Title: I Am Australian Artist: The Seekers http://www.geocities.com/SunsetStrip/Alley/4567/ Chords added by: H. de Ruyter de Wildt

I ^Ccame from the dream-time, From the ^Fdusty red-soil ^Cplains I am the ancient ^Amheart, The ^Fkeeper ^Gof the ^Cflame I stood upon the rocky shores, I ^Fwatched the ^Gtall ships ^Amcome. For ^Cforty thousand years I've been, The ^Ffirst Aust^Grali^Can

I ^Ccame upon the prison ship, Bowed ^Fdown by iron ^Cchains I ^Amfought the land, endured the lash, And ^Fwaited ^Gfor the ^Crains I'm a settler, I'm a farmer's wife, On a ^Fdry and ^Gbarren ^Amrun, A ^Cconvict, then a free man, I be^Fcame Aust^Grali^Can

I'm the ^Cdaughter of a digger, Who ^Fsought the mother ^Clode. The ^Amgirl became a woman, On the ^Flong and ^Gdusty ^Croad. I'm a child of the Depression, I ^Fsaw the ^Ggood times ^Amcome, I'm a ^Cbushie, I'm a battler, I ^Fam Aust^Grali^Can.

C C. C F C We are one, but we are many,

^CAnd ^Emfrom ^Amall the ^Glands on earth we ^Ccome. We'll share ^Ema ^Amdream and sing with ^Fone ^Cvoice, &^Fqu^Cot;I^Am am,^G you are^C, we are^G Aus^Ctralian"

I'm a ^Cteller of stories, I'm a ^Fsinger of ^Csongs, I am ^AmAlbert Namatjira, And I ^Fpaint the ^Gghostly ^Cgums. I'm Clancy on his horse, I'm Ned ^FKelly ^Gon the ^Amrun, I'm the ^Cone who waltzed Matilda, I ^Fam Aust^Grali^Can.

I'm the ^Chot wind from the desert, I'm the ^Fblack soil of the ^Cplains, I'm the ^Ammountains and the valleys, I'm the ^Fdrought and ^Gflooding ^Crains. I am the rock, I am the sky, The ^Frivers ^Gwhen they ^Amrun, The ^Cspirit of this great land, I ^Fam Aust^Grali^Can.

C C. C F C We are one, but we are many,

^CAnd ^Emfrom ^Amall the ^Glands on earth we ^Ccome. We'll share ^Ema ^Amdream and sing with ^Fone ^Cvoice, &^Fqu^Cot;I^Am am,^G you are^C, we are^G Aus^Ctralian"

&^Fqu^Cot;I^Am am,^G you are^C, we are^G Aus^Ctralian"

The Seekers - I am australian