G] Seven quid a week, you have in your [D] hand.
[G] Vincent said, oh, [Bm]
we're not talking [D] about wages.
We're [G] gonna sit right [Em]
here, [Bm] till we get our land.
Well [G] Vestey man [Em]
roared, [Bm] Vestey [D] man said,
[G] you don't stand a [Em]
chance, [Bm] or the sin man's [D]
trove.
[G] Well Vincent said, if [Em] we fall, [Bm] others [D] will follow.
[G] From [Em]
little [Bm] things, big [D] things grow.
[G] From [Em]
little [Bm] things, big [D] things grow.
[G] [Em]
[Bm] [D]
[G] [Em]
[Bm] [D]
[G] Then Vincent Lee Nari, [Bm] boarded an [G]
airplane.
He landed in [Em] Sydney, a [Bm] big city of [D]
lions.
[G] And daily [Em] he went round [Bm] softly speaking his [D] story.
[Em] To all kinds of men, [G] from all walks [D] of life.
[G] And Vincent [Em] sat down, [Bm] with big [D] politicians.
[G] This affair, they [Em] told him, it's a [Bm] matter of [D] state.
[G] Let's sort it out, [Bm] your people are [D] hungry.
[G] And Vincent [Em] said, no thanks, [G] we don't have [D] to wait.
[G] [Em] From little [Bm] things, [G] big [D] things grow.
[G] From little things, big things grow.
[Em]
[Bm] [D]
[G] [Em]
[Bm] [D]
[G] Then Vincent [Em] Lee Nari, [Bm] [D] returned
[G] back [Em] to his country [G] once more.
[D]
[G] He told his [Em] people, [Bm] let the storms [D] keep on [G] turning.
We got friends in the south, [Bm] cities [D] and towns.
[G] Head [Em] years went by, [Bm] head [D] long years.
[G] [Bm]
[D]
[G] He came with [Em]
lawyers, [Bm] and he [D] came with a great [G] ceremony.
Through Vincent's fingers, [Bm] more than half [D] were said.
[G] [Em] From little [Bm] things, big [D] things grow.
[G] From little things, big [D] things grow.
[G] From [Em] little [G] things, big [D] things grow.
[G] From [Em] little [G] things, big things [D]
grow.
[G]
[Bm] [D]
[G] [Em]
[Bm] [G]
[D]
[G] [Em]
[Bm] [G]
And that was the [Em] story [G] of Vincent [D] Lee Nari.
[G] But this is the [Em] story [Bm] of something [D] much more.
[G] A power and [Em] privilege [Bm] cannot move [D] a people.
[G] You know where they stand when they turn their head.
From [Em] little things, [G] big [D] things grow.
[G] From [Em] little [G] things, big [D] things grow.
[G] From [Em] little [G] things, big [D] things grow.
[G] From [Em] little things, [G] big [D] things grow.
[G] From little things, big things grow.
From little things, big things grow.
From little things, big [Bm] things grow.
[G] From little things, big things [D] grow.
[N]
[Em] [Bm]
[D] [G]
[D]
[G] Gather round people, tell you a story, an eighty [Em] long story, [Bm] for power and [D] pride.
[G] The great Lord Vestey [Bm] and Vincent [D] Lingari [G] were opposite [Em] men, [Bm] on opposite [D] sides.
[G]
Vestey [Em] was fat, [Bm] with money [D] and muscle.
[G] Beef was [Em] his business, [Bm] gold was [D] his store.
[G]
Vincent was [Em] lean, [Bm] and he spoke [D] very little.
[G] He had no bank [Em] balance, [Bm] hard dirt [D] was his floor.
[G]
From little things, big things [D] grow.
[G]
From little things, big things [D]
[G] grow.
[Bm] [D] [G]
The Renji were [Em] working, [Bm] but nothing but [D] rations.
[G] For once they [Em] had gathered [Bm] the wealth of [D] the land.
[G] And daily the [Em] pressure [Bm] grew tighter [D] and tighter.
[G] For Renji [Em] decided [Bm] they must make a [D] stand.
[G] They picked up their [Em] swags, [Bm] they started out [D] walking.
[G] At Wadi [Em] Creek, [Bm] they sat themselves [D] down.
[G] Now it don't sound like [Em] much, [Bm] but it sure got [D] tongues talking.
[G] Back at [Em] the homestead, [Bm] and then in [D] the towns.
[G] [Em] From little [G] things, big [D] things grow.
[G] From little things, big things grow.
