Great Southern Land

A  B  A  B


               A
Standing at the limit of an endless 
ocean
               B
Stranded like a runaway lost at sea
         A
City on a rainy day down in the 
harbour
               B
Watching as the grey clouds shadow 
the bay
            A
Looking everywhere 'cause I had to 
find you
               B
This is not the way that I remember 
it here
           A
Anyone will tell you it's a prisoner
 island
             B
Hidden in the summer for a million 
years


              C#m
Great southern land, burned you 
black


Do you look into the land, it will 
tell you a story
Story 'bout a journey ended long ago
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Listen to the motion of the wind in 
the mountains
Maybe you can hear them talking like
 I do
They're gonna betray you, they're 
gonna forget you
Are you gonna let them take you over
 that way?


              C#m
Great southern land, great southern 
land
You walk alone like a primitive man
In the naked world with sticks and 
bones
See their hungry eyes, it's a hungry
 home


Abm
I hear the sound of the stranger's 
voices
I see their hungry eyes, their 
hungry eyes


               C#m
Great southern land, great southern 
land
They burned you black, black against
 the ground


Standing at the limit of an endless 
ocean
Stranded like a runaway lost at sea
City on a rainy day down in the 
harbour
Watching as the grey clouds shadow 
the bay
Looking everywhere - I had to find 
you
This is not the way that I remember 
it here
Anyone will tell you it's a prisoner
 island
Hidden in the summer for a million 
years


              C#m
Great southern land, in the sleeping
 sun
You walk alone with the ghost of 
time
They burned you black, black against
 the ground
In the naked world with rocks and 
sand


Abm
I hear the sound of the strangers' 
voices
See their hungry eyes, their hungry 
eyes
              C#m
Great southern land, great southern 
land
You walk alone like a primitive man
You walk alone with the ghost of 
time
And they burned you black
Yeah, they burned you black
Great southern land, great southern 
land
Great southern land, great southern 
land
Great southern land