EbCmAb
I wanna live, I wanna die,
EbBb
under the light of the great Southern Sky
CmAb
I wanna run, straight through the night,
EbBbAb
chasing the stars with a heart open wide – under a great Southern Sky
[Instrumental]
|Cm |Ab |Eb |Bb
|Cm |Ab |Eb |Bb
[Verse]
CmAb
There’s a song you can hear it playing in a country town
EbBb
the anthem of the young and free that’s what I’m talking bout.
Cm
Like flooding rains and overflows,
AbEb
desert plains and red dugouts walk abouts that take me home,
Bb
a place that everybody knows
[Pre Chorus]
CmAb
Ooohhh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oohh oh
EbBb
In the state I’m in is on my mind
CmAb
Ooohhh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oohh oh
EbBb
In the place I live I’m so alive
Ab
Tonight
[Chorus]
CmAbEbBb
I wanna live, I wanna die under the light of the great Southern Sky
CmAbEb
High on a plain, in thunder and rain
BbCmAbEbBb
I wanna live, I wanna die, under the light of the great Southern Sky
[Instrumental]
|Cm |Ab |Eb |Bb
[Verse 2]
CmAb
There’s a spirit, can you feel it going in this country wide?
EbBb
From the burning sun in Arnhem land across the great divide
CmAb
Children singing out aloud: we are one and we are proud,
EbBb
the future’s starting here and now, sing it all together now
[Pre Chorus]
CmAb
Ooohhh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oohh oh
EbBb
In the place I live I’m so alive
Ab
Tonight
[Chorus]
CmAbEbBb
I wanna live, I wanna die under the light of the great Southern Sky
CmAbEb
High on a plain, in thunder and rain
BbCmAbEbBb
I wanna live, I wanna die, under the light of the great Southern Sky
[Post Chorus]
CmAbEbBb
Ooohhh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oohh oh
[No Drums]
CmAbEbBb
I wanna live, I wanna die, under the light of the great Southern Sky
[Chorus]
CmAbEbBb
I wanna run, straight through the night, chasing the stars with a heart open wide
CmAbEbBb
High on a plain, in thunder and rain
CmAbEbBb
I wanna live, I wanna die, under the light of the great Southern Sky
[Outro]
CmAb
Ooohhh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oohh oh
EbBbAb
Under the light of the great Southern Sky