Misc Traditional – Hard Australia (Guitar)

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The F#dim Gdim chords can be substituted for D7 and then sliding that up the fret by two spaces if you struggle to stretch your 4th finger far enough. [Verse 1]
           D
[tab]     Em             A
Our National po–li–cy

     A7                          Ddim  D
We mean to face the conquest as a Na–tion :

    F#7           Bm
Our Northern Territory,

    F#7         Bm
No lon–ger is to be

     F#m             C#7           F#m
The op–en gate of  sullen oc-cu-pa-tion.

      A7
This con–tin–ent of ours

    D
is now a hard men’s land,

    G                          D  A
not for sullen sur–plus pop–u–lat–tion:

           A7
Britain’s sons shall now maintain,

   D
an Anglo–Saxon’s reign

    E7                                 E7  A
To rule and guide Aus–tra–lia’s des–ti–na–tion.
[Chorus]
    A7            F#dim  Gdim    A7
Our po–li–cy will ev–    er      be

     D             Ddim  D
Aus–tra – lia! Aus-tra–lia!

D                              A
Sunny South of old Britannia’s Sons-

    Em           Em
Aus–tra–lia, the hard man’s land

    A             A7         D
de-fen-ded by the hard-man’s guns

     D            Ddim  D
Aus-tra-lia! Aus-tra-  lia!

    D                             G
For Anglo-Saxon flag and Southern Cross

Em            D
God bless and help us to pro–tect

    Em          D   A7       D
Our glor-i-ous land Aus-tra-lia
[Verse 2]
        D
We have nest–led in the fold,

     Em             A
Of a navy brave and bold,

     A7                                        Ddim  D
That has rules and reigned supreme, quite unmo–lest–ed;

   F#7         Bm
A navy we must own,

        F#7             Bm
so that we can hold our own,

             F#m             C#7                  F#m
Should her right to rule the seas be e’er con–tes–ted

     A7
Ten thousand miles a–way,

    D
the British na–vy lay,

       G                             D   A
-just far enough to mean a sure sur-ren–der

   A7
Unless this sunny land

    D
can enter hand in hand

     E7                                    E7    A
With power com–bined to fight for hard Aus–tra-lia
[Chorus]
    A7            F#dim  Gdim    A7
Our po–li–cy will ev–    er      be

     D             Ddim  D
Aus–tra – lia! Aus-tra–lia!

D                              A
Sunny South of old Britannia’s Sons-

    Em           Em
Aus–tra–lia, the hard man’s land

    A             A7         D
de-fen-ded by the hard-man’s guns

     D            Ddim  D
Aus-tra-lia! Aus-tra-  lia!

    D                             G
For Anglo-Saxon flag and Southern Cross

Em            D
God bless and help us to pro–tect

    Em          D   A7       D
Our glor-i-ous land Aus-tra-lia
[Verse 3]
       D
It is plain for all to see,

          Em            A
that the fu–ture is to be

     A7                                   Ddim    D
a struggle to defend Aus–tra–lia home and beau–ty

    F#7           Bm
The conflict has begun,

     F#7           Bm
and each and every one

      F#m               C#7              F#m
must face the fact that he must do his du–ty

       A7
Let us train our Austral sons,

    D
to stand behind our guns

    G                                     D   A
One flag, one tongue, one people’s des–tin–a–tion.

     A7
The ques–tion one and all,

     D
must be the bugle call

    E7                                     E7  A
To strike with all our might for Hard Aus–tra–lia.
[Chorus]
    A7            F#dim  Gdim    A7
Our po–li–cy will ev–    er      be

     D             Ddim  D
Aus–tra – lia! Aus-tra–lia!

D                              A
Sunny South of old Britannia’s Sons-

    Em           Em
Aus–tra–lia, the hard man’s land

    A             A7         D
de-fen-ded by the hard-man’s guns

     D            Ddim  D
Aus-tra-lia! Aus-tra-  lia!

    D                             G
For Anglo-Saxon flag and Southern Cross

Em            D
God bless and help us to pro–tect

    Em          D   A7       D   A7       D
Our glor-i-ous land Aus-tra-lia, Aus-tra-lia