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This Land is Your Land

Woody Guthrie

Singing note Underlined syllables mark the stressed beats. Verses 2 and 3 go straight into the next verse — no chorus in between (NC).
Chorus

This land is your land, this land is my land From California to the New York island, From the redwood forest to the Gulf Stream waters; This land was made for you and me.

Verse 1

As I went walking I saw a sign there, And on the sign it said "No Trespassing." But on the other side it didn't say nothing. That side was made for you and me.

NC — No Chorus

Verse 2

In the shadow of the steeple I saw my people, By the relief office I seen my people; As they stood there hungry, I stood there asking Is this land made for you and me?

NC — No Chorus

Verse 3

Nobody living can ever stop me, As I go walking that freedom highway; Nobody living can ever make me turn back This land was made for you and me.

Chorus

This land is your land, this land is my land From California to the New York island, From the redwood forest to the Gulf Stream waters; This land was made for you and me.