G Ladies and gentlemen, would you now please give a grand final
Dm welcome to an Australian musical
Gm legend, Keith Potka, Bruce Woodley,
E Athol Gai, Judith
Ab Durham, The Seekers, singing
Gm I Am Australian.
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_ I come from the dreams I had,
F from the dusty red
C soil plains.
I am the ancient heart, the keeper
C of the flame.
I stood upon the rocky shore, I watched the tall ships come.
For forty thousand
F years I've been the first
C.
Australian.
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I'm the daughter of a digger, _
F _ _
C _ .
Am the girl became a woman
F on a
G long and
C dusty road.
I'm a child of the depression,
F I
G saw the good
Am times
F come.
C I'm a bushy,
Dm I'm a battler,
F I
G am
C Australian.
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We are one, but we
F are
C.
many,
Am and from all
G the lands on
C earth we
F come.
C We'll share a dream, and
F sing with
C one voice.
G I
Am am
G you
F are, we
G are
C Australian.
_ _ I'm the heartwind from the _ .
F _ _
C _
Am sun, I'm the mountains and the _ .
F _
G C running rain, _ _ _ _ .
F _
G _
Am _
F C the spirit
Dm of this great land, I
G am
C Australian.
_ _ We are one, but we are many,
Am and from
C.
G all the lands on
C earth we come.
We'll share a dream, and sing
C with one _ _
F G voice.
I
Am am
G you are, we
G are
C Australian.
We are one, _ but we are many,
Am and from all the
G lands on earth
C we come.
_ We'll share a dream, _ and sing with one voice.
G I am
G you are,
F we are
G C Australian.
G I
G am you are, _
F we are
G _ _
C Australian.
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Bb _
Dm _ .
Eb _
Bb _ _
Dm _
Cm _
Bb _ _ .
Eb Hey there
F Georgie
Bb girl,
Dm swinging down
Eb the street so
F fancy
Bb free, nobody you meet could
Eb ever
Ab see you alone in his
F bed.
Bb Inside you,
Dm hey
Eb there
F Georgie
Dm girl, why do all
Eb the boys just
F pass you
Bb by?.
Dm Could it be
Eb you just don't
Ab try,
G or is it the
F clothes you wear?.
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Gm You're
Dm always window
Eb shopping, that's never
Bb stopping to buy,
D so
G shut those
C downy
F feathers inside.
A
Bb little bit,
Dm hey
Eb there
F Georgie
Bb girl,
Dm there's another
Eb Georgie
F deep
Bb inside.
Dm Bring out all the
Eb love you
F hide,
Gm and all the water change they'd be.
Eb The world
F would see a
Bb new Georgie
Eb Bb girl.
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Bb _
Dm _ .
Cm _
Bb Hey
Dm _
Cm _
Bb _ _
Dm _ .
Eb _
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Bb _ _
Cm _
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Bb _ _ .
Eb _ _
Ab _ _
F _ _
Bb _ .
Eb there
F Georgie
Bb girl,
Dm dreaming of the
Eb someone
F you'd
Bb be.
Dm Life is a
Eb reality,
Ab you
Bb can't always
F run away.
Gm Don't
Dm be sad of
Eb changing and
Bb rearranging yourself,
D it's
G time for
C jumping down
F from the shelf.
A
Bb little bit,
Dm hey
Eb there
F Georgie
Bb girl, there's another
Eb Georgie
F deep
Bb inside.
Dm Bring out all the
Eb love you
F hide, and
Gm all the water change they'd be.
Eb The world would
F see a
Bb new Georgie
Dm girl.
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Ab One hundred years ago, Banjo-Kazooie's Walsing Matilda was first performed in the outback Queensland
Dbm town of Winton,.
where the centenary
Gm of Australia's most famous
Ab song will be celebrated next April.
Keith, Bruce,
A Athel and Judith would
G now like to present their version of this famous Australian classic.
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Ab _
Bb _ _ _
Bb _ _
F _ .
_
Bb _ _ _ _ _ _ _ .
_ _ Once a
F jolly square
Gm man, camped
Eb by a billabong,
Bb under the shade
F of a koolabah tree.
And
Bb he sang as
F he watched,
Gm and waited
Eb till his lily
Bb boiled,.
You'll come a-walsing
F Matilda
Bb with me.
Down
F came a jumbot
Gm to drink at
Eb that billabong,.
Bb Gm Jumped the
F schwagner and grabbed him with glee,.
Bb And he sang
D as he shoved
Gm that jumbot
E in his kukabag.
Bb You'll
Gm come a-walsing
F Matilda
Bb with me.
Walsing
Eb Matilda,
Cm Walsing Matilda,.
Bb.
You'll
G come a
Cm-walsing Matilda
F with me.
And
Bb he sang as
F he shoved
Gm that
Eb jumbot in his
Bb kukabag.
You'll
Gm come a-walsing
F Matilda
Bb with
Gb me.
B Up
Gb robed the schwagner,
Abm mounted on
E his
B thoroughbred,.
Down
Abm came the troopers,
Gb one, two, three,.
B Where's that
Eb jolly jumbot
Abm you've got in
E your kukabag?.
B Abm You'll come a
Gb-walsing
B Matilda with
E me.
B _ Walsing Matilda,
E _
Dbm Walsing Matilda,.
B You'll come
Ab a
Dbm-walsing Matilda with
Gbm me.
B Where's that
Eb jolly jumbot
Abm.
B you've got in
F your kukabag?.
B You'll come
Abm a-walsing
Gb.
B Matilda
G with
C me.
Up
G jumped the schwagner
Am and sprang into
F the billabong.
C You'll never
Am catch me
C alive,
G said he,.
C And your ghost
E may be heard
Am as you pass
F by that billabong.
C You'll come
Am a
C-walsing
G C Matilda with me.
Walsing Matilda,
F _
Dm Walsing Matilda,.
C You'll
A come a-walsing
Dm Matilda with me.
C And your ghost
E may be heard
Am as you pass
Gb by that billabong.
C.
You'll
Am come a-walsing
Dm G Matilda _
C with _
F me.
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Fm _ _ _
C _ .
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F Australians, oh, let us rejoice,.
Gm For
G we
G are
C young and
G free.
C _
F E We've
F golden soil and wealth for toil,.
Bb Our
C home
G is but
C by sea.
Bb A
Gm land where bounding
F natures meet,.
Bb All
C beauty
F rich and_.
_
Bb _ .
Gm Indiscreet, state,
C let
Dm every
Db state,.
F _ _ .
Cm _ _
F _ _ Have_in.
joyful
F.
C spades,.
Bb Then let
C us
Dm sing,.
F God, our God!.
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