Chords for I Am Australian Uke Chords
Tempo:
80.9 bpm
Chords used:
C
F
G
Am
B
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[C] I came from the dream time, from the dusty red soil plains.
I [F] am the ancient heart, the keeper [G] of the [C] flame.
I stood upon the rocky shore, I [G] watched the [Am] tor ships come.
For forty thousand years I've been [Dm] the first [C] Australian.
I came from the prison ship, [F] bowed down by [C] iron chains.
[Am] I cleared the land, endured the [F] lash, [G] and waited [C] for the rains.
I'm a settler, I'm a farmer's [F] wife, on a dry [Am] and barren run.
A convict and a free man, [F] I [B] became [C] Australian.
I'm the daughter of the digger, [F] who sought [C] the mother load.
[Am] The girl became a woman, on [G] the long [C] and dusty road.
I'm a child of the depression, [F] I [G] saw [Am] the good times [F] come.
[C] I'm a bushy, [Am] I'm a battler, [F] [G] I am [C] Australian.
We are one, [F] but we are [C] many.
And [Am] from all [G] the lands on earth [C] we come, we share a dream.
And sing [F] with [C] one voice, [C] I am, [G] you [F] are, [G] we are [C] Australian.
I'm a teller of stories, [F] I'm a singer [C] of songs.
[Am] I am Albert Namajira, [F] and [G] I 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 [Am] waltzed the tilga, [F] I [G] am [C] Australian.
I'm the hot wind from the desert, [F] I'm the black soil [C] of the plains.
I'm the mountains and the valleys, [F] I'm the [G] drought and [C] flooding rains.
I am the rock, I am the [F] sky, [G] the rivers [Am] when they [F] run.
[C] I am the spirits [Am] of this great land, [F] 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 share a dream.
And sing with one voice, I [Am] am, [G] you [F] are, we [C] are Australian.
We are one, but we are many.
And [Am] from all [G] the lands on earth [C] we come, we share a dream.
And sing [F] with [C] one voice, [F] [C] I [Am] am, you [G] are, [F] we are [C] Australian.
[C] I am, [B] you [F] are, we [G] are [C] Australian.
[N]
I [F] am the ancient heart, the keeper [G] of the [C] flame.
I stood upon the rocky shore, I [G] watched the [Am] tor ships come.
For forty thousand years I've been [Dm] the first [C] Australian.
I came from the prison ship, [F] bowed down by [C] iron chains.
[Am] I cleared the land, endured the [F] lash, [G] and waited [C] for the rains.
I'm a settler, I'm a farmer's [F] wife, on a dry [Am] and barren run.
A convict and a free man, [F] I [B] became [C] Australian.
I'm the daughter of the digger, [F] who sought [C] the mother load.
[Am] The girl became a woman, on [G] the long [C] and dusty road.
I'm a child of the depression, [F] I [G] saw [Am] the good times [F] come.
[C] I'm a bushy, [Am] I'm a battler, [F] [G] I am [C] Australian.
We are one, [F] but we are [C] many.
And [Am] from all [G] the lands on earth [C] we come, we share a dream.
And sing [F] with [C] one voice, [C] I am, [G] you [F] are, [G] we are [C] Australian.
I'm a teller of stories, [F] I'm a singer [C] of songs.
[Am] I am Albert Namajira, [F] and [G] I 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 [Am] waltzed the tilga, [F] I [G] am [C] Australian.
I'm the hot wind from the desert, [F] I'm the black soil [C] of the plains.
I'm the mountains and the valleys, [F] I'm the [G] drought and [C] flooding rains.
I am the rock, I am the [F] sky, [G] the rivers [Am] when they [F] run.
[C] I am the spirits [Am] of this great land, [F] 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 share a dream.
And sing with one voice, I [Am] am, [G] you [F] are, we [C] are Australian.
We are one, but we are many.
And [Am] from all [G] the lands on earth [C] we come, we share a dream.
And sing [F] with [C] one voice, [F] [C] I [Am] am, you [G] are, [F] we are [C] Australian.
[C] I am, [B] you [F] are, we [G] are [C] Australian.
[N]
Key:
C
F
G
Am
B
C
F
G
_ [C] _ _ _ _ I came from the dream time, from the dusty red soil plains.
