Tripod & Eddie Perfect cover of a song by Ruby Hunter and Archie Roach, on their
album Australian Songs. Super-simple to play - just a G, a C, and a D - but it sounds beautiful.
G G C
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
e |----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
B |----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
G |----------------|----------------|------------0---|------------0---|
D |------------0---|------------0---|------2---------|------2---------|
A |------2---------|------2---------|3---------------|3---------------|
E |3---------------|3---------------|----------------|----------------|
G D
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
e |----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
B |----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
G |----------------|----------------|------------2---|------------2---|
D |------------0---|------------0---|0-----4---------|0-----4---------|
A |------2---------|------2---------|----------------|----------------|
E |3---------------|3---------------|----------------|----------------|
G G C
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
e |----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
B |----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
G |----------------|----------------|------------0---|------------0---|
D |------------0---|------------0---|------2---------|------2---------|
A |------2---------|------2---------|3---------------|3---------------|
E |3---------------|3---------------|----------------|----------------|
G D G
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
e |----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
B |----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
G |----------------|------------2---|----------------|----------------|
D |------------0---|0-----4---------|------------0---|------------0---|
A |------2---------|----------------|------2---------|------2---------|
E |3---------------|----------------|3---------------|3---------------|
G
When I was a baby we had no home
C
And we weren’t the only family, we were not alone
G D
But Daddy built a shelter from the wind and rain
G
Through the years I’ve been building this home
C
Gonna build it solid, gonna build it strong
G D G
Goin’ to build it myself, I’m an independent man
G
Little by little and stone by stone
C
Gonna build this building on my own
G D
And nobody can say this is mine but me
G
Well little by little and stone by stone
C
Gonna build this building on my own
G D G
And nobody can say that this is mine but me
G
When I was a young man, driftin around
C
Here and there from town to town
G D
Getting drunk, drinking red, red wine
G
Then one day I realized
C
When I met this girl with big brown eyes
G D G
Oh I knew she’d be a friend of mine
G
So singin now little by little, stone by stone
C
Gonna build this building on my own
G D
And nobody can say this is mine but me
G
Little by little and stone by stone
C
Gonna build this building on my own
G D G
And nobody can say that this is mine but me
G D G
Ain’t nobody gonna tear this building down
G C D
Ain’t nobody gonna tear this building down
G C
It’s built inside of me, where nobody else can see
G D G
Ain’t nobody gonna tear this building down
G
Well we had some trouble and we had some strife
C
Had to quit my drinking, had to change my life
G D
I had to do it for my family
G
When I quit drinking it got harder still
C
But I know there’s a way where there’s a will
G D G
But I won’t give up until we all are free
G C
Little by little, stone by stone
G D
Little by little, on my own
G C
Little by little, stone by stone
G D
Little by little, on my own
G
Singing now little by little and stone by stone
C
Gonna build this building on my own
G D
And nobody can say this is mine but me
G
Little by little and stone by stone
C
Gonna build this building on my own
G D G
And nobody can say that this is mine but me
G D G
And nobody can say that this is mine but me