Chords for The Seekers 25 Year Reunion - 'I Am Australian'.

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_ _ I came from the dream time, from the dusty red soil plains.
I am the ancient heart, the keeper of the plains.
I stood upon the rocky shores, I watched the tall ships come.
For forty thousand years I've been the first Australian. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ I came upon the prison ship, [C] bowed down by iron chains.
I fought the land, endured the lash, [G] and waited for [C] the rains.
I'm a settler, I'm a farmer's wife, on a dry and barren run.
A convict, [G] then a free man, I became [C] Australian. _ _ _
_ _ _ I'm the daughter of a digger, [F] who sold the [C] mapalo.
[Am] The girl became a woman, on the long and [C] dusty road.
I'm a child of her depression, [F] I saw the [Am] good times come.
[C] I'm a bushie, I'm a [Dm] bantler, I am Australian.
_ _ We are one, but we are many, and [Am] from all the land on [C] earth we come.
We'll share a dream, and sing with one voice, I am you, what we are, Australian. _ _ _
_ _ _ I'm a teller of stories, I'm a singer of songs.
[Am] I am Elbert Mamatua, [F] and I paint the [C] ghostly gums.
I'm Clancy on his horse, I'm Ned Kelly on the [F] run.
I'm [C] the one who lost Matilda, [F] I am [G] Australian.
[C] _ _ I'm a heart-brimmed bomb, on [F] the black side.
_ [C] I'm [Am] a mountain tanner, [F] I'm a drought of [C] bloody grains. _ _
_ _ The rivers wet my [F] lap, the spirit [Dm] of this great land.
[F] I am [C] Australian. _ _
We are one, but we are many, [Am] and from all [G] the land on [C] earth we come.
We'll share a dream, and sing with one voice, _
[F] I [Am] am you, [F] what we are, [C] Australian.
We are one, but we are many, _ [Am] and from all [G] the land on [C] earth we come.
We'll share a dream, and sing with one voice, _
[F] I am [Am] you, what [F] we are, [C] Australian. _
I am you, [G] what we _ [F]
are, [G] Australian.
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_ [Cm] _ _ _ _ _ [N] Chris Wilber, everybody.
I _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
look _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ [G] across the side of the stage from time to time at my singing [A] compatriots,
and it just feels absolutely natural, [G] and joyous as [F#] well, which is wonderful for me [C#] personally.
We all know individually what we've got to do within the group,
our various singing parts and our instrumental capabilities.
After the initial [F#] stages where all the hard work was done, then it started to gel.
It's [C#] all a result of a lot of hard work.
I would like to take this [G] opportunity of thanking you all very, very sincerely [F] for buying our records [N] tomorrow.
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