I Am Australian

       G
Cos We are one
           C  G
But we are many
         Em        D                G
And from all the lands on earth we come
                 G
We'll share a dream
              C     G
And sing with one voice
Bm Em  D   C       D         G
I am, you are, we are Australian

[Verse]

G               Bb
I came from the dream-time
         Gm       Bb
From the dusty red-soil plains
    G          Bb
I am the ancient heart
    Gm         Bb
The keeper of the flame
    G         Bb
I stood upon the rocky shores
    Gm         Bb
I watched the tall ships come
    G         Bb
For forty thousand years I've been
    G         Bb
The first Australian

    G         Bb
I came upon the prison ship
    G         Bb
Bound down by iron chains
    G         Bb
I fought the land, endured the lash
    G         Bb
And waited for the rains

    G         Bb
I'm a settler, I'm a farmer's wife
    G         Bb
On a dry and barren run
    G         Bb
A convict then a free man
    G         Bb
I became Australian

    G         Bb
I'm the daughter of a digger
    G         Bb
Who sought the mother lode
    G         Bb
The girl became a woman
    G         Bb
on the long and dusty road
    G         Bb
I'm a child of the depression
    G         Bb
I saw the good times come
    G         Bb
I'm a bushy I'm a battler
    G         Bb       {C}
I am Australian.

[Chorus]

       G
We are one
           C  G
But we are many
         Em       D                 G
And from all the lands on earth we come

We'll share a dream
              C      G
And sing with one voice
Bm Em  D   C       D       G
I am, you are, we are Australian

[Verse]

    G         Bb
I'm a teller of stories
    G         Bb
I'm a singer of songs

    G         Bb
I am Albert Namatjira
    G         Bb
And I paint the ghostly gums
    G         Bb
I'm Clancy on his horse
    G         Bb
I'm Ned Kelly on the run
    G         Bb
I'm the one who waltzed Matilda
    G         Bb
I am Australian
    G         Bb
I'm the hot wind from the desert
    G         Bb
I'm the black soil of the plains
    G         Bb
I'm the mountains and the valleys
    G         Bb
I'm the drought and flooding rains
    G         Bb
I am the rock, I am the sky
    G         Bb
The rivers when they run
    G         Bb
The spirit of this great land
    G         Bb      {C}
I am Australian.

[Chorus]

       G
We are one
           C G
But we are many
         Em        D                G
And from all the lands on earth we come

We'll share a dream
              C     G
And sing with one voice
Bm Em  D    C     D          G
I am, you are, we are Australian

[Solo]

G  Bb    7 times

C  F


[Chorus]

       G
We are one
           C  G
But we are many
         Em         D               G
And from all the lands on earth we come

We'll share a dream
              C      G
And sing with one voice
Bm Em  D    C         D    G
I am, you are, we are Australian

G  Bb  x2

       G
We are one
           C  G
But we are many
         Em         D               G
And from all the lands on earth we come

We'll share a dream
              C    G
And sing with one voice
Bm Em  D   C           D    G
I am, you are, we are Australian

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