The Seekers - I Am Australian Chords

  C                                  F              C
I came from the dream-time, From the dusty red-soil plains
  Am                        F      G      C
I am the ancient heart, The keeper of the flame
  C                               F           G          Am F
I stood upon the rocky shores, I watched the tall ships come.
    C              Dm                    F         G   C
For forty thousand years I've been, The first Australian


  C                                F            C
I came upon the prison ship, bowed down by iron chains
  Am                                     F      G       C
I fought the land, endured the lash, And waited for the rains
      C                                   F       G      Am F
I'm a settler, I'm a farmer's wife, On a dry and barren run,
  C               Dm            F        G   C
A convict, then a free man, I became Australian


        C                         F                 C
I'm the daughter of a digger, Who sought the mother lode.
    Am                          F        G     C 
The girl became a woman, On the long and dusty road.
      C                           F       G          Am F
I'm a child of the Depression, I saw the good times come,
      C              Dm        F      G   C
I'm a bushie, I'm a battler, I am Australian.


      C                F C
We are one, but we are many,
C        Am      G                 C
And from all the lands on earth we come.
               C                  F   C
We'll share a  dream and sing with one voice,
 F G   Am  G       F      G   C