C _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ .
_ _ _ 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 a 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
G a dry and
C barren run.
A convict,
Dm then a free man,
F I
G became
C Australian.
_ _ .
_ _ _ _ I'm the daughter of a digger,
F who saw the
C mud.
Am The girl became a woman,
F on the long
Em and dusty
C road.
I'm a child of the depression,
F I saw
G the good
Am times come.
F C I'm a bushy,
Dm I'm a_.
I am
G C Australian.
We are one, but we
F are
C many.
And
Am from all
G the lands on earth
C we come, _ we'll share a dream.
And sing
F with
C one voice, _
G.
I am
G you what
G we are,
C Australian.
_ _ .
_ _ _ _ I'm a teller of stories,
F I'm a singer
C of songs.
Am I am Elbert Namatjira,
F and I paint
G the
C ghostly gums.
I'm Clancy on his horse, I'm
F Ned 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 hot wind from the_. _
F _ _
C _
Am I'm the mountains and the valleys,
F I'm
G the drought
C and flooding rains.
I am the_. The _
G F rivers when they run,
C the spirit
Dm of this great land.
F G I am
C Australian.
_ .
We are one, but
F we are
C many.
Am And from
G all the lands on
C earth we come, we'll share a dream.
And
F sing with
C one voice,
F G I
Am am
G you what
F we
G are,
C Australian.
We are one, but we are many.
And
Am from all
G the lands on earth
C we come, we'll share a dream.
And sing
F with
C one voice, _ .
G I
G am you what
F we are,
G C Australian.
G I am
C you
G what we _
F.
G are, Australian.
C _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ .
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ .