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
