I Am Australian
The SeekersVersion1
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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 flame
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, 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 dry and barren run,
A convict, then a free man, I became Australian
I'm the daughter of a digger, Who sought the mother lode.
The girl became a woman, On the long and dusty road.
I'm a child of the Depression, I saw the good times come,
I'm a bushie, I'm a battler, I am Australian.
We are one, but we are many,
And from all the lands on earth we come.
We'll share a dream and sing with one voice,
"I am, you are, we are Australian"
I'm a teller of stories, I'm a singer of songs,
I am Albert Namatjira, And I paint the ghostly gums.
I'm Clancy on his horse, I'm Ned Kelly on the run,
I'm the one who waltzed Matilda, I am Australian.
I'm the hot wind from the desert, I'm the black soil of the plains,
I'm the mountains and the valleys, I'm the drought and flooding rains.
I am the rock, I am the sky, The rivers when they run,
The spirit of this great land, I am Australian.
We are one, but we are many,
And from all the lands on earth we come.
We'll share a dream and sing with one voice,
"I am, you are, we are Australian"
"I am, you are, we are Australian"
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Readable chord sheet for I Am Australian by The Seekers
I [C]came from the dream-time, From the [F]dusty red-soil [C]plains I am the ancient [Am]heart, The [F]keeper [G]of the [C]flame I stood upon the rocky shores, I [F]watched the [G]tall ships [Am]come. For [C]forty thousand years I've been, The [F]first Aust[G]rali[C]an 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 farmer's wife, On a [F]dry and [G]barren [Am]run, A [C]convict, then a free man, I be[F]came Aust[G]rali[C]an 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 Depression, I [F]saw the [G]good times [Am]come, I'm a [C]bushie, I'm a battler, I [F]am Aust[G]rali[C]an. [C]We [C]are [C]one, but we are [F]ma[C]ny, [C]And [Em]from [Am]all the [G]lands on earth we [C]come. We'll share [Em]a [Am]dream and sing with [F]one [C]voice, "[F]I [C]am, [Am]you [G]are, we [C]are Aust[G]rali[C]an" 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 horse, I'm Ned [F]Kelly [G]on the [Am]run, I'm the [C]one who waltzed Matilda, I [F]am Aust[G]rali[C]an. 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 am the sky, The [F]rivers [G]when they [Am]run, The [C]spirit of this great land, I [F]am Aust[G]rali[C]an. [C]We [C]are [C]one, but we are [F]ma[C]ny, [C]And [Em]from [Am]all the [G]lands on earth we [C]come. We'll share [Em]a [Am]dream and sing with [F]one [C]voice, "[F]I [C]am, [Am]you [G]are, we [C]are Aust[G]rali[C]an" "[F]I [C]am, [Am]you [G]are, we [C]are Aust[G]rali[C]an"