I Am Australian Chords & Lyrics - Rai Thistlethwayte

[INTO/CHORUS]

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

We'll share a dream
And sing with [C]one voice
[C]I am, [E]you are, [C]we are [G]Australian

[VERSE]
[G]I came from the [Bb]dream-time
From the [G]dusty re[Bb]d-soil plains
I am[G] the ancien[Bb]t heart
The [G]keeper of [Bb]the flame
I st[G]ood upon t[Bb]he rocky shores
I wa[G]tched the [Bb]tall ships come
For [G]forty thou[Bb]sand years I've been
The [G]first Aust[Bb]ralian

I ca[G]me upon th[Bb]e prison ship
Boun[G]d down by [Bb]iron chains
I fo[G]ught the l[Bb]and, endured the lash
And [G]waited for[Bb] the rains
I'm [G]a settler,[Bb] I'm a farmer's wife
On a[G] dry and b[Bb]arren run
A co[G]nvict then[Bb] a free man
I be[G]came Austr[Bb]alian

I'm [G]the daught[Bb]er of a digger
Who [G]sought the[Bb] mother lode
The [G]girl becam[Bb]e a woman
on t[G]he long an[Bb]d dusty road
I'm [G]a child of[Bb] the depression
I sa[G]w the good[Bb] times come
I'm [G]a bushy I'[Bb]m a battler
[G] [Bb] [C] [vamp]
I am Australian.

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

We'll share a dream
And sing with [C]one voice
[C]I am, [E]you are, [C]we are [G]Australian

[VERSE]
I'm [G]a teller o[Bb]f stories
I'm [G]a singer o[Bb]f songs
I am[G] Albert Na[Bb]matjira
And [G]I paint th[Bb]e ghostly gums
I'm [G]Clancy on [Bb]his horse
I'm [G]Ned Kelly [Bb]on the run
I'm [G]the one wh[Bb]o waltzed Matilda
I am[G] Australia[Bb]n
I'm [G]the hot wi[Bb]nd from the desert
I'm [G]the black [Bb]soil of the plains
I'm [G]the mounta[Bb]ins and the valleys
I'm [G]the drough[Bb]t and flooding rains
I am[G] the rock,[Bb] I am the sky
The [G]rivers whe[Bb]n they run
The [G]spirit of [Bb]this great land
[G] [Bb] [C] [vamp]
I am Australian.

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

We'll share a dream
And sing with [C]one voice
[C]I am, [E]you are, [C]we are [G]Australian

[SOLO]
[G] [Bb] x7
C [vamp 2 bars] F [VAMP 2 Bar]

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

We'll share a dream
And sing with [C]one voice
[C]I am, [E]you are, [C]we are [G]Australian

[G] [Bb] x2

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

We'll share a dream
And sing with [C]one voice
[C]I am, [E]you are, [C]we are [D]Austr[G]alian

[G] [Bb]