A5 ~   G5              D5     A5                        G5
1.          Older than Kosciusko, Darwin down to Alice Springs,
       A5
    dealers in the clearing-house, the settlements explode.
 

      G5         D5         A5                         G5
2. High up in the homelands, miners drive across the land,
          A5
    encounter no resistance, when the people block the road
 

     G5           D5    A5                       G5
3. Older than Kosciusko, dry white seasons years ago
      A5
    darkness over Charleville, the fires begin to glow
 

     G5              D5    A5                    G5
4. Older than Kosciusko, driven back to Alice Springs,
     A5
    endless storm sand struggle marks the spirit of the age
 

      G5       D5         A5                           G5
5. High up in the homelands, celebration 'cross the land,
      A5
    builds up like a cyclone, now the fires begin to rage.
 

   G5                   A5      Bb5            D5          C5      ~ ~
No end to the hostility, now they wanna be somewhere else.
 G5                    A5    Bb5                  D5        C5      ~ ~
No stranger to brutality, now they'd like to be someone else.
 

      A5
    Call off the ultimatum , no, don't turn away !
 
    Call off the ultimatum after yesterday !
           G5                        A5       G5     - A5 - G5 - A5 - G5 - A5
    Call off the ultimatum , no, don't turn away !
 
+ CHORUS.....