Chords:
{t: You're Australian Now}
{st:Words and music ? Rick Skelton 2026}
{artist:Rick Skelton}
{key: D}
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sc9u2IcqySQ
{c: Thanks to Rick Skelton}
[G] [C] [G] [C] [Em] [D] [C]
Some came [G] walking through the dreamtime
to this [C] land of fire and drought
[D] Reading stars and seasons
Learning [C] what this land's a-[G]bout
Some came later, over ocean
A heavy [C] price for their mistake
But they [D] learned this place rewards you
If you [C] give more than you [G] take
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If you [C] stand for a fair go,
And [G] stick by your mates,
If you [C] laugh through the hard times,
And [G] speak your mind straight,
And roll up your [Em] sleeves and give it a [C] run,
You're as [Am] Australian as [D] zinc cream in the [G] sun.
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[G]
[G] Hands that shaped the first stone fires
Hands that [C] broke the stubborn ground
Hands that [D] built the roads and rails
Every [C] bush track, every [G] town
[G] Some arrived with fancy clothes
[C] Some arrived with scars
[D] But everyone who stayed and tried
Helped [C] make this country [G] ours
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If you [C] stand for a fair go,
And [G] stick by your mates,
If you [C] laugh through the hard times,
And [G] speak your mind straight,
And roll up your [Em] sleeves and give it a [C] run,
You're as [Am] Australian as [D] zinc cream in the [G] sun.
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[G]
[G] I've seen the immigrants step up
I've [C] seen them sweat and toil
On [D] building sites with shovels
And with [G] hoes into the soil
No shortcuts, no complaints
Just [C] getting on somehow
Turning [D] hard work into hope
They're all [G] Australian now
[G] This country grants a second start
An [C] empty book, an open heart
[D] Leave the hate and hurt behind
And [G] bring the things you hope to [C] find
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{c: play chorus twice}
If you [C] stand for a fair go,
And [G] stick by your mates,
If you [C] laugh through the hard times,
And [G] speak your mind straight,
And roll up your [Em] sleeves and give it a [C] run,
You're as [Am] Australian as [D] zinc cream in the [G] sun.
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[Em] [D] [C] [G]
