Chords added by: H. de Ruyter de Wildt C5 F5 C5 I came from the dream-time, From the dusty red-soil plains A5 F5 G5 C5 I am the ancient heart, The keeper of the flame F5 G5 A5 I stood upon the rocky shores, I watched the tall ships come. C5 F5 G5 C5 For forty thousand years I've been, The first Australian C5 F5 C5 I came upon the prison ship, Bowed down by iron chains A5 F5 G5 C5 I fought the land, endured the lash, And waited for the rains F5 G5 A5 I'm a settler, I'm a farmer's wife, On a dry and barren run, C5 F5 G5 C5 A convict, then a free man, I became Australian C5 F5 C5 I'm the daughter of a digger, Who sought the mother lode. A5 F5 G5 C5 The girl became a woman, On the long and dusty road. F5 G5 A5 I'm a child of the Depression, I saw the good times come, C5 F5 G5 C5 I'm a bushie, I'm a battler, I am Australian. C5 C. C5 F5 C5 We are one, but we are many, C5 E5 A5 G5 C5 And from all the lands on earth we come. E5 A5 F5 C5 We'll share a dream and sing with one voice, F5 C5 A5 G5 C5 G5 C5 "I am , you are, we are Australian" C5 F5 C5 I'm a teller of stories, I'm a singer of songs, A5 F5 G5 C5 I am Albert Namatjira, And I paint the ghostly gums. F5 G5 A5 I'm Clancy on his horse, I'm Ned Kelly on the run, C5 F5 G5 C5 I'm the one who waltzed Matilda, I am Australian. C5 F5 C5 I'm the hot wind from the desert, I'm the black soil of the plains, A5 F5 G5 C5 I'm the mountains and the valleys, I'm the drought and flooding rains. F5 G5 A5 I am the rock, I am the sky, The rivers when they run, C5 F5 G5 C5 The spirit of this great land, I am Australian. C5 C. C5 F5 C5 We are one, but we are many, C5 E5 A5 G5 C5 And from all the lands on earth we come. E5 A5 F5 C5 We'll share a dream and sing with one voice, F5 C5 A5 G5 C5 G5 C5 "I am , you are, we are Australian" F5 C5 A5 G5 C5 G5 C5 "I am , you are, we are Australian"