Thats The Way I Am

Intro
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Verse
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I was born on an old bush farm, so I’ve got country roots
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and you can say I learned to sing with cow dung on boots
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I sang my own bush stories they came straight off the land
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I've never tried to put on side and that's the way I am

Verse
      C               A7            D
Oh, I know I’m no oil painting, but I can handle that
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Spent my life with an old guitar and a turned down bushman's hat
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Oh, I'd say our brand of music has got the edge on Uncle Sam
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And I'll remain always the same exactly as I am

Chorus
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I love this sunburnt country, she's big wide and dry
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with a never-ending sameness stretches out to meet the sky
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You can call me a stick in the mud, but I don't give a damn
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I'll remain always the same exactly as I am.

Interlude
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Verse
       C              A7           D
You'll never take the country from this old bushman's veins
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I love the smell wood smoke and the taste of summer rain
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Oh, when I am fed up with all the hype the traffic and the push
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I'll pack my gear and the way I clear to somewhere in the bush

Chorus
      F                                 C
Oh, I love this sunburnt country, she's big wide and dry
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with a never-ending sameness stretches out to meet the sky
C                 A7                    D
You can call me a stick in the mud, but I don't give a damn
G                                        C
I'll remain always the same exactly as I am.

Chorus
  F                                 C
I love this sunburnt country, she's big wide and dry
       D                                               G
with a never-ending sameness stretches out to meet the sky
  C                   A7               D
A bit rough round the edges but it's a bit late now to change
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I'll remain always the same exactly as I am.

Tag
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You don't believe me?
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I'll remain always the same exactly as I am