I Am Australian Chords by The Seekers

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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 plains.
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 [F] lash, and [C] waited for the rains.
I'm a settler, I'm a farmer's wife, on [G] a dry and [C] barren run.
[C] A convict, then [Dm] a free man, I [G] became [C] Australian. _ _ _
_ _ _ I'm the daughter of a digger, [F] who sold the [C] man.
[Am] The girl became a woman, [F] on the [G] long and [C] dusty road.
I'm a child of the depression, [F] I've [G] sold the good [Am] times gone.
[F] [C] I'm a bushy, [Dm] I'm a banter, I am [G] [C] Australian.
_ We are one, but we [F] are [C] many, and [Am] from all [G] the land on earth [C] we come.
We'll share a dream, and sing [F] with [C] one voice.
_ [G] I am [Am] you [G] are, [F] we are [Em] [C] Australian. _ _ _
_ _ _ I'm a teller of stories, [F] I'm a singer [C] of songs.
[Am] I am Albert Namatjira, [F] and I paint [Em] the [C] ghostly gums.
I'm Clancy on his horse, I'm [F] Meg Kelly [G] on [Am] the run.
[F] [C] I'm the one who lost [Dm] Matilda, [F] I am [G] [C] Australian.
_ _ I'm the hark when called, _ _ [F] _ _ [C] _ [Am] I'm the mountains and _ [F] I'm the [G] droughted, flooding [C] plains. _ _
I guide [G] the rivers when [Am] they run, [F] [C] the spirit of [Dm] this great land.
[G] I am [C] Australian.
We are one, _ [F] but we [C] are many, [Am] and from [G] all the land on [C] earth we come.
We'll share a dream, and [F] sing with [C] one voice.
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[G] I [Am] am [G] you [F] are, we [G] are [C] Australian.
We are one, but [F] we are [C] many, [Am] and from all [G] the land on [C] earth we come.
We'll share a dream, and [F] sing with [C] one voice.
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[G] I am [Am] [G] you are, [F] we are [G] [C] Australian.
[G] I am [Am] you [G] are, _ _ [F] we are [G] _ [C] Australian. _ _ _ _ _
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