Great Southern Land Chords

Standard (EADGBE)

Intro

A Em D

 StAanding at the limit of an endless ocean

 stranded like a runaway,Em lost at sea

 city on a rainy day doDwn in the harbor

 watching as the grey clouds shadowA the bay

 looking everywhere 'cause EmI had to find you

 this is not the way thAat i remember it here

 anyone will tell you its Da prisoner island

 hidden in the summer Afor a million years

 Great Southern Land, Amburned you black F A Am

ASo you look into the land and it will tell you a story

 story 'bout a journeyEm ended long ago

 if you listen to the motion Dof the wind in the mountains

 maybe you can hear them talking like I dAo

 ". . they're gonna betray, Emthey're gonna forget you

 are you gonna let theAm take you over this way . ."

 Great Southern Land, GAmreat Southern Land F A

 you walk alone, lAmike a primitive man A

 and they make it work, witAmh sticks and bones, F

 see their hungry eyes, itsA a hungry home, Am

  I hear the sound,F of the stranger's voices, A

 I see their hungrAmy eyes, their hungry eyes F

 GAmreat Southern Land, GrFeat SouAmthern Land F

Athey burned you black, black agaiAmnst the ground

AmGreat Southern Land, inF the sleeping sun A

 you walk alone withAm the ghost of time F

 they burned you black, blacAk against the ground Am

 and they make it work with rocksF and sand A

AmI hear the sound oFf the stanger's voices A

 I see their hungry eyes, thFeir hungry eyes A

AmGreat Southern Land, GreFat Southern Land A

Amyou walk alone, like a primitive man F

 you walk alone wiAth the ghost of time Am

 and they burned you black F

Amyeah, they burned you black A

AmGreat Southern Land F A Am