This Land Australia chords by Ted Egan

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Intro 1

Verse 1
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Try to understand this land,
C 
Australia.
D 
Take her as she is, her moods,
her mysteries.
G 
C 
Mother of us all, beneath the southern cross,
Am 
D 
G 
in her frame of peaceful seas.
D 
G 
Am 
G 
The shimmer of the midday haze
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G 
on endless inland plains.
C 
The busy city's bustling pace,
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Ddim 
D 
the drenching life -filled rains
G 
C 
Try to understand this land, Australia
D 
Take her as she is, her moods,
G 
her mysteries
Mother of us all,
C 
beneath the Southern Cross,
Am 
D 
G 
in her frame of peaceful seas.
D 
G 
The luster of the barrier reef,
D 
G 
the snow -clad Alps on high.
C 
The fires, the floods, the searing droughts
D 
Ddim 
D 
Just love her, don't  ask why
G 
Just try to understand this land,
C 
Australia
D 
Take her as she is, her moods,
G 
her mysteries
Mother of us all,
C 
beneath the Southern Cross,
D 
Am 
D 
G 
in her frame of peaceful seas.
D 
G 
Am 
G 
The tribal stories ages old,
D 
the deeds of pioneers,
G 
C 
The way of life we proudly hold,
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Ddim 
D 
the triumphs and    the tears.
G 
C 
Try to understand, my land Australia,
D 
Love her as she is, her roots,
G 
her mysteries.
C 
Mother of us all, beneath the Southern Cross
D 
Am 
D 
G 
In her frame of peaceful seas
C 
Try to understand this land, Australia
D 
Take her as she is, her moods,
G 
her mysteries
Mother of us all,
C 
beneath the Southern Cross,
Am 
D 
G 
in her frame of peaceful scenes.
D 
G 
C 
Try to understand this land, Australia,
D 
take her as she is,
her moods, her mysteries.
G 
Mother of us all,
C 
beneath the Southern Cross,
D 
Am 
D 
G 
in her frame of peaceful sins.