Sing Australia     4/4     John Denver                Asus4 =  X02230
From the album Higher Ground
Standard Tuning No Capo                                Reworked by Ken Lee
Intro:  D about six bars                                    Corrections or Comments kandvlee@shaw.ca

           / Asus4   / D
I come / to Aus - / tralia,
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As / many people / do,
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To / see the old / Koala,
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Hitch a / ride on a Kanga - / roo,

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To / hear some - body / call me mate, and
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Call somebody / blue,
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To / hear an abo - / rigine
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Play  a  Didgeri - / doo.

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Some of you came as / prisoners,
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Two / centuries / ago,
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Some of you came as / Kings and Queens,
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Your / blessings to be - / stow,

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Some of you / stand all / swelled with pride,
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Some with shattered / wings,
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But / all of us come with / open hearts,
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To / hear Aus - tralia / sing.

         / G	                   / D
In the / deserts, in the / cities,
         / G	                            / D
In the / mountains and in the / sea,
         / G	                       / D
In the / stories and in the / people,
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I can / hear Aus - tralia / sing.

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Waltzing Ma - / tilda,
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The / men of Galli - / poli,
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Clancy of the / Overflow and,
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Crocodile Dun  - / dee,

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The / myth of all cre - / ation,
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The / teaching of Ba - ia / me,
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The / legends of the / dreamtime,
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For / all eter - ni - / ty, and

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In this cele - / bration,
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A / brief two hundred / years,
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The / cost to build a / nation,
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In / blood and sweat and / tears, and

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If we stand / divided,
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Di - / vided we will / fall,
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But / if we stand to  - / gether,
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We shall conquer / all.

         / G  	     / D
In the / deserts, in the / cities,
         / G	                             / D
In the / mountains and in the / sea,
         / G	                       / D
In the / stories and in the / people,
         / Asus4  -   A      / D
I can / hear Aus - tralia / sing.

                / G	                / D
Sing Aus - / tralia, Sing Aus - / tralia,
                / G	                / D
Sing Aus - / tralia, Sing Aus - / tralia,
         / G	                     / D
In the / sails on Sydney / Harbour,
        / Asus4   -   A      / D
I can / hear Aus - tralia / sing.

Outro:/ D 22 Bars of Flute and Didgeridoo.

Clancy of the Overflow literary figure similar to Paul Bunyan