The Sun Song Chords

Standard tuning, no Capo Verse 1: C As the sun rose over mankind G7 When the world was fresh and new C The horned one pan danced through the bush C G7 To the click of his cloven hooves C His merry reels ran through the hills C To make the peasants sing G7 As they looked all up to a burning sun C C And thanked her for everything Verse 2: C Well, the sunshine's high up in the sky G7 Over Australia's golden plains C She's rose and set since time began C G7 She grows hotter every day C The life she gives turns bittersweet C As her dosage grows too great G7 And the fires rise up and fill the air C C With the bushes' burning haze

Verse 3: C As I Go to work G7 The garden in my backyard grows and grows C The sunflowers stand up proud and true C G7 And the roots curl in their toes C Their golden faces fixed to east C To greet the morning dawn G7 As my firstborn sun stirs in his sleep C C And wakes up with a yawn Verse 4: C As the sun sets over Hobart G7 Martin Bryant cries and cries C As a sliver of sun falls cross the bunk C G7 Of the cell in which he lies C He's thinkin of his mother's tears C The blue eggs of magpies G7 As the same sun sets on everyone C C And kisses the day goodnight G7 As the same sun sets on everyone C C And kisses the day goodnight Outro: C G7 C C G7 C C G7 C C