Remove AdsThe Seekers - I Am Australian
C F CI came from the dream-time, From the dusty red-soil plains
Am CI Am the ancient heart, The keeper of the flame
F G CI stood upon the rocky shores, I watched the tall ships come.
F CFor forty thousand years I've been, The first Australian
C F CI came upon the prison ship, Bowed down by iron chains
Am F CI fought the land, endured the lash, And waited for the rains
F G CI'm a settler, I'm a farmer's wife, On a dry and barren run,
F G F C G CA convict, then a free man, I became Australian
C F CI'm the daughter of a digger, Who sought the mother lode.
Am F G CThe girl became a woman, On the long and dusty road.
F G AmI'm a child of the Depression, I saw the good times come,
F C G F G CI'm a bushie, I'm a battler, I Am Australian.
F CWe are one, but we are many,
Am G CAnd from all the lands on earth we come.
F GWe'll share a dream and sing with one voice,
C F G Am C F G C"I am, you are, we are Australian"
C F CI'm a teller of stories, I'm a singer of songs,
Am CI Am Albert Namatjira, And I paint the ghostly gums.
F G AmI'm Clancy on his horse, I'm Ned Kelly on the run,
F CI'm the one who waltzed Matilda, I Am Australian.
CI'm the hot wind from the desert,
F CI'm the black soil of the plains,
Am CI'm the mountains and the valleys,
I'm the drought and flooding rains.
F G CI Am the rock, I Am the sky, The rivers when they run,
F CThe spirit of this great land, I Am Australian.
F CWe are one, but we are many,
Am G CAnd from all the lands on earth we come.
F G CWe'll share a dream and sing with one voice,
F G Am C F G C"I am, you are, we are Australian"
F G Am C F G C"I am, you are, we are Australian"
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