Chords for The Seekers - I am Australian - Decades Festival 2014
Tempo:
135.8 bpm
Chords used:
C
F
Am
G
Em
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[C]
I come from the dream time, from the dusty red soil plains.
[Am] I am the ancient [C] heart, the keeper of the flame.
I stood upon the rocky shore, I watched the tall [Am] ships [F] come.
[C]
For forty thousand years I've been the first [Em] [C] Australian.
I came upon the prison ship, [F] bowed down by iron [C] chains.
[Am] I fought the land, endured the lash, [F] and [G] waited for the [C] rains.
I'm a settler, I'm a farmer's wife on [F] a [G] dry and barren [Am] run.
[F] [C] A convict, [D] then a free man, I [F] became [G]
[C] Australian.
I'm the daughter of a digger, [F] who stopped the [C] mother load.
[Am] The girl became a woman, [F] hung [C] along in dusty roads.
I'm a child of the depression, [F] I've [G] sown the [Am] good times come.
[F] [C] I'm a bushy, [Dm] I'm a beggar, I [Em] am [C] Australian.
We are one, but [F] we are [C] 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, [G] I am [Am] from you, Ma, we [G] are [C] Australian.
[N]
I come from the dream time, from the dusty red soil plains.
[Am] I am the ancient [C] heart, the keeper of the flame.
I stood upon the rocky shore, I watched the tall [Am] ships [F] come.
[C]
For forty thousand years I've been the first [Em] [C] Australian.
I came upon the prison ship, [F] bowed down by iron [C] chains.
[Am] I fought the land, endured the lash, [F] and [G] waited for the [C] rains.
I'm a settler, I'm a farmer's wife on [F] a [G] dry and barren [Am] run.
[F] [C] A convict, [D] then a free man, I [F] became [G]
[C] Australian.
I'm the daughter of a digger, [F] who stopped the [C] mother load.
[Am] The girl became a woman, [F] hung [C] along in dusty roads.
I'm a child of the depression, [F] I've [G] sown the [Am] good times come.
[F] [C] I'm a bushy, [Dm] I'm a beggar, I [Em] am [C] Australian.
We are one, but [F] we are [C] 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, [G] I am [Am] from you, Ma, we [G] are [C] Australian.
[N]
Key:
C
F
Am
G
Em
C
F
Am
[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ I come from the dream time, _ _ from the dusty red soil plains. _ _
[Am] I am the ancient [C] heart, _ the keeper of the flame. _ _
I stood upon the rocky shore, _ _ I watched the tall [Am] ships [F] come.
_ [C]
For forty thousand years I've been the first [Em] _ [C] Australian. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ I came upon the prison ship, [F] bowed down by iron [C] chains.
_ [Am] I fought the land, _ endured the lash, [F] and [G] waited for the [C] rains.
_ I'm a settler, _ I'm a farmer's wife on [F] a [G] dry and barren [Am] run.
[F] _ [C] A convict, _ [D] then a free man, I [F] became [G] _
[C] Australian. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
I'm the daughter of a digger, [F] who stopped the [C] mother load.
[Am] The girl became a woman, _ [F] hung [C] along in dusty _ roads.
I'm a child of the depression, _ [F] I've [G] sown the [Am] good times come.
[F] _ [C] I'm a bushy, _ [Dm] I'm a beggar, I [Em] am [C] Australian. _ _ _ _ _
We are one, _ _ but [F] we are [C] _ 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, _ _ _ [G] I am [Am] from you, Ma, we [G] are _ [C] Australian. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ I come from the dream time, _ _ from the dusty red soil plains. _ _
[Am] I am the ancient [C] heart, _ the keeper of the flame. _ _
I stood upon the rocky shore, _ _ I watched the tall [Am] ships [F] come.
_ [C]
For forty thousand years I've been the first [Em] _ [C] Australian. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ I came upon the prison ship, [F] bowed down by iron [C] chains.
_ [Am] I fought the land, _ endured the lash, [F] and [G] waited for the [C] rains.
_ I'm a settler, _ I'm a farmer's wife on [F] a [G] dry and barren [Am] run.
[F] _ [C] A convict, _ [D] then a free man, I [F] became [G] _
[C] Australian. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
I'm the daughter of a digger, [F] who stopped the [C] mother load.
[Am] The girl became a woman, _ [F] hung [C] along in dusty _ roads.
I'm a child of the depression, _ [F] I've [G] sown the [Am] good times come.
[F] _ [C] I'm a bushy, _ [Dm] I'm a beggar, I [Em] am [C] Australian. _ _ _ _ _
We are one, _ _ but [F] we are [C] _ 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, _ _ _ [G] I am [Am] from you, Ma, we [G] are _ [C] Australian. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _