AUSTRALIA-  The Kinks

      C                                               G
Opportunities are available in all walks of life in Australia
              F
So if you're young and if you're healthy
                                  C (RIFF several times)
Why not get a boat and come to Australia?
    Dm          G
Australia, the chance of a lifetime
    Dm          G
Australia, you get what you work for
 C
Nobody has to be any better than what they want to be
    Dm     G
Australia, no class distinction
    Dm     G
Australia, no drug addiction
 C
Nobody's got a chip on their shoulder

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We'll surf like they do in the U.S.A.
       Am                 G
We'll fly down to Syndey for our holiday
     G#            Eb
On sunny Christmas Day
   Bb   G#    Eb
Australia, Australia----------

No one hesitates at life or beats around the bush in Australia
So if you're young and if you're healthy
Why not get a boat and come to Australia?
Australia (sha-la-la-la, sha-la-la-la)
Australia (sha-la-la-la, sha-la-la-la)
Everyone walks around with a perpetual smile across their face
Australia (sha-la-la-la, sha-la-la-la)
Australia (sha-la-la-la, sha-la-la-la)
Everyone gets around and nobody can ever get you down

 G#       G#m                  C     C/B 
We'll surf like they do in the U.S.A.
       Am                 G
We'll fly down to Syndey for our holiday
     G#            Eb
On sunny Christmas Day
   Bb   G#    Eb
Australia, Australia----------    

SOLO (on Eb)


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