[Em]
[D] [G]
Well Vestey man [Em] said, [G] I'll double your [D] wages.
[G] Seven quid a week, you have in your [D] hand.
[G] Vincent said, oh, [Bm]
we're not talking [D] about wages.
We're [G] gonna sit right [Em]
here, [Bm] till we get our land.
Well [G] Vestey man [Em]
roared, [Bm] Vestey [D] man said,
[G] you don't stand a [Em]
chance, [Bm] or the sin man's [D]
trove.
[G] Well Vincent said, if [Em] we fall, [Bm] others [D] will follow.
[G] From [Em]
little [Bm] things, big [D] things grow.
[G] From [Em]
little [Bm] things, big [D] things grow.
[G] [Em]
[Bm] [D]
[G] [Em]
[Bm] [D]
[G] Then Vincent Lee Nari, [Bm] boarded an [G]
airplane.
He landed in [Em] Sydney, a [Bm] big city of [D]
lions.
[G] And daily [Em] he went round [Bm] softly speaking his [D] story.
[Em] To all kinds of men, [G] from all walks [D] of life.
[G] And Vincent [Em] sat down, [Bm] with big [D] politicians.
[G] This affair, they [Em] told him, it's a [Bm] matter of [D] state.
[G] Let's sort it out, [Bm] your people are [D] hungry.
[G] And Vincent [Em] said, no thanks, [G] we don't have [D] to wait.
[G] [Em] From little [Bm] things, [G] big [D] things grow.
[G] From little things, big things grow.
[Em]
[Bm] [D]
[G] [Em]
[Bm] [D]
[G] Then Vincent [Em] Lee Nari, [Bm] [D] returned
[G] back [Em] to his country [G] once more.
[D]
[G] He told his [Em] people, [Bm] let the storms [D] keep on [G] turning.
We got friends in the south, [Bm] cities [D] and towns.
[G] Head [Em] years went by, [Bm] head [D] long years.
[G] [Bm]
[D]
[G] He came with [Em]
lawyers, [Bm] and he [D] came with a great [G] ceremony.
Through Vincent's fingers, [Bm] more than half [D] were said.
[G] [Em] From little [Bm] things, big [D] things grow.
[G] From little things, big [D] things grow.
[G] From [Em] little [G] things, big [D] things grow.
[G] From [Em] little [G] things, big things [D]
grow.
[G]
[Bm] [D]
[G] [Em]
[Bm] [G]
[D]
[G] [Em]
[Bm] [G]
And that was the [Em] story [G] of Vincent [D] Lee Nari.
[G] But this is the [Em] story [Bm] of something [D] much more.
[G] A power and [Em] privilege [Bm] cannot move [D] a people.
[G] You know where they stand when they turn their head.
From [Em] little things, [G] big [D] things grow.
[G] From [Em] little [G] things, big [D] things grow.
[G] From [Em] little [G] things, big [D] things grow.
[G] From [Em] little things, [G] big [D] things grow.
[G] From little things, big things grow.
From little things, big things grow.
From little things, big [Bm] things grow.
[G] From little things, big things [D] grow.
[N]
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[G] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Em] _ _ _ [Bm] _ _
[D] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ _ [G] _ Gather round people, _ tell you a story, an eighty [Em] long story, [Bm] for power and [D] pride.
[G] The great Lord Vestey [Bm] and Vincent [D] Lingari [G] were opposite [Em] men, _ [Bm] on opposite [D] _ sides.
[G] _
Vestey [Em] was fat, [Bm] with money [D] and muscle.
_ [G] Beef was [Em] his business, [Bm] gold was [D] his store.
_ [G] _
Vincent was [Em] lean, [Bm] and he spoke [D] very little.
_ [G] He had no bank [Em] balance, [Bm] hard dirt [D] was his floor.
[G] _
From little things, big things [D] grow.
_ [G] _
From _ little things, big things [D] _
[G] grow. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Bm] _ _ [D] _ [G] _ _
The Renji were [Em] working, [Bm] but nothing but [D] rations.
[G] For once they [Em] had gathered [Bm] the wealth of [D] the land.
[G] And daily the [Em] pressure [Bm] grew tighter [D] and tighter.
[G] For Renji [Em] decided _ [Bm] they must make a [D] stand.
[G] They picked up their [Em] swags, [Bm] they started out [D] walking.
_ [G] At Wadi [Em] Creek, [Bm] they sat themselves [D] down.
[G] Now it don't sound like [Em] much, [Bm] but it sure got [D] tongues talking.
