{"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":2580318,"song":"I Am Australian","artist":"Rai Thistlethwayte","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11517398-i-am-australian-chords-by-rai-thistlethwayte/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2580318?type=chord","rating":0.09918,"votes":0,"content":"[INTO/CHORUS]\r\n\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWe are one[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]C[/ch]\r\nBut we are many[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Em[/ch]                        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd from all the lands on earth we come[/tab]\r\n\r\nWe'll share a dream\r\n[tab]              [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd sing with one voice[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]     [ch]E[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI am, you are, we are Australian[/tab]\r\n\r\n[VERSE]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]               [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nI came from the dream-time[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nFrom the dusty red-soil plains[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nI am the ancient heart[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nThe keeper of the flame[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nI stood upon the rocky shores[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nI watched the tall ships come[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nFor forty thousand years I've been[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nThe first Australian[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nI came upon the prison ship[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nBound down by iron chains[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nI fought the land, endured the lash[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nAnd waited for the rains[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nI'm a settler, I'm a farmer's wife[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nOn a dry and barren run[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nA convict then a free man[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nI became Australian[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nI'm the daughter of a digger[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nWho sought the mother lode[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nThe girl became a woman[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\non the long and dusty road[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nI'm a child of the depression[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nI saw the good times come[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nI'm a bushy I'm a battler[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]Bb[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch] [vamp]\r\nI am Australian.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[CHORUS]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWe are one[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]C[/ch]\r\nBut we are many[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Em[/ch]                        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd from all the lands on earth we come[/tab]\r\n\r\nWe'll share a dream\r\n[tab]              [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd sing with one voice[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]     [ch]E[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI am, you are, we are Australian[/tab]\r\n\r\n[VERSE]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nI'm a teller of stories[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nI'm a singer of songs[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nI am Albert Namatjira[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nAnd I paint the ghostly gums[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nI'm Clancy on his horse[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nI'm Ned Kelly on the run[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nI'm the one who waltzed Matilda[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nI am Australian[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nI'm the hot wind from the desert[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nI'm the black soil of the plains[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nI'm the mountains and the valleys[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nI'm the drought and flooding rains[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nI am the rock, I am the sky[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nThe rivers when they run[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nThe spirit of this great land[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]Bb[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch] [vamp]\r\nI am Australian.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[CHORUS]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWe are one[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]C[/ch]\r\nBut we are many[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Em[/ch]                        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd from all the lands on earth we come[/tab]\r\n\r\nWe'll share a dream\r\n[tab]              [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd sing with one voice[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]     [ch]E[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI am, you are, we are Australian[/tab]\r\n\r\n[SOLO]\r\nG  Bb    x7\r\nC [vamp 2 bars] F [VAMP 2 Bar]\r\n\r\n\r\n[CHORUS]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWe are one[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]C[/ch]\r\nBut we are many[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Em[/ch]                        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd from all the lands on earth we come[/tab]\r\n\r\nWe'll share a dream\r\n[tab]              [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd sing with one voice[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]     [ch]E[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI am, you are, we are Australian[/tab]\r\n\r\nG  Bb  x2\r\n\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWe are one[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]C[/ch]\r\nBut we are many[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Em[/ch]                        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd from all the lands on earth we come[/tab]\r\n\r\nWe'll share a dream\r\n[tab]              [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd sing with one voice[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]     [ch]E[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI am, you are, we are Australian[/tab]\r\n\r\n    [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]Bb[/ch]","plain_text":"[INTO/CHORUS]\n\n\n\n\n\nWe'll share a dream\n\n\n\n[VERSE]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[CHORUS]\n\n\n\n\nWe'll share a dream\n\n\n\n[VERSE]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[CHORUS]\n\n\n\n\nWe'll share a dream\n\n\n\n[SOLO]\nG  Bb    x7\nC [vamp 2 bars] F [VAMP 2 Bar]\n\n\n[CHORUS]\n\n\n\n\nWe'll share a dream\n\n\n\nG  Bb  x2\n\n\n\n\n\nWe'll share a dream\n\n\n\n    G         Bb","chords":["G","C","Em","E","Bb","A","F","D"],"chord_diagrams":{"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"E":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,1,0,0]},"Em":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,0,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,0,0]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}