Icehouse Great Southern Land (ver 3) chords

Great Southern Land (ver 3) by Icehouse

Song:     Great Southern Land - Live
Artist:   Iva Davies
Location: Live, The Australian Institute of Music (AIM) Graduation ceremony, Sydney, February 2015
URL:      https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=1&v=TjBkRjKMa-w
Tempo:    6|8
Tuning:   Standard
Method:   6 & 12 string Acoustic Duo

Capo 4

Chords:   EADGBe
E         022100
F#        X44322
Am        X02210
C/G       332010
D         XX0232
D#m       X68876
C#m5      X46XXX
Dm5       X57XXX
D*        X57765



INTRO:
|E  F#|E  F#|E  F#|


VERSE 1:
                E              
Standing at the limit of an endless ocean,
                F#                        
Stranded like a runaway lost at sea.
E
City on a rainy day down in the harbour,
            F#             
Watching as the gray clouds shadow the bay.
             E
Looking everywhere, ‘ had to find you,
            F#
This is not the way that I remember it here.
             E
Anyone, will tell you it's a prisoner island,
          F#
Hidden in the summer for a million years.


REFRAIN 1:
               Am   C/G  D  Am
Great Southern Land,
                      C/G  D  Am
They burned you black.


VERSE 2:
            E  
So you look into the land, it will tell you a story,
              F#  
Story about a journey ended long ago.
              E                        
Listen to the motion of the wind in the mountains,
              F#   
Maybe you can hear them talking, like I do?
              E
They're gonna betray you, they're gonna forget you,
                       F#
Are you gonna let them take you over that way?


CHORUS 1:
               Am   C  D  Am 
Great Southern Land,
                    C  D  Am       
In the sleeping sun.
                C  D  Am 
You walk alone,
                       C  D  Am 
With the ghost of time.
                           C  D  Am 
And they burned you black,
                         C  D  Am 
Black against the ground.
                      C  D  Am 
And they make it work,
                    C  D  Am 
With rocks and sand.


VERSE 3:
D#m              C#m5 Dm5     
I hear the sound,
D#m                      C#m5 Dm5 
Of the strangers' voices.
D#m                      C#m5 Dm5  
I see their hungry eyes,
D#m               C#m5 Dm5  
Their hungry eyes.
               Am   C  D  Am 
Great Southern Land,
                    C  D  Am  
Great Southern Land.
               C  D  Am  
You walk alone,
                     C  D  Am  
Like a primitive man.
               C  D  Am  
You walk alone,
                       C  D  Am  
With the ghost of time.
                          C  D* Am  
And they burned you black,
                           C  D  Am  
Yeah, they burned you black.


CHORUS & CODA:
                       C  D  Am  
Gr-eat South-ern La-nd.

:: INSTRUMENTAL (Riff-over) ::
                    C  D  Am  
Great Southern Land,
                    C  D  Am  
Great Southern Land,
                    C  D  Am  
Great Southern Land.


Iva Davies:  “Thank you very much, indeed!”
 

[End]


1.  Despite attention to Iva’s chord changes, I apologise in advance if there’s a subtle change I 
didn’t pickup?
2.  “Icehouse - Great Southern Land - Performed live on campus at the Australian Institute of Music 
Graduation ceremony 2015.”