John Denver – Sing Australia (Guitar)

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#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE--------------------------------# #This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the# #song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research.# #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------# From: [email protected] (MR KEN L REYNOLDS) Date: Thu, 26 Mar 1998 16:38:16, -0500 Subject: CRD:_sing_australia_by John Denver album: Higher Ground song: Sing Australia artist: John Denver transcribed: Ken Reynolds This one goes out to an old "mate and cobber", Anne and her friend Robin, I enjoyed the concert. And to all the other friends I made. Sing Australia John Denver (klr)
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I come 

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to 

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Australia as many 

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people 

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do
To see the
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old 

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Koala, hitch a ride on a 

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kanga 

A
roo
To
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hear some 

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body 

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call me mate, and call some 

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body 

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blue
To hear an
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abo 

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rigine play a 

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diggerid 

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do

            Asus4        D                       Asus4           D
Some of you  came as  prisoners, two centu  ries 
ago
            Asus4        D                                     Bm
Some of you  came as  Kings and Queens, your blessings 

      A
to be  stow

D            Asus4             D 
 Some of you  stand all  swelled with pride

          Asus4           D
Some with  shattered  wings

              Asus4           D                          A
But all of us  come with  open hearts to hear Aus 

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tralia  sing

       G                D
In the [G] desert, in the  city

       G                     D
In the [G] mountains and in the  sea

       G                    D
In the [G] stories and in the  people

                A        D
I can  hear Aus  tralia  sing

D         Asus4      D                     Asus4          D
 Waltzing  Ma  tilda, the men of  Galli  poli

       Asus4       D                          Bm        A
Clancy  of the  overflow and Crocodile  Dun  dee

    D        Asus4       D                                 Asus4
The  myth of  all  creation, the teaching  of 

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Baia  me

             Asus4       D                      A        D
The  legends  of the  dreamtime, for all  eter  nity

            Asus4     D                        Asus4           D     
And in this  cele  bration, a brief two  hundred 
years
            Asus4        D                        Bm 
The cost to  build a  nation, in blood and  sweat and

A
tears

D         Asus4      D                    Asus4           D
And if we  stand  divided, divided  we will 
fall
          Asus4         D                   A           D
But if we  stand to  gether we shall  conquer  all

       G                D
In the [G] desert, in the  city

       G                     D
In the [G] mountains and in the  sea

       G                    D
In the [G] stories and in the  people

                A        D
I can  hear Aus  tralia  sing

         G                  D
Sing Aus [G] tralia, sing Aus  tralia,

         G                   D
Sing Aus [G] stralia, sing Aus  stralia

       G                 D
In the [G] sails on Sydney  Harbor

      D     A             D
I can  hear  Australia  sing
Enjoy all. I have a wide variety of popular artist and venues for audio tape trading. Contact me at < [email protected] > and I will e-mail my list to you. Ken Reynolds