WE ARE AUSTRALIAN Key C
I (C) came from the dream-time, from the (F) dusty red soil (C) plains
I (Am) am the ancient heart, the (F) keeper (G) of the (C) flame.
I stood upon the rocky shore, I (F) watched the (G) tall ships (Am) come.
For (F) forty (C) thousand (Dm) years I've been the (F) first Aust (G) ralia (C) n.
CHORUS:
We are (C) one, but we are (F) ma (C) ny
And from (Am) all the (G) lands on earth we (C) come
We share a dream and sing with (F) one (C) voice:
(F) I am, (Am) you are, we (F) are Austra (G) lia (C) n
I (C) came upon the prison ship, bowed (F) down by iron (C) chains.
I (Am) cleared the land, endured the lash and (F) waited (G) for the (C) rains.
I'm a settler, I'm a farmer's wife on a (F) dry and (G) barren (Am) run
A (F) convict (C) then a (Dm) free man, I (F) became Aust (G) ralia (C) n.
CHORUS:
I'm the (C) daughter of a digger who (F) sought the mother (C) lode
The (Am) girl became a woman on the (G) long and dusty (C) road
I'm a child of the depression, I (F) saw the (G) good times (Am) come
I'm a (F) bushy, (C) I'm a (Dm) battler, I (F) am Aust (G) ralia (C) n.
CHORUS:
I'm a (C) teller of stories, I'm a (F) singer of (C) songs
I am (Am) Albert Namatjira, I paint (G) the ghostly (C) gums
I am Clancy on his horse, I'm Ned (F) Kelly on the (Am) run
I'm the (F) one who waltzed (Am) Matilda, I (F) am Aust (G) ralia (C) n.
CHORUS:
I'm the (C) hot wind from the desert, I'm the (F) black soil of the (C) plains
I'm the (Am) mountains and the valleys, I'm the (G) drought and flooding (C) rains
I am the rock, I am the sky, the (F) rivers when they (Am) run
The (F) spirit of this (C) great land, I (F) am Aust (G) ralia (C) n.
CHORUS:
We STILL CALL AUSTRALIA HOME. Key F
I've (F) been to cities (A7) that (Dm) never close (F) down
From (Bb) New York to (A)Rio and (G7) old London (C) town
But no (F) matter how (A7) far Or (Dm) how wide I (G7) roam
(F) I still call Aus (C) tra l(C7) ia (F)home.
I'm (F) always travelin' (A7) I (Dm) love bein' (F) free
(Bb) So I keep (A) leavin' the (G7) sun and the (C) sea
But (Dm) my heart lies waiting (G7) over the foam
(F) I still call Aus (C) tra l(C7) ia (F)home.
(Am) All the sons and daughters (G) spinning 'round the (Am6) world
A(Dm7)way from their (G7)families and (C) friends
(E) Ah, but (Am) as the world gets older and (Am7) colder
(Am6) It's good to (Dm7) know where your Gm7) journey (C7) ends.
And (F) someday we'll (A7) all be to(Dm) gether once (F) more
When (Bb) all of the (A) ships come (G7) back to the (C) shore
Then (E) I realize (A7) something (Dm) I've always (G7) known
(F) I still call Aus (C) tra l(C7) ia (F)home.
(C) But no (F) matter how (A7) far
Or (Dm) how wide I (G7) roam
I (F) still call Aus (C) tra l(C7) ia (F).
I (F) still call Aus (C) tra l(C7) ia (F)
I (F) still call Aus (C) tra l(C7) ia (F)home.