Chords for The Seekers - I Am Australian: Special Farewell Performance (all 5 verses)
Tempo:
72.725 bpm
Chords used:
C
G
F
Am
Dm
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[C]
I come from the dream time, from the dusty red soil plains.
I am the ancient heart, the keeper of the flame.
I stood upon the rocky shore, I watched the tall ships come.
For forty thousand years I've been the first Australian.
I came upon the prison ship, [F] bowed down by [C] iron chains.
[Am] I fought the land, endured the [F] lash, [G] and waited for [C] the rains.
I'm a settler, I'm a farmer's [F] wife on a [G] dry and [Am] barren [F] run.
[C] A [D] convict, then a free [F] man, [G] I became [C] Australian.
I'm the daughter of a digger [F] who sought [C] the man.
[Am] The girl became a woman [F] [G] on the long [C] and dusty road.
I'm a child of the depression, [G] I saw [Am] the good times come.
[F] [C] I'm a bushy, [Dm] I'm a [F] battler, I [G] am [C] Australian.
We are one, but we are many.
[Am] And from [G] all the lands on [C] earth we come, we'll share a dream.
And sing [F] with [C] one voice,
[G] I am [G] [F] you all, 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 I make [G] the [C] ghostly gowns.
I'm Clancy on his horse, [F] I'm Ned Kelly [G] [Am] on the run.
[F] [C] I'm the one who waltzed [Dm] the Tilden, [F] [G] I am [C] Australian.
I'm the hot wind from the [F] [C] [Am] Denny's, I'm the mountains and the valleys.
[F] [G] I'm the drought [C] and flooding rains, I am the rock in the [F] sky.
[G] The rivers [Am] when they [F] run, [C] the spirit [Dm] of this great land.
I [G] am [C] Australian.
We are one, but we are many.
[Am] And from all [G] the lands on earth [C] we come, we'll share a dream.
And sing with one voice, [F] [G] I [Am] am [G] you [F] all, we [G] are [C] Australian.
We are one, but we are many.
[Am] And from all [G] the lands on [C] earth we come, we'll share a dream.
And sing with one voice,
[G] I am [G] [F] you all, we are [C] Australian.
[G] I [Am] am [G] [F] you all, we [G] are [C] Australian.
[N]
I come from the dream time, from the dusty red soil plains.
I am the ancient heart, the keeper of the flame.
I stood upon the rocky shore, I watched the tall ships come.
For forty thousand years I've been the first Australian.
I came upon the prison ship, [F] bowed down by [C] iron chains.
[Am] I fought the land, endured the [F] lash, [G] and waited for [C] the rains.
I'm a settler, I'm a farmer's [F] wife on a [G] dry and [Am] barren [F] run.
[C] A [D] convict, then a free [F] man, [G] I became [C] Australian.
I'm the daughter of a digger [F] who sought [C] the man.
[Am] The girl became a woman [F] [G] on the long [C] and dusty road.
I'm a child of the depression, [G] I saw [Am] the good times come.
[F] [C] I'm a bushy, [Dm] I'm a [F] battler, I [G] am [C] Australian.
We are one, but we are many.
[Am] And from [G] all the lands on [C] earth we come, we'll share a dream.
And sing [F] with [C] one voice,
[G] I am [G] [F] you all, 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 I make [G] the [C] ghostly gowns.
I'm Clancy on his horse, [F] I'm Ned Kelly [G] [Am] on the run.
[F] [C] I'm the one who waltzed [Dm] the Tilden, [F] [G] I am [C] Australian.
I'm the hot wind from the [F] [C] [Am] Denny's, I'm the mountains and the valleys.
[F] [G] I'm the drought [C] and flooding rains, I am the rock in the [F] sky.
[G] The rivers [Am] when they [F] run, [C] the spirit [Dm] of this great land.
I [G] am [C] Australian.
We are one, but we are many.
[Am] And from all [G] the lands on earth [C] we come, we'll share a dream.
And sing with one voice, [F] [G] I [Am] am [G] you [F] all, we [G] are [C] Australian.
We are one, but we are many.
[Am] And from all [G] the lands on [C] earth we come, we'll share a dream.
And sing with one voice,
[G] I am [G] [F] you all, we are [C] Australian.
[G] I [Am] am [G] [F] you all, we [G] are [C] Australian.
