Great Southern Land
1982
Iva Davies (Icehouse)
AA5Bb6CDm5 chords used in this song
| Bb6 |
| Standing at the | Bb6limit of an endless ocean |
| C |
| Stranded like a | Crunaway, lost at sea |
| Bb6 |
| City on a | Bb6rainy day down in the harbour |
| C |
| Watching as the | Cgrey clouds shadow the bay |
| Bb6 |
| Looking every | Bb6where 'cause I had to find you |
| C |
| This is not the | Cway that I remember it here |
| Bb6 |
| Anyone will | Bb6tell you its a prisoner island |
| C |
| Hidden in the | Csummer for a million years |
| Bb6 |
| So you look into the | Bb6land and it will tell you a story |
| C |
| Story 'bout a | Cjourney ended long ago |
| Bb6 |
| Listen to the | Bb6motion of the wind in the mountains |
| C |
| Maybe you can | Chear them talking like I do |
| Bb6 |
| "They're gonna | Bb6betray you, they're gonna forget you |
| C |
| Are you gonna let them | Ctake you over that way" |
| Dm |
| Great Southern | DmLand, Great Southern Land |
| You walk alone, like a primitive man |
| And they make it work, with sticks and bones |
| See their hungry eyes, its a hungry home |
| A |
| AI hear the sound of the stranger's voices |
| I see their hungry eyes, their hungry eyes |
| Dm |
| Great Southern | DmLand, Great Southern Land |
| They burned you black, black against the ground |
| Bb6 |
| Standing at the | Bb6limit of an endless ocean |
| C |
| Stranded like a | Crunaway, lost at sea |
| Bb6 |
| City on a | Bb6rainy day down in the harbour |
| C |
| Watching as the | Cgrey clouds shadow the bay |
| Bb6 |
| Looking every | Bb6where 'cause I had to find you |
| C |
| This is not the | Cway that I remember it here |
| Bb6 |
| Anyone will | Bb6tell you its a prisoner island |
| C |
| Hidden in the | Csummer for a million years |
| Dm |
| Great Southern | DmLand, in the sleeping sun |
| You walk alone with the ghost of time |
| They burned you black, black against the ground |
| And they make it work with rocks and sand |
| A |
| AI hear the sound of the stanger's voices |
| I see their hungry eyes, their hungry eyes |
| Dm |
| Great Southern | DmLand, Great Southern Land |
| You walk alone, like a primitive man |
| You walk alone with the ghost of time |
| And they burned you black |
| Yeah, they burned you black |
| A5 |
| A5I hear the sound of the stranger's voices |
| I see their hungry eyes, their hungry eyes |
| D5 |
| Great Southern | D5Land, Great Southern Land |
| They burned you black, black against the ground |
D5 D5
A|---5--- ---5--
E|----5-- ----5-
C|-2---2- -2---2
G|------- ------
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