Bruce Springsteen - From small things big things one day come
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Title: From Small Things (Big Things One Day Come)
Artist: Bruce Springsteen
Version: Almost all live versions are played in E.
Tabbed by: Kai van Ballegooij
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[Verse 1]
E At sixteen she quit high school
to make her fortune in the promised land
She got a Ajob behind the counter in an
all Enight hamburger stand
She wrote faithfully home to mama
"Now mama don't you worry none"C#m
From smalEl things, mama
BBig things one day comEe
[Verse 2]
It was late one Friday he pulled in out of the dark
He was Atall and handsome; first she
took his Eorder, then she took his heart
They bought a house on the hillside
Where little feet soon would ruC#mn
From smalEl things, mama
BBig things one day comEe
[Verse 3]
Oh but Alove is fleeting
it's Esad but true
But when your Aheart is beating
You Bdon't wanna hear the news
She Epacked her bags and
with a Wyomie County real estate man
She ran Adown to Tampa
In and "EEl Dorado Grande"
She wrote back, "Dear Mama
Life is just heaven in the suC#mn
From Esmall things, mama
BBig things one day comEe"
Well alright...
[Solo]
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[Verse 4]
Well she Ashot him dead
On a Esunny Florida road
When they Acaught her all she said
Was she couldn'tB stand the way he drove
Back Ehome dear Johnny
Prays for his baby's parole
He waits Aon the hillside
Where the EWyomie waters roll
At his feet and almost grown now
A blue-eyed daughter and a handsome soC#mn
Well Efrom small things, mama
BBig things one day comEe
Well from small things, mama
BBig things one day comEe
[End]