I [F] am the ancient heart, the keeper [G] of the [C] flame.
I stood upon the rocky shore, I [G] watched the [Am] tor ships come.
For forty thousand years I've been [Dm] the first [C] Australian.
_ _ I came from the prison ship, [F] bowed down by [C] iron chains.
[Am] I cleared the land, endured the [F] lash, [G] and waited [C] for the rains.
I'm a settler, I'm a farmer's [F] wife, on a dry [Am] and barren run.
A convict and a free man, [F] I [B] became [C] Australian. _ _
_ _ _ _ I'm the daughter of the digger, [F] who sought [C] the mother load.
[Am] The girl became a woman, on [G] the long [C] and dusty road.
I'm a child of the depression, [F] I [G] saw [Am] the good times [F] come.
[C] I'm a bushy, [Am] I'm a battler, [F] [G] I am [C] Australian.
_ _ We are one, [F] but we are [C] many.
And [Am] from all [G] the lands on earth [C] we come, we share a dream.
And sing [F] with [C] one voice, [C] I am, [G] you [F] are, [G] we are [C] Australian. _
_ _ _ _ I'm a teller of stories, [F] I'm a singer [C] of songs.
[Am] I am Albert Namajira, [F] and [G] I 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 [Am] waltzed the tilga, [F] I [G] am [C] Australian.
_ _ I'm the hot wind from the desert, [F] I'm the black soil [C] of the plains.
I'm the mountains and the valleys, [F] I'm the [G] drought and [C] flooding rains.
I am the rock, I am the [F] sky, [G] the rivers [Am] when they [F] run.
[C] I am the spirits [Am] of this great land, [F] 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 share a dream.
And sing with one voice, I [Am] am, [G] you [F] are, we [C] are Australian.
We are one, but we are many.
And [Am] from all [G] the lands on earth [C] we come, we share a dream.
And sing [F] with [C] one voice, _ [F] [C] I [Am] am, you [G] are, [F] we are [C] Australian.
_ [C] I am, [B] you [F] are, we [G] are [C] Australian.
_ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _
I [F] am the ancient heart, the keeper [G] of the [C] flame.
I stood upon the rocky shore, I [G] watched the [Am] tor ships come.
For forty thousand years I've been [Dm] the first [C] Australian.
_ _ I came from the prison ship, [F] bowed down by [C] iron chains.
[Am] I cleared the land, endured the [F] lash, [G] and waited [C] for the rains.
I'm a settler, I'm a farmer's [F] wife, on a dry [Am] and barren run.
A convict and a free man, [F] I [B] became [C] Australian. _ _
_ _ _ _ I'm the daughter of the digger, [F] who sought [C] the mother load.
[Am] The girl became a woman, on [G] the long [C] and dusty road.
I'm a child of the depression, [F] I [G] saw [Am] the good times [F] come.
[C] I'm a bushy, [Am] I'm a battler, [F] [G] I am [C] Australian.
_ _ We are one, [F] but we are [C] many.
And [Am] from all [G] the lands on earth [C] we come, we share a dream.
And sing [F] with [C] one voice, [C] I am, [G] you [F] are, [G] we are [C] Australian. _
_ _ _ _ I'm a teller of stories, [F] I'm a singer [C] of songs.
[Am] I am Albert Namajira, [F] and [G] I 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 [Am] waltzed the tilga, [F] I [G] am [C] Australian.
_ _ I'm the hot wind from the desert, [F] I'm the black soil [C] of the plains.
I'm the mountains and the valleys, [F] I'm the [G] drought and [C] flooding rains.
I am the rock, I am the [F] sky, [G] the rivers [Am] when they [F] run.
[C] I am the spirits [Am] of this great land, [F] 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 share a dream.
And sing with one voice, I [Am] am, [G] you [F] are, we [C] are Australian.
We are one, but we are many.
And [Am] from all [G] the lands on earth [C] we come, we share a dream.
And sing [F] with [C] one voice, _ [F] [C] I [Am] am, you [G] are, [F] we are [C] Australian.
_ [C] I am, [B] you [F] are, we [G] are [C] Australian.
_ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _