Chords for The Seekers - I Am Australian [Lyrics] [1080p]

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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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