This Land Is Your Land — Pete Seeger
Chords and lyrics for This Land Is Your Land by Pete Seeger (key of F).
Verse 1
[F]As I went walking that ribbon of highway
[C]I saw above me that endless skyway
[Bb]I saw below me that [F]golden valley
This land[Bb] was made for [F]you and me
Chorus
[F]This land is your land, this land is my land
[Bb]From California to [F]the New York Island
[Bb]From the redwood [F]forest to the Gulf Stream waters
This land[Bb] was made for [F]you and me
Verse 2
[F]Well, I roamed and I rambled and I followed my footsteps
[Bb]To the sparkling sands[F] of her diamond deserts
[F]And all around me a voice [Bb]was sounding[F]
This land[Bb] was made for [F]you and me
Chorus
[F]This land is your land, this land is my land
[Bb]From California to [F]the New York Island
[Bb]From the redwood [F]forest to the Gulf Stream waters
This land[Bb] was made for [F]you and me
Verse 3
[F]In the squares of the city, by the shadow of the steeple
[Bb]By the relief office,[F] I saw my people
[F]As they stood there [Bb]hungry
I stood there [F]whistling
This land[Bb] was made for [F]you and me
Chorus
[F]This land is your land, this land is my land
[Bb]From California to [F]the New York Island
[Bb]From the redwood [F]forest to the Gulf Stream waters
This land[Bb] was made for [F]you and me
Verse 4
[F]There was a great high wall there, tried to stop me
[Bb]There was a great big sign there, [F]said “Private Property”
[F]But on the other side it didn’t say nothing
That side[Bb] was made for [F]you and me
Chorus
[F]This land is your land, this land is my land
[Bb]From California to [F]the New York Island
[Bb]From the redwood [F]forest to the Gulf Stream waters
This land[Bb] was made for [F]you and me
[Bb]Woodland [Dm]and grassland [F]and river shoreline
To everything [F]living
Bugs and snakes and[Bb] microbes
Fin, fur, [F]and feather
We're all here[F] together
That's ecology
Final Tag
This land[Bb] was made for [F]you and me
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