I Am Australian chords by The Seekers
Verse 1
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I came from the dream- time
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From the dusty red- soil plains
I am the ancient heart
The keeper of the flame
I stood upon the rocky shores
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I watched the tall ships come
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For forty thousand years I've been
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The first Australian
Verse 2
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I came upon the prison ship
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Bowed down by iron chains
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I fought the land, endured the lash
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And waited for the rains
I'm a settler, I'm a farmer's wife
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On a dry and barren run
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A convict, then a free man
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I became Australian
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Verse 3
I'm the daughter of a digger
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Who sought the mother lode
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The girl became a woman
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On the long and dusty road
I'm a child of the Depression
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I saw the good times come
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I'm a bushie, I'm a battler
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I am Australian
Verse 4
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We are one, but we are many
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And from all the land
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s on earth we come
We'll share a dream and
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sing with one voice
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"I am, you are, we are Australian"
Verse 5
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I'm a teller of stories
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I'm a singer of songs
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I am Albert Namatjira
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And I paint the ghostly gums
I'm Clancy on his horse
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I'm Ned Kelly on the run
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I'm the one who waltzed Matilda
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I am Australian
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Verse 6
I'm the hot wind from the desert
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I'm the black soil of the plains
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I'm the mountains and the valleys
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I'm the drought and flooding rains
I am the rock, I am the sky
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The rivers when they run
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The spirit of this great land
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I am Australian
Verse 7
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We are one, but we are many
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And from all the land
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s on earth we come
We'll share a dream and
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sing with one voice
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"I am, you are, we are Australian"
Verse 8
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We are one, but we are many
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And from all the land
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s on earth we come
We'll share a dream and
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sing with one voice
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"I am, you are, we are Australian"
Verse 9
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"I am, you are,
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we are Australian"
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I Am Australian
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