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I Am You Are We Are Australian

A música I Am Australian foi escrita em 1987 por Bruce Woodley da banda The Seekers e Dobe Newton do grupo The Bushwackers. Ela celebra a diversidade e a história da Austrália, incluindo referências a figuras e elementos culturais importantes. A letra promove um sentimento de unidade e identidade nacional.

Tom: C

Introdução:

     C                                                                 F                         C 
I came from the dreamtime, 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.
                         Em  Am                                   F     C 
We'll share a   dream and sing with one voice,
   F  C     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.
                         Em  Am                                   F     C 
We'll share a   dream and sing with one voice,
   F  C     Am   G             F             G     C 
"I am, you are, we are Australian"
   F  C     Am   G             F             G     C 
"I am, you are, we are Australian"

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