[N]
Key:
C
G
F
Am
Dm
C
G
F
[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
I come from the dream time, from the dusty red soil plains.
I am the ancient heart, the keeper of the flame.
_ I stood upon the rocky shore, I watched the tall ships come.
For forty thousand years I've been the first Australian. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ I came upon the prison ship, [F] bowed down by [C] iron chains.
[Am] I fought the land, endured the [F] lash, [G] and waited for [C] the rains.
I'm a settler, I'm a farmer's [F] wife on a [G] dry and [Am] barren [F] run.
[C] A [D] convict, then a free [F] man, [G] I became [C] Australian. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ I'm the daughter of a digger [F] who sought [C] the man.
_ [Am] The girl became a woman [F] [G] on the long [C] and dusty road.
I'm a child of the depression, [G] I saw [Am] the good times come.
[F] [C] I'm a bushy, [Dm] I'm a [F] battler, I [G] am [C] Australian.
_ We are one, but we are many.
[Am] And from [G] all the lands on [C] earth we come, we'll share a dream.
And sing [F] with [C] one voice, _
[G] I am [G] [F] you all, 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 I make [G] the [C] ghostly gowns.
I'm Clancy on his horse, [F] I'm Ned Kelly [G] [Am] on the run.
[F] [C] I'm the one who waltzed [Dm] the Tilden, [F] [G] I am [C] Australian. _ _
I'm the hot wind from the [F] _ _ [C] _ [Am] Denny's, I'm the mountains and the valleys.
[F] [G] I'm the drought [C] and flooding rains, I am the rock in the [F] sky.
[G] The rivers [Am] when they [F] run, [C] the spirit [Dm] of this great land.
I [G] am [C] Australian. _ _
We are one, but we are many. _
[Am] And from all [G] the lands on earth [C] we come, we'll share a dream.
And sing with one voice, [F] [G] I [Am] am [G] you [F] all, we [G] are [C] Australian.
We are one, but we are many.
[Am] And from all [G] the lands on [C] earth we come, we'll share a dream.
And sing with one voice, _
[G] I am [G] [F] you all, we are [C] Australian.
[G] I [Am] am [G] [F] you all, we [G] are _ [C] Australian.
_ _ _ _ _ [N] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
I come from the dream time, from the dusty red soil plains.
I am the ancient heart, the keeper of the flame.
_ I stood upon the rocky shore, I watched the tall ships come.
For forty thousand years I've been the first Australian. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ I came upon the prison ship, [F] bowed down by [C] iron chains.
[Am] I fought the land, endured the [F] lash, [G] and waited for [C] the rains.
I'm a settler, I'm a farmer's [F] wife on a [G] dry and [Am] barren [F] run.
[C] A [D] convict, then a free [F] man, [G] I became [C] Australian. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ I'm the daughter of a digger [F] who sought [C] the man.
_ [Am] The girl became a woman [F] [G] on the long [C] and dusty road.
I'm a child of the depression, [G] I saw [Am] the good times come.
[F] [C] I'm a bushy, [Dm] I'm a [F] battler, I [G] am [C] Australian.
_ We are one, but we are many.
[Am] And from [G] all the lands on [C] earth we come, we'll share a dream.
And sing [F] with [C] one voice, _
[G] I am [G] [F] you all, 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 I make [G] the [C] ghostly gowns.
I'm Clancy on his horse, [F] I'm Ned Kelly [G] [Am] on the run.
[F] [C] I'm the one who waltzed [Dm] the Tilden, [F] [G] I am [C] Australian. _ _
I'm the hot wind from the [F] _ _ [C] _ [Am] Denny's, I'm the mountains and the valleys.
[F] [G] I'm the drought [C] and flooding rains, I am the rock in the [F] sky.
[G] The rivers [Am] when they [F] run, [C] the spirit [Dm] of this great land.
I [G] am [C] Australian. _ _
We are one, but we are many. _
[Am] And from all [G] the lands on earth [C] we come, we'll share a dream.
And sing with one voice, [F] [G] I [Am] am [G] you [F] all, we [G] are [C] Australian.
We are one, but we are many.
[Am] And from all [G] the lands on [C] earth we come, we'll share a dream.
And sing with one voice, _
[G] I am [G] [F] you all, we are [C] Australian.
[G] I [Am] am [G] [F] you all, we [G] are _ [C] Australian.
_ _ _ _ _ [N] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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