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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, of 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
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.
sounds a bit better if you throw in a G7 and A7 sometimes. still 5 stars though.
I think it's great, even though I agree with Sam above. Woody is one of the greatest folk song singer/writers of all time. Without his dedication many of the old mountain songs would have been lost forever. I have an early 40's version of Woody singing "House of the Rising Sun". It's nothing like the Animals version. If you haven't heard it, email me at rkronenwetter@gmail.com and I'll send you a copy.
Woodie never renewed the copyright on this song and it expired in 1973. According to the *Museum of Musical Instruments*, Guthrie wrote on at least one of his songbooks:
“This song is copyrighted in U.S., under Seal of Copyright #154085, for a period of 28 years, and anybody caught singin it without our permission, will be mighty good friends of ourn, cause we don't give a dern. Publish it. Write it. Sing it. Swing to it. Yodel it. We wrote it, that's all we wanted to do."
http://blog.librarylaw.com/librarylaw/2004/08/ithis_land_is_y.html
The recordings of Woodie singing this song I've heard don't include verses 4, 5, & 6. Are they "authentic"? (Well, as authentic as anything can be in a folk song).