F X33211 G X55433 Am X02210 C/G 332010 D XX0232 E5 022XXX E4 002XXX INTRO: |F G|F G|F G| VERSE 1: F Standing at the limit of an endless ocean, G Stranded like a runaway lost at sea. F City on a rainy day down in the harbour, G Watching as the gray clouds shadow the bay. F Looking everywhere, ‘ had to find you, G This is not the way that I remember it here. F Anyone, will tell you it's a prisoner island, G Hidden in the summer for a million years. DF RAIN 1: Am C/G D Am Great Southern Land, C/G D Am They burned you black. VERSE 2: F So you look into the land, it will tell you a story, G Story about a journey ended long ago. F Listen to the motion of the wind in the mountains, G Maybe you can hear them talking, like I do? F They're gonna betray you, they're gonna forget you, G Are you gonna let them take you over that way? CHORUS 1: Am C D Am Great Southern Land, C D Am In the sleeping sun. C D Am You walk alone, C D Am With the ghost of time. C D Am And they burned you black, C D Am Black against the ground. C D Am And they make it work, C D Am With rocks and sand. VERSE 3: E5 E4 I hear the soun-d, E5 E4 Of the strangers' voice-s. E5 E4 I see their hungry eye-s, E5 E4 Their hungry eye-s. CHORUS 2: Am C D Am Great Southern Land, C D Am Great Southern Land. C D Am You walk alone, C D Am Like a primitive man. C D Am You walk alone, C D Am With the ghost of time. C D Am And they burned you black, C D Am Yeah, they burned you black. CHORUS 3 & CODA: C D Am Gr-eat South-ern La-nd. :: INSTRUMENTAL (Riff plays over) :: C D Am Great Southern Land, C D Am Great Southern Land, C D Am Great Southern Land. (Slow arpegiatted fade-out)