{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":1458915,"song":"Great Southern Land","artist":"Icehouse","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11260685-great-southern-land-chords-by-icehouse/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1458915?type=chord","rating":4.64502,"votes":80,"content":"I've written these chords as A, B, C#m, but this is only because this is how I often see \r\nthem written down. They are the \"open\" chords A5/E, B5, C#5.\r\n\r\n    A5/E   B5   C#5    G#m - play this as a barre chord straight down from C#5\r\n\r\n[tab]e|----------------------4-----|\r\nB|----------------------4-----|\r\nG|---2-----4-----6------4-----|\r\nD|---2-----4-----6------6-----|\r\nA|---------2-----4------6-----|\r\nE|----------------------4-----|[/tab]\r\n\r\nThis is the original key, but good luck if you can hit these notes in performance. I \r\ncapo this up to 7 to make it singable. To get the sound of the original chords you really \r\nneed to use the open chord method above, and it's really easy too!\r\n\r\nAlso, 8.5 bars of A5 is not advised unless you have a keyboard or lead guitar doing the \r\nproper intro.\r\n\r\n\r\n[Intro]\r\n| [ch]A[/ch]   |     |     |     |     |     |     |\r\n| [ch]A[/ch] [ch]B[/ch] |     | [ch]A[/ch]   |     | [ch]B[/ch]   |     | [ch]A[/ch]   |\r\n|\r\n| B   |  Standing ...\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]A[/ch]\r\nStanding at the limit of an endless ocean[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]B[/ch]\r\nstranded like a runaway, lost at sea[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]A[/ch]\r\nsitting on a rainy day down in the harbor[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]B[/ch]\r\nwatching as the grey clouds shadow the bay[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]A[/ch]\r\nlooking everywhere 'cause I had to find you[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]B[/ch]\r\nthis is not the way that I remember it here[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]A[/ch]\r\nanyone will tell you it's a prisoner island[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]B[/ch]\r\nhidden in the summer for a million years[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]                [ch]C#m[/ch]\r\nGreat Southern Land, burned you black[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]                     [ch]A[/ch]\r\nSo you look into the land and it will tell you a story[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]B[/ch]\r\nstory 'bout a journey ended long ago[/tab]\r\n[tab]                     [ch]A[/ch]\r\nif you listen to the motion of the wind in the mountains[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]B[/ch]\r\nmaybe you can hear them talking like I do[/tab]\r\n[tab]                     [ch]A[/ch]\r\n\". . they're gonna betray you, they're gonna forget you[/tab]\r\n[tab]                       [ch]B[/ch]\r\nare you gonna let them take you over that way . .\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]                [ch]C#m[/ch]\r\nGreat Southern Land, Great Southern Land[/tab]\r\nyou walk alone, like a primitive man\r\nand they make it work, with sticks and bones,\r\nsee their hungry eyes, it's a hungry home.\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G#m[/ch]\r\n    I hear the sound, of the stranger's voices,[/tab]\r\nI see their hungry eyes, their hungry eyes\r\n[tab]               [ch]C#m[/ch]\r\nGreat Southern Land, Great Southern Land[/tab]\r\nthey burned you black, black against the ground\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]                 [ch]A[/ch]\r\nStanding at the limit of an endless ocean[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]B[/ch]\r\nstranded like a runaway, lost at sea[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]A[/ch]\r\nsitting on a rainy day down in the harbor[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]B[/ch]\r\nwatching as the grey clouds shadow the bay[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]A[/ch]\r\nlooking everywhere .... I had to find you[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]B[/ch]\r\nthis is not the way that I remember it here[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]A[/ch]\r\nanyone will tell you it's a prisoner island[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]B[/ch]\r\nhidden in the summer for a million years[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]               [ch]C#m[/ch]\r\nGreat Southern Land, in the sleeping sun[/tab]\r\nyou walk alone with the ghost of time\r\nthey burned you black, black against the ground\r\nand they make it work with rocks and sand\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G#m[/ch]\r\n    I hear the sound, of the stranger's voices,[/tab]\r\nI see their hungry eyes, their hungry eyes\r\n\r\n[tab]               [ch]C#m[/ch]\r\nGreat Southern Land, Great Southern Land[/tab]\r\nyou walk alone, like a primitive man\r\nyou walk alone with the ghost of time\r\nand they burned you black\r\nyeah, they burned you black\r\nGreat Southern Land\r\nGreat Southern Land\r\nGreat Southern Land\r\nGreat Southern Land...","plain_text":"I've written these chords as A, B, C#m, but this is only because this is how I often see \nthem written down. They are the \"open\" chords A5/E, B5, C#5.\n\n    A5/E   B5   C#5    G#m - play this as a barre chord straight down from C#5\n\n\n\nThis is the original key, but good luck if you can hit these notes in performance. I \ncapo this up to 7 to make it singable. To get the sound of the original chords you really \nneed to use the open chord method above, and it's really easy too!\n\nAlso, 8.5 bars of A5 is not advised unless you have a keyboard or lead guitar doing the \nproper intro.\n\n\n[Intro]\n| A   |     |     |     |     |     |     |\n| A B |     | A   |     | B   |     | A   |\n|\n| B   |  Standing ...\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nyou walk alone, like a primitive man\nand they make it work, with sticks and bones,\nsee their hungry eyes, it's a hungry home.\n\n\n\nI see their hungry eyes, their hungry eyes\n\nthey burned you black, black against the ground\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nyou walk alone with the ghost of time\nthey burned you black, black against the ground\nand they make it work with rocks and sand\n\n\n\nI see their hungry eyes, their hungry eyes\n\n\nyou walk alone, like a primitive man\nyou walk alone with the ghost of time\nand they burned you black\nyeah, they burned you black\nGreat Southern Land\nGreat Southern Land\nGreat Southern Land\nGreat Southern Land...","chords":["A","B","C#m","E","C#","G#m","G","D"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"B":{"barres":[2],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,2,3,4,1],"frets":[-1,2,4,4,4,2]}}}