I Am You Are We Are Australian chords by The Seekers

Chords with lyrics

C majorC                 FF       C majorC
I came from the dreamtime, From the dusty red-soil plains
         A minorAm     FF    G+G   C majorC
I am the ancient heart, the keeper of the flame
                 FF      G+G     A minorAm
I stood upon the rocky shores, I watched the tall ships come
   C majorC                  FF    G+G  C majorC
For forty thousand years I've been, The first Australian


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

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


C majorC C. C majorC        FF C majorC
We are one, but we are many,
C majorC  E minorEm  A minorAm   G+G         C majorC
And from all the lands on earth we come.
      E minorEm A minorAm         FF  C majorC
We'll share a dream and sing with one voice,
 FF C majorC  A minorAm G+G    C majorC    G+G  C majorC
"I am, you are, we are Australian"

   C majorC            FF     C majorC
I'm a teller of stories, I'm a singer of songs,
   A minorAm           FF     G+G    C majorC
I am Albert Namatjira, And I paint the ghostly gums.
                 FF   G+G   A minorAm
I'm Clancy on his horse, I'm Ned Kelly on the run,
    C majorC             FF   G+G  C majorC
I'm the one who waltzed Matilda, I am Australian.

    C majorC                 FF         C majorC
I'm the hot wind from the desert, I'm the black soil of the plains,
    A minorAm                 FF      G+G    C majorC
I'm the mountains and the valleys, I'm the drought and flooding rains.
                 FF   G+G     A minorAm
I am the rock, I am the sky, The rivers when they run,
  C majorC              FF   G+G  C majorC
The spirit of this great land, I am Australian.


C majorC C. C majorC        FF C majorC
We are one, but we are many,
C majorC  E minorEm  A minorAm   G+G         C majorC
And from all the lands on earth we come.
      E minorEm A minorAm         FF  C majorC
We'll share a dream and sing with one voice,
 FF C majorC  A minorAm G+G    C majorC    G+G  C majorC
"I am, you are, we are Australian"

 FF C majorC  A minorAm G+G    C majorC    G+G  C majorC