Chords for The Seekers We Are Australian (Best Video Version)

_ _ _ 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, [C] 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, [G] on a dry and barren run.
A [C]
convict, then a free man, I became Australian. _ _
_ _ _ _ I'm the daughter of a digger, [F] who sold the [C] moth alone.
[Am] The girl became a woman, on the long and [C] dusty road.
I'm a child of the depression, I've sold the [Am] good times gone.
[C] I'm the bushheep, [Dm] I'm the fatler, I am [C] Australian.
_ _ We are one, but we are many.
And from [Am] all [G] the lands on [C] earth we come, we'll share a dream.
And [F] sing with [C] loved ones, _ I am you [F] all, we are [C] Australian. _ _
_ _ _ _ I'm a teller of stories, [F] I'm a singer [C] of songs.
[Am] I am Elbert Mamatua, and I bite the [C] ghostly gums.
I'm Clancy on his horse, I'm Ned Kelly [Am] on the run.
[C] I'm the one who lost [Dm] Matilda, I am Australian.
_ _ I'm the heartwind province, _ [F] _ _ [C] _ I'm the [Am] mountain band.
[F] I'm the drought and [C] flooding rain. _
_ _ [F] The river's where they run, the spirit [Dm] of this great land.
[F] I am [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 [F] with [C] loved ones, _ I am [Am] you all, we 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] loved ones, _ [G] _ you all, we are Australian.
[C] _
I am you all. _
We are _ [C] Australian. _ _ _
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