Chords:
{t: I Am Australian }
{key: C}
{artist:The Seekers}
Bruce Woodley and Dobe Newton, Seekers: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aSoGJQkKDYk
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I [C] came from the dream-time, from the [F] dusty red-soil [C] plains
I [Am] am the ancient heart, the [F] keeper [G] of the [C] flame
I stood upon the [Em] rocky shores, I [F] watched the [G] tall ships [Am] come.
For [C] forty thousand [Dm] years I've been, the [F] first Aust[G]rali[C]an
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I [C] came upon the prison ship, bowed [F] down by iron [C] chains
I [Am] fought the land, endured the lash, and [F] waited [G] for the [C] rains
I'm a settler, I'm a [Em] farmer's wife, on a [F]dry and [G] barren [Am] run,
A [C] convict, then a [Dm] free man, I be[F]came Aust[G]rali[C]an
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I'm the [C] daughter of a digger, who [F] sought the mother [C] lode.
The [Am] girl became a woman, on the [F]long and [G] dusty [C] road.
I'm a child of the [Em] Depression, I [F] saw the [G] good times [Am] come,
I'm a [C] bushie, I'm a [Dm] battler, I [F] am Aust[G]rali[C]an.
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[C] We are one, but we are [F] ma[C]ny,
[C] And from [Am] all the [G] lands on earth we [C] come.
We'll share a dream and sing with [F] one [C] voice,
"[F] I [G] am, [Am] you [G] are, we [Am] are Aust[G]rali[C]an"
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I'm a [C] teller of stories, I'm a [F] singer of [C] songs,
I am [Am] Albert Namatjira, and I [F] paint the [G] ghostly [C] gums.
I'm Clancy on his [Em] horse, I'm Ned [F] Kelly [G] on the [Am] run,
I'm the [C] one who waltzed [Dm] Matilda, I [F]am Aust[G]rali[C]an.
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I'm the [C] hot wind from the desert, I'm the [F] black soil of the [C] plains,
I'm the [Am] mountains and the valleys,
I'm the [F] drought and [G] flooding [C] rains.
I am the rock, I [Em] am the sky, the [F] rivers [G] when they [Am] run,
The [C] spirit of this [Dm] great land, I [F]am Aust[G]rali[C]an.
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[C] We are one, but we are [F] ma[C]ny,
[C] And from [Am] all the [G] lands on earth we [C] come.
We'll share a dream and sing with [F] one [C] voice,
"[F] I [G] am,[Am] you [G] are, we [Am] are Aust[G]rali[C]an"
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I'm the [C] hot wind from the desert, I'm the [F] black soil of the [C] plains,
I'm the [Am] mountains and the valleys,
I'm the [F] drought and [G] flooding [C] rains.
I am the rock, I [Em] am the sky, the [F] rivers [G] when they [Am] run,
The [C] spirit of this [Dm] great land, I [F]am Aust[G]rali[C]an.
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[C] We are one, but we are [F] ma[C]ny,
[C] And from [Am] all the [G] lands on earth we [C] come.
We'll share a dream and sing with [F] one [C] voice,
"[F] I [G] am,[Am] you [G] are, we [Am] are Aust[G]rali[C]an"
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"[F] I [G]am, [Am] you [G] are, we [Am] are Aust[G]rali[C]an"
