This Is A Land chords by Pete Seeger
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Verse 1
As (D major) I went walking the ribbon a highway
saw above me that endless skyway
I saw below (G major) me the Golden (D major) Valley
sing it out now this (A major) land was made (D major) (G major) (D major) (A major)
(D major) In the diamond of the redwood (G major) forest
Over the frozen wa (D major) ter
Verse 2
This (D major) land (A major) was (D major) made for you (A major) and (D major) me
Well, I roamed and I (G major) rambled,
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Verse 3
followed (D major) my footsteps
Verse 4
To the (D major) sparkling sand (A major) s
of her diamond (D major) deserts
Verse 5
While all around (G major) me a voice
was sound (D major) ing
Verse 6
(D major) This (G major) (A major) land was made (G major) for (A major) you and (D major) me,
this land is (G major) your land,
from California (D major) to (A major) (D major) New York Island,
from the rainforest
(G major) to the Boston wa (D major) ters,
this (A major) land was made for (D major) you and me.
Now some of you are singing just beautiful,
but we need a little harmony.
All the high tenors, and all the basses,
and the contra mezzo -sopranos.
Everybody got it getting on us.
I mean everybody.
If there's anybody who's not singing,
oh, people say, who are you? (G major) (A major)
(D major)
Verse 7
(D major) Woody wrote a lot of verses
that did not get (D major) in the school
song books.
Here's one of them.
Verse 8
In (D major) the squares of the (G major) city
Verse 9
By the (D major) shadow of the steeple
By the welfare office
(G major) (A major) I (D major) saw my (A major) people
Verse 10
(D major)
As they stood there hungry (G major)
Verse 11
(G major) I stood (D major) there whistling
This (G major) land (A major) was made for you and (D major) me.
Sing it out now!
This land is (G major) your land.
This land is (D major) my land.
You don't ever want (G major)
(A major) to go to (D major) the highlands,
to the forest (G major) s,
to the ghostly (D major) forests.
This (G major) (A major) land was made for you and (D major) me.
Was a great high wall (G major) there,
tried to (D major) stop me
Was a great big sign (A major) there,
said private prop (D major) erty
But on (G major) the other side,
it didn't say (D major) nothing
This (G major) land was made for you (D major) an d me
(G major) (E minor) (G major) (D major) (A major) (G major) (D major)
(G major) (D major) (G major) (A major) (D major)
I think Woody would be glad to know
that people are making up new verses
to this all over.
I've heard verses in Spanish
from (G major) New Mexico,
(D major) that's a nice idea,
there ought to be verses in
French (G major) an d German
an (D major) d Italian and (G major) Polish and Yiddish
and (A major) Choctaw (D major) and Cherokee an
d Kiowa (D major) also. (G major) (A major)
You ever hear (D major) this verse,
this land is your (G major) land,
but (D major) it once (D major) was my land, (D major)
before we sold (A major) you Manhattan (D major) Island.
You pushed our (G major) na tions
to (D major) the reservations.
This land was (A major) stole by you from me. (D major)
Now, there was a friend of mine,
(G major) a fine young black singer
named Jimmy Collier
singing this in Washington,
D .C. (D major) back in 1968 in the Poor (D major) People's Campaign.
We were singing it together. (D major)
Up comes old Henry Crow (D major) Dog
from the Sioux Indian delegation.
points his finger right in Jimmy's chest.
He says, hey, you're both wrong.
It belongs to me.
Jimmy stopped in the middle of the song.
He says, maybe we shouldn't
be singing this song.
But Henry Crow Dog
had a great sense of humor.
He says, no, if we're down here together
to get something done.
Let's all sing it.
(D major) This land is (G major) your land.
This land is (D major) my land.
From Califor (G major) nia to (D major) New York Island.
From (D major) the redwood forest (G major)
to the blue forest. (D major)
This (G major) land was made for
you and (D major) me.
Woodland and grassland (G major)
and river (D major) shoreline
to everything living.
Bugs and snakes and microbe (D major) s,
fin fur and feather, (G major)
we're (D major) all here together.
That's ecology.
This land was (A major) made for you (D major) an d me.
One more time! (G major) (D major) (D major) (D major)
(G major) (D major)
This land was made for you and me. (D major)
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This Is A Land
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