Great Southern Land — Icehouse
Chords and lyrics for Great Southern Land by Icehouse (key of F).
Verse 1
Great southern land by Icehouse
[A] [Em] [D]
[A]Standing at the limit of an endless ocean
stranded like a runaway,[Em] lost at sea
city on a rainy day [D]down in the harbor
watching as the grey clouds shadow[A] the bay
looking everywhere 'cause [Em]I had to find you
this is not the way [A]that i remember it here
anyone will tell you its [D]a prisoner island
hidden in the summer [A]for a million years
Great Southern Land, [Am]burned you black[A][F]
[Am]
[A]So you look into the land and it will tell you a story
story 'bout a journey[Em] ended long ago
if you listen to the motion [D]of the wind in the mountains
maybe you can hear them talking like I [A]do
". . they're gonna betray, [Em]they're gonna forget you
are you gonna let [A]them take you over this way . ."
Great Southern Land, [Am]Great Southern Land[A][F]
you walk alone, [Am]like a primitive man[A]
and they make it work, [Am]with sticks and bones,[F]
see their hungry eyes, its[A] a hungry home,[Am]
I hear the sound,[F] of the stranger's voices,[A]
I see their [Am]hungry eyes, their hungry eyes[F]
[Am]Great Southern Land, [F]Great [Am]Southern Land[F]
[A]they burned you black, black [Am]against the ground
[Am]Great Southern Land, in[F] the sleeping sun[A]
you walk alone with[Am] the ghost of time[F]
they burned you black, [A]black against the ground[Am]
and they make it work with rocks[F] and sand[A]
[Am]I hear the sound [F]of the stanger's voices[A]
I see their hungry eyes, [F]their hungry eyes[A]
[Am]Great Southern Land, [F]Great Southern Land[A]
[Am]you walk alone, like a primitive man[F]
you walk alone [A]with the ghost of time[Am]
and they burned you black[F]
[Am]yeah, they burned you black[A]
[Am]Great Southern [F]Land[Am][A]
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