F# F#maj7 F#7 B


[Verse]

F#                                     F#maj7
You can't think about the future still running from the past
F#7                           B
Tall tales lie in history and flames burn through the memories
          F#                           F#maj7
There's a country that is aching for a way to call its own
        F#7                              B
You can feel the mansions shaking as the first real seed is sown


[Chorus]

    D#m                                       G#m
Now you can't talk about the future if you're running from the past
       B                    F#                 C#
It’s a terror in Australia, jails and guns and failure


[Verse 2]

F#                              F#maj7
Can you see the ships a coming, stately through the heads
    F#7                                    B
And arched out over the white sails is the merchant’s flag of red
    F#                                   F#maj7
Now Captain Cook spawns Captain Coke and beer flows over rum
     F#7                                B
In a twinkling of an eye my friend they spent your dollars so very well


[Chorus 2]

    D#m                                  G#m
And those traditions they can't sell sit silent in the sun
      B                               F#               C#
Where ignorance and wealth combine to crush the fruit upon the vine
       B                   F# C#
It’s a terror in Australia


[Interlude]

F# F#maj7 F#7 B


[Chorus 3]

    D#m                                  G#m
And those traditions they can't sell sit silent in the sun
      B                               F#               C#
Where ignorance and wealth combine to crush the fruit upon the vine
    D#m                                    G#m
You can't think about the future if you're running from the past
       B                    F#                 C#
It’s a terror in Australia, jails and guns and failure
       B                   F# C#
It’s a terror in Australia
       B                 F# C#
It’s a terror in Australia
       B                 F# C# B F#
It’s a terror in Australia