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Denver John - Sing Australia Chords

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Sing Australia Chords

(ver. 1)
Denver John
Sing Australia     4/4     John Denver                Asus4 =  X02230
Standard Tuning No Capo                                Reworked by Ken Lee

           / Asus4   / D
I come / to Aus - / tralia,
     / Asus4          / D
As / many people / do,
     / Asus4       / D
To / see the old / Koala,
           / Asus4  - A           / D
Hitch a / ride on a Kanga - / roo,

     / A-sus4	    / D
To / hear some - body / call me mate, and
Asus4	         / D
Call somebody / blue,
     / Asus4          / D
To / hear an abo - / rigine
Asus4 - A           / D
Play  a  Didgeri - / doo.

Asus4	                   / D
Some of you came as / prisoners,
       / Asus4     / D
Two / centuries / ago,
Asus4	                   / D
Some of you came as / Kings and Queens,
        / Asus4	       / D
Your / blessings to be - / stow,

                   / Asus4    / D
Some of you / stand all / swelled with pride, 
Asus4	                 / D	 
Some with shattered / wings,
      / Asus4	        / D
But / all of us come with / open hearts, 
     / Asus4   -  A      / D
To / hear Aus - tralia / sing.

         / G	                   / D
In the / deserts, in the / cities,  
         / G	                            / D
In the / mountains and in the / sea,
         / G	                       / D
In the / stories and in the / people,
        / Asus4   -   A      / D
I can / hear Aus - tralia / sing.

Asus4	     - / D
Waltzing Ma - / tilda,
      / Asus4	 / D
The / men of Galli - / poli,
Asus4	      / D	
Clancy of the / Overflow and,
Asus4               / D
Crocodile Dun  - / dee,

      / Asus4	    / D
The / myth of all cre - / ation,
      / Asus4	       / D
The / teaching of Ba - ia / me,
       / Asus4	 / D
The / legends of the / dreamtime,
      / Asus4 - A    / D
For / all eter - ni - / ty, and

Asus4	     / D 
In this cele - / bration, 
  / Asus4	                 / D
A / brief two hundred / years,
      / Asus4	  / D
The / cost to build a / nation, 
    / Asus4  -  A	        / D
In / blood and sweat and / tears, and

Asus4	  / D
If we stand / divided, 
      / Asus4         / D
Di - / vided we will / fall,
      / Asus4	   / D
But / if we stand to  - / gether,
Asus4  -  A          / D 
We shall conquer / all.

         / G  	     / D
In the / deserts, in the / cities,
         / G	                             / D
In the / mountains and in the / sea,
         / G	                       / D
In the / stories and in the / people,
         / Asus4  -   A      / D
I can / hear Aus - tralia / sing.

                / G	                / D
Sing Aus - / tralia, Sing Aus - / tralia, 
                / G	                / D
Sing Aus - / tralia, Sing Aus - / tralia,
         / G	                     / D
In the / sails on Sydney / Harbour, 
        / Asus4   -   A      / D
I can / hear Aus - tralia / sing.

Outro:/ D 22 Bars of Flute and Didgeridoo.

Clancy of the Overflow literary figure similar to Paul Bunyan
Baiame - Legendary Aboriginal Being
            
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