[Intro]
Eb Cm Ab
I wanna live, I wanna die,
Eb Bb
under the light of the great Southern Sky
Cm Ab
I wanna run, straight through the night,
Eb Bb Ab
chasing the stars with a heart open wide – under a great Southern Sky
[Instrumental]
|Cm |Ab |Eb |Bb
|Cm |Ab |Eb |Bb
[Verse]
Cm Ab
There’s a song you can hear it playing in a country town
Eb Bb
the anthem of the young and free that’s what I’m talking bout.
Cm
Like flooding rains and overflows,
Ab Eb
desert plains and red dugouts walk abouts that take me home,
Bb
a place that everybody knows
[Pre Chorus]
Cm Ab
Ooohhh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oohh oh
Eb Bb
In the state I’m in is on my mind
Cm Ab
Ooohhh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oohh oh
Eb Bb
In the place I live I’m so alive
Ab
Tonight
[Chorus]
Cm Ab Eb Bb
I wanna live, I wanna die under the light of the great Southern Sky
Cm Ab Eb
High on a plain, in thunder and rain
Bb Cm Ab Eb Bb
I wanna live, I wanna die, under the light of the great Southern Sky
[Instrumental]
|Cm |Ab |Eb |Bb
[Verse 2]
Cm Ab
There’s a spirit, can you feel it going in this country wide?
Eb Bb
From the burning sun in Arnhem land across the great divide
Cm Ab
Children singing out aloud: we are one and we are proud,
Eb Bb
the future’s starting here and now, sing it all together now
[Pre Chorus]
Cm Ab
Ooohhh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oohh oh
Eb Bb
In the place I live I’m so alive
Ab
Tonight
[Chorus]
Cm Ab Eb Bb
I wanna live, I wanna die under the light of the great Southern Sky
Cm Ab Eb
High on a plain, in thunder and rain
Bb Cm Ab Eb Bb
I wanna live, I wanna die, under the light of the great Southern Sky
[Post Chorus]
Cm Ab Eb Bb
Ooohhh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oohh oh
[No Drums]
Cm Ab Eb Bb
I wanna live, I wanna die, under the light of the great Southern Sky
[Chorus]
Cm Ab Eb Bb
I wanna run, straight through the night, chasing the stars with a heart open wide
Cm Ab Eb Bb
High on a plain, in thunder and rain
Cm Ab Eb Bb
I wanna live, I wanna die, under the light of the great Southern Sky
[Outro]
Cm Ab
Ooohhh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oohh oh
Eb Bb Ab
Under the light of the great Southern Sky