This Land Is Your Land Chords
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So I recently found out that I'm now related to Woody Guthrie by my mom
marrying my now step-dad. Which, over course, is pretty feakin' cool. So my
step-dad lent some of Woody's records and this song came up. And at first,
I was thinking back to how in every elementry school I was in they
always made us sing this. But after the 3rd verse of the song, I started
hearing verses that I never heard before. And it was those last 3 verses
that I started to feel moved and I realized how much of a political song
this was. And as a punk rocker, I just had to tab it. So here it is. And
when you have made your final judgement on the song, please rate and/or
leave a comment. I don't want to feel like I did this for nothing.
Standard Tuning
Chorus:
G D
This land is your land, this land is my land
A D
From California to the New York Island
G D
From the Redwood Forest to the Gulf Stream waters
A D
This land was made for you and me.
Verse 1:
G D
As I went walking that ribbon of highway
A D
I saw above me that endless skyway
G D
I saw below me that golden valley
A D
This land was made for you and me.
Repeat Chorus
Verse 2:
G D
I roamed and I rambled and I followed my footsteps
A D
To the sparkling sands of her diamond deserts
G D
While all around me a voice was sounding
A D
This land was made for you and me.
Repeat Chorus
[ Tab from: http://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/w/woody_guthrie/this_land_is_your_land_crd_ver_2.html ]
Verse 3:
G D
When the sun came shining, and I was strolling
A D
And the wheat fields waving and the dust clouds rolling
G D
A voice was chanting, As the fog was lifting,
A D
This land was made for you and me.
Repeat Chorus
Verse 4:
G D
As I went walking I saw a sign there
A D
And on the sign it said "No Trespassing."
G D
But on the other side it didn't say nothing,
A D
That side was made for you and me.
Repeat Chorus
Verse 5:
G D
In the squares of the city, In the shadow of a steeple;
A D
By the relief office, I'd seen my people.
G D
As they stood there hungry, I stood there asking,
A D
Is this land made for you and me?
Repeat Chorus
Verse 6:
G D
Nobody living can ever stop me,
A D
As I go walking that freedom highway;
G D
Nobody living can make me turn back
A D
This land was made for you and me.
Repeat Chorus 2x
And that should be that for This Land Is My Land by Woody Guthrie. A song
that is still true today as it was over 50 years ago. So when you've made
your final judgemnet on the song, please rate and/or leave a comment.
Also, be sure to check out my other tabs as well.
-I hope you enjoy; my little droogies.
Comments
MMK said April 05, 2011 at 17:35
Are you all a bunch of socialists? Obviously, this song says that all of the land belongs to everyone. This clearly is a socialist view. NO private property, NO ownership of land, EVERYTHING belongs to the government.
lucid311 said September 11, 2009 at 09:24
Great song. I have liked this tune forever and just in the last two weeks found a site with all of the verses and was hoping I could find a tab as well. It really is the last verses that make this song, like you I never had realized all the real meaningnof the song until I found those verses. "This machine kills fascists"
allerson michele said August 29, 2009 at 17:16
YES! It took me forever to find someone that had tagged the whole song.
Those first three versus are great, but the last three make the song.
Thanks!








Those first verses are socialist. But the part that really ruins it is the last three verses.