[G] Back at [Em] the homestead, [Bm] and then in [D] the towns.
_ [G] _ _ _ [Em] From little [G] things, big [D] things grow.
[G] _ From _ little things, big things grow. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Em] _
_ _ _ _ [D] _ [G] _
Well Vestey man [Em] said, [G] I'll double your [D] wages.
_ [G] Seven quid a week, you have in your [D] hand. _
_ [G] _ Vincent said, oh, [Bm] _
we're not talking [D] about wages.
We're [G] gonna sit right [Em]
here, [Bm] till we get our land.
Well [G] Vestey man [Em] _
roared, [Bm] Vestey [D] man said,
[G] you don't stand a [Em]
chance, [Bm] or the sin man's [D]
trove.
[G] Well Vincent said, if [Em] we fall, [Bm] others [D] will follow.
_ [G] From [Em] _
little [Bm] things, big [D] things grow.
_ [G] _ From [Em]
little [Bm] things, big [D] things grow.
[G] _ _ _ _ [Em] _
_ _ [Bm] _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ [Em] _
_ _ [Bm] _ _ _ [D] _
_ [G] Then Vincent Lee Nari, _ [Bm] _ boarded an [G]
airplane.
He landed in [Em] Sydney, a [Bm] big city of [D]
lions.
[G] And daily [Em] he went round [Bm] softly speaking his [D] story.
[Em] To all kinds of men, [G] from all walks [D] of life.
[G] And Vincent [Em] sat down, [Bm] with big [D] politicians.
_ [G] This affair, they [Em] told him, it's a [Bm] matter of [D] state.
_ _ [G] Let's sort it out, _ [Bm] your people are [D] hungry.
_ [G] And Vincent [Em] said, no thanks, [G] we don't have [D] to wait.
[G] _ _ _ [Em] From little [Bm] things, [G] big [D] things grow.
[G] _ From little things, big things grow.
_ _ _ _ [Em] _
_ _ [Bm] _ _ [D] _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ [Em] _ _
_ [Bm] _ _ _ [D] _ _
[G] Then Vincent [Em] Lee Nari, [Bm] _ _ [D] returned _
_ [G] _ back [Em] to his country [G] once more.
_ [D] _ _
[G] _ He told his [Em] people, [Bm] let the storms [D] keep on [G] turning.
We got friends in the south, [Bm] cities [D] and towns.
[G] _ Head [Em] years went by, [Bm] head [D] long years. _
_ [G] _ _ _ [Bm] _ _
_ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ [G] He came with [Em] _
lawyers, [Bm] and he [D] came with a great [G] ceremony.
_ Through Vincent's fingers, [Bm] more than half [D] were said.
[G] _ _ [Em] From little [Bm] things, big [D] things grow.
_ [G] From _ little things, big [D] things grow.
[G] From _ [Em] little [G] things, big [D] things grow.
[G] _ From [Em] little [G] things, big things [D]
grow.
[G] _ _ _ _ _
_ [Bm] _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ [Em] _ _
_ [Bm] _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [D] _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _
_ [Bm] _ _ [G] _ _ _
And that was the [Em] story _ [G] of Vincent [D] Lee Nari.
[G] But this is the [Em] story [Bm] of something [D] much more.
[G] A power and [Em] privilege _ [Bm] cannot move [D] a people.
[G] You know where they _ stand when they turn their head. _
_ _ From [Em] little things, [G] big [D] things grow.
[G] _ From [Em] little [G] things, big [D] things grow.
[G] From _ [Em] little [G] things, big [D] things grow.
[G] From _ [Em] little things, [G] big [D] things grow.
_ [G] _ From little things, big things grow.
_ From little things, big things grow.
_ _ _ From little things, big [Bm] things grow.
_ [G] _ From little things, big things [D] grow. _ _ _ _
[N] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Em] _ _ _ [Bm] _ _
[D] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ _ [G] _ Gather round people, _ tell you a story, an eighty [Em] long story, [Bm] for power and [D] pride.
[G] The great Lord Vestey [Bm] and Vincent [D] Lingari [G] were opposite [Em] men, _ [Bm] on opposite [D] _ sides.
[G] _
Vestey [Em] was fat, [Bm] with money [D] and muscle.
_ [G] Beef was [Em] his business, [Bm] gold was [D] his store.
_ [G] _
Vincent was [Em] lean, [Bm] and he spoke [D] very little.
_ [G] He had no bank [Em] balance, [Bm] hard dirt [D] was his floor.
[G] _
From little things, big things [D] grow.
