{"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":427316,"song":"I Am Australian","artist":"The Seekers","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11560133-i-am-australian-chords-by-the-seekers/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/427316?type=chord","rating":5,"votes":300,"content":"[Verse]\r\n\r\n[tab]  [ch]C[/ch]                                  [ch]F[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI came from the dream-time, From the dusty red-soil plains[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]Am[/ch]         [ch]F[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI am the ancient heart, The keeper of the flame[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                 [ch]F[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]Am[/ch]   [ch]F[/ch]\r\nI stood upon the rocky shores, I watched the tall ships come.[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]Dm[/ch]                   [ch]F[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nFor forty thousand years I've been, The first Australian[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]  [ch]C[/ch]                                [ch]F[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI came upon the prison ship, Bowed down by iron chains[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]Am[/ch]                                     [ch]F[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI fought the land, endured the lash, And waited for the rains[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                         [ch]F[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]F[/ch]\r\nI'm a settler, I'm a farmer's wife, On a dry and barren run,[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]Dm[/ch]             [ch]F[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch]\r\nA convict, then a free man, I became Australian[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]                         [ch]F[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI'm the daughter of a digger, Who sought the mother lode.[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Am[/ch]                          [ch]F[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch] \r\nThe girl became a woman, On the long and dusty road.[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                 [ch]F[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]Am[/ch]   [ch]F[/ch]\r\nI'm a child of the Depression, I saw the good times come,[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]Dm[/ch]          [ch]F[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI'm a bushie, I'm a battler, I am Australian.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWe are one, but we are many,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]         [ch]Am[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd from all the lands on earth we come.[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]F[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWe'll share a  dream and sing with one voice,[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]F[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch]\r\n\"I am, you are, we are Australian\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n\r\n[tab]      [ch]C[/ch]                        [ch]F[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI'm a teller of stories, I'm a singer of songs,[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Am[/ch]                      [ch]F[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI am Albert Namatjira, And I paint the ghostly gums.[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                 [ch]F[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]F[/ch]\r\nI'm Clancy on his horse, I'm Ned Kelly on the run,[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]Dm[/ch]       [ch]F[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI'm the one who waltzed Matilda, I am Australian.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]                                 [ch]F[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI'm the hot wind from the desert, I'm the black soil of the plains,[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Am[/ch]                                 [ch]F[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI'm the mountains and the valleys, I'm the drought and flooding rains.[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                 [ch]F[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]Am[/ch]   [ch]F[/ch]\r\nI am the rock, I am the sky, The rivers when they run,[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]Dm[/ch]            [ch]F[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThe spirit of this great land, I am Australian.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWe are one, but we are many,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]        [ch]Am[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd from all the lands on earth we come.[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]C[/ch]                    [ch]F[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWe'll share a  dream and sing with one voice,[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]F[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch]\r\n\"I am, you are, we are Australian\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]F[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch]\r\n\"I am, you are, we are Australian\"[/tab]","plain_text":"[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]","chords":["C","F","Am","G","Dm","A"],"chord_diagrams":{"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"Dm":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,2,3,1],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,1]},"F":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,2,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,2,1,1]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}