D5                       E5 
From coast to coast by night and day 
           A5               D5 
Hear the clicking of the wheels 
      G5               
The humming of the diesel 
 
On her ribbons of steel 
 A5 
Carrying the memories 
 
Of a nation built by hand 
                                 D5 
See the Indian Pacific span the land 


 D5                           E5 
She's the pride of all the railway men 
        A5               D5 
Cross country where she flies 
          G5     
From the blue Pacific waters 
 
To where the mountains rise 
     A5 
By lakes and wide brown rivers 
 
Through desert country dry 
                               D5 
See the Indian Pacific passing by 


         G5 
Oh the Indian Pacific  
           D5 
She goes rolling down the track 
       G5  
Five thousand miles to travel 
 D5                      A5 
Before she's there and back 
 D5                  E5 
Beside the line a drover waves 
      A5               D5 
His battered old grey hat 
     G5 
And kids are catching yabbies 
 
Down by the river flat 
       A5 
And a woman hangs her washing 
 
In the backyard near the line 
                                D5 
As the Indian Pacific's rolling by 

Fiddle Solo : 
D5 G5 D5 A5 D5 G5 D5 A5 D5 

 D5                         E5 
Hear the whistle blowing lonely 
             A5            D5 
'Neath the Nullabor star light 
 G5                        
Saluting those who walked across 
 
The track she rides tonight 
 A5  
Calling to the railway camp 
 
And the fettlers on the line 
                                 D5 
I'm the Indian Pacific right on time 


 D5                       E5 
From the silver of the Broken Hill 
    A5             D5 
To old Kalgoorlie gold 
 G5 
She mirrors all the colours 
 
Of the land so hard and old 
           A5 
Then the western flowers are blooming 
 
And the air is just like wine 
                                 D5 
And the Indian Pacific's making time 


         G5 
Oh the Indian Pacific  
           D5 
She goes rolling down the track 
        G5             
Five thousand miles to travel  
 D5                      A5 
Before she's there and back 
           D5             E5 
From the waters of the western sea 
         A5           D5 
To the eastern ocean sand 
      G5       A5               D5 
The Indian Pacific spans the land 
         G5       A5               D5 
Oh The Indian Pacific spans the land