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Little by little  (Dunderhead) 
Words and lyrics by Angelina Lundh
(Capo 5)
Intro:
G               C        G       Em              C
1. Have you Gcome here for forgiveness
Have you Dcome for my support
Did you Emtravel this way to surprise me today
By Cstanding at my door
2. Do you Gknow how much you hurt me
How Dmuch you hurt us all
My Embrother he cried, only four feet high
See the Cmarkings on the wall
Pre-chorus
It was Dhard times growing up Emhere without yCou
Now I Ftry to figure oCut how to get thrDough
Chorus:
I am Grising up, a little by little
I am mDoving from the outside to the middle
I am gEmoing where I have never gone befoCre
I am Grising up, gonna get real high
I am mDoving up, gonna touch the sky
I sEmlowly turn my D/F#back on the Gfog of wCar
And I walk awGay
Instrumental:
G               C        G       Em              C
3. I don’t kGnow what you were thinking
DLeaving us behind
With no Emmoney at all, oh we felt so small
But I mCissed you all the time
4. We went to sGleep when we were hungry
This was Dback in ‘95
EmMother’s cry was our lullaby
When we lCayed in bed at night
Pre-chorus
It was Dhard times growing up Emhere without yCou
Now I Ftry to figure oCut how to get thrDough
Chorus:
I am Grising up, a little by little
I am mDoving from the outside to the middle
I am gEmoing where I have never gone befoCre
I am Grising up, gonna get real high
I am mDoving up, gonna touch the sky
I sEmlowly turn my D/F#back on the Gfog of wCar
And I walk awAmay
Instumental:
               Am                Em                 F         FX3
Chorus:
I am Grising up, a little by little
I am mDoving from the outside to the middle
I am gEmoing where I have never gone befoCre
I am Grising up, gonna get real high
I am mDoving up, gonna touch the sky
I sEmlowly turn my D/F#back on the Gfog of wCar
And I walk awGay
Outro:
G               C        G       Em              C

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Little By Little

by Dunderhead

Lyrics & chords · Original key · Capo on fret 5 (as written in this song)

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D/F#

Little by little (Dunderhead)

Words and lyrics by Angelina Lundh

(Capo 5)

Intro:

G C G Em C

1. Have you come here for forgiveness

Have you come for my support

Did you travel this way to surprise me today

By standing at my door

2. Do you know how much you hurt me

How much you hurt us all

My brother he cried, only four feet high

See the markings on the wall

Pre-chorus

D Em C

It was hard times growing up here without you

F C D

Now I try to figure out how to get through

Chorus:

I am rising up, a little by little

I am moving from the outside to the middle

Em C

I am going where I have never gone before

I am rising up, gonna get real high

I am moving up, gonna touch the sky

Em D/F# G C

I slowly turn my back on the fog of war

And I walk away

Instrumental:

G C G Em C

3. I don’t know what you were thinking

Leaving us behind

With no money at all, oh we felt so small

But I missed you all the time

4. We went to sleep when we were hungry

This was back in ‘95

Mother’s cry was our lullaby

When we layed in bed at night

Pre-chorus

D Em C

It was hard times growing up here without you

F C D

Now I try to figure out how to get through

Chorus:

I am rising up, a little by little

I am moving from the outside to the middle

Em C

I am going where I have never gone before

I am rising up, gonna get real high

I am moving up, gonna touch the sky

Em D/F# G C

I slowly turn my back on the fog of war

And I walk away

Instumental:

Am Em F F

Chorus:

I am rising up, a little by little

I am moving from the outside to the middle

Em C

I am going where I have never gone before

I am rising up, gonna get real high

I am moving up, gonna touch the sky

Em D/F# G C

I slowly turn my back on the fog of war

And I walk away

Outro:

G C G Em C

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