F X33211
G X55433
Am X02210
C/G 332010
D XX0232
E5 022XXX
E4 002XXX
INTRO:
|FG|FG|FG|
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:
AmC/GDAm
Great Southern Land,
C/GDAm
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:
AmCDAm
Great Southern Land,
CDAm
In the sleeping sun.
CDAm
You walk alone,
CDAm
With the ghost of time.
CDAm
And they burned you black,
CDAm
Black against the ground.
CDAm
And they make it work,
CDAm
With rocks and sand.
VERSE 3:
E5E4
I hear the soun-d,
E5E4
Of the strangers' voice-s.
E5E4
I see their hungry eye-s,
E5E4
Their hungry eye-s.
CHORUS 2:
AmCDAm
Great Southern Land,
CDAm
Great Southern Land.
CDAm
You walk alone,
CDAm
Like a primitive man.
CDAm
You walk alone,
CDAm
With the ghost of time.
CDAm
And they burned you black,
CDAm
Yeah, they burned you black.
CHORUS 3 & CODA:
CDAm
Gr-eat South-ern La-nd.
:: INSTRUMENTAL (Riff plays over) ::
CDAm
Great Southern Land,
CDAm
Great Southern Land,
CDAm
Great Southern Land. (Slow arpegiatted fade-out)