I Am Australian Chords by The Seekers

[C] _ _ _ _ _ I came from the dream time, from the dusty red soil plain.
I am the ancient heart, the keeper of the plain.
I stood upon the rocky shores, I watched the tall ships come.
For forty thousand years I've been the first Australian. _
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I came upon a prison ship, bowed down by iron chains.
I fought the land, endured the lash, and waited for the rains.
I'm a settler, I'm a farmer's wife, on a [G] dry and [C] barren run.
A convict, then a free [Dm] man, [F] I [G] became [C] Australian. _
_ _ _ _ _ I'm a daughter of _ [F] Usa, [C] _ [Am] the girl became a woman on [F] the [G] long and [C] dusty road.
I'm a child of depression, [F] I [G] saw the [Am] good times [F] come.
[C] I'm a bushie, [Dm] I'm a bat, I [G] am [C] Australian. _ _
We are one, but [F] we are [C] many, [Am] and from all [G] the lands on [C] earth we come.
We'll share a dream, and [F] sing with [C] one voice. _
[F] [G] I [Am] am, [G] you [F] are, we [Em] are [C] Australian. _
_ _ _ _ _ I'm a teller of stories, [F] I'm a singer [C] of songs.
[Am] I am Elbert Mamatua, [F] and I [G] paint the [C] ghostly gums.
I'm Clancy on his horse, [F] I'm Ned [G] Kelly [Am] on the [F] run.
[C] I'm the one who [Dm] lost Matilda, [F] [G] I am [C] Australian. _ _
I'm the hark wind, _ [F] I'm the black sun, [C] _
[Am] I'm the mountain, _ [F] I'm the [G] drought and [C] flooding rain.
_ _ _ [F] I'm [G] _ [Am] _ [F]
[C] the spirit [Dm] of this great land, [F] I [G] am [C] Australian. _
We are one, but we are many, and [Am] from all [G] the lands on [C] earth we come.
We'll share a dream, and sing [F] with [C] one voice.
_ [F] [G] I am, [Am] you [G] are, [F] we are [G]
[C] Australian.
We are one, _ but we are many, and [Am] from all the [G] lands on earth [C] we come. _
We'll share a dream, and sing [F] with [C] one voice.
[G] I am, [G] you [F] are, we [G] are [C] Australian.
_ [F] [G] I [C] am, you [G] are, _ _ [F] we [G] are Australian.
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