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