_ [G] _
From _ little things, big things [D] _
[G] grow. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Bm] _ _ [D] _ [G] _ _
The Renji were [Em] working, [Bm] but nothing but [D] rations.
[G] For once they [Em] had gathered [Bm] the wealth of [D] the land.
[G] And daily the [Em] pressure [Bm] grew tighter [D] and tighter.
[G] For Renji [Em] decided _ [Bm] they must make a [D] stand.
[G] They picked up their [Em] swags, [Bm] they started out [D] walking.
_ [G] At Wadi [Em] Creek, [Bm] they sat themselves [D] down.
[G] Now it don't sound like [Em] much, [Bm] but it sure got [D] tongues talking.
[G] Back at [Em] the homestead, [Bm] and then in [D] the towns.
_ [G] _ _ _ [Em] From little [G] things, big [D] things grow.
[G] _ From _ little things, big things grow. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Em] _
_ _ _ _ [D] _ [G] _
Well Vestey man [Em] said, [G] I'll double your [D] wages.
_ [G] Seven quid a week, you have in your [D] hand. _
_ [G] _ Vincent said, oh, [Bm] _
we're not talking [D] about wages.
We're [G] gonna sit right [Em]
here, [Bm] till we get our land.
Well [G] Vestey man [Em] _
roared, [Bm] Vestey [D] man said,
[G] you don't stand a [Em]
chance, [Bm] or the sin man's [D]
trove.
[G] Well Vincent said, if [Em] we fall, [Bm] others [D] will follow.
_ [G] From [Em] _
little [Bm] things, big [D] things grow.
_ [G] _ From [Em]
little [Bm] things, big [D] things grow.
[G] _ _ _ _ [Em] _
_ _ [Bm] _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ [Em] _
_ _ [Bm] _ _ _ [D] _
_ [G] Then Vincent Lee Nari, _ [Bm] _ boarded an [G]
airplane.
He landed in [Em] Sydney, a [Bm] big city of [D]
lions.
[G] And daily [Em] he went round [Bm] softly speaking his [D] story.
[Em] To all kinds of men, [G] from all walks [D] of life.
[G] And Vincent [Em] sat down, [Bm] with big [D] politicians.
_ [G] This affair, they [Em] told him, it's a [Bm] matter of [D] state.
_ _ [G] Let's sort it out, _ [Bm] your people are [D] hungry.
_ [G] And Vincent [Em] said, no thanks, [G] we don't have [D] to wait.
[G] _ _ _ [Em] From little [Bm] things, [G] big [D] things grow.
[G] _ From little things, big things grow.
_ _ _ _ [Em] _
_ _ [Bm] _ _ [D] _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ [Em] _ _
_ [Bm] _ _ _ [D] _ _
[G] Then Vincent [Em] Lee Nari, [Bm] _ _ [D] returned _
_ [G] _ back [Em] to his country [G] once more.
_ [D] _ _
[G] _ He told his [Em] people, [Bm] let the storms [D] keep on [G] turning.
We got friends in the south, [Bm] cities [D] and towns.
[G] _ Head [Em] years went by, [Bm] head [D] long years. _
_ [G] _ _ _ [Bm] _ _
_ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ [G] He came with [Em] _
lawyers, [Bm] and he [D] came with a great [G] ceremony.
_ Through Vincent's fingers, [Bm] more than half [D] were said.
[G] _ _ [Em] From little [Bm] things, big [D] things grow.
_ [G] From _ little things, big [D] things grow.
[G] From _ [Em] little [G] things, big [D] things grow.
[G] _ From [Em] little [G] things, big things [D]
grow.
[G] _ _ _ _ _
_ [Bm] _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ [Em] _ _
_ [Bm] _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [D] _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _
_ [Bm] _ _ [G] _ _ _
And that was the [Em] story _ [G] of Vincent [D] Lee Nari.
[G] But this is the [Em] story [Bm] of something [D] much more.
[G] A power and [Em] privilege _ [Bm] cannot move [D] a people.
[G] You know where they _ stand when they turn their head. _
_ _ From [Em] little things, [G] big [D] things grow.
[G] _ From [Em] little [G] things, big [D] things grow.
[G] From _ [Em] little [G] things, big [D] things grow.
[G] From _ [Em] little things, [G] big [D] things grow.
_ [G] _ From little things, big things grow.
_ From little things, big things grow.
_ _ _ From little things, big [Bm] things grow.
_ [G] _ From little things, big things [D] grow. _ _ _ _
[N] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _