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This Land Is Your Land

by Woody Guthrie · posted by chibluesteve

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How to read this tab — notation key
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Blow note
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Draw note
b or '
Half-step bend
bb or ''
Two half-step bend
bbb or '''
Three half-step bend
(###)
Chord — relevant hole numbers in parentheses
< or *
Push the button in (chromatic harmonica)

Full reference and posting tips in the tab guide.

Tab
Chorus:

 3    -3  4   4    4
This land is your land, 
 4    3   -3 -4  -4    
this land is my land
 -1  3 -4 -3 -3
From California, 
-3 -3   3   -3  -4 -4
to the New York Island
 3    3   -3 -4   4  4
From the redwood forest, 
4   4   3     -3   -4 -4
to the gulf stream waters
 -3   -3  -3  <-2  -1  <-2 -3  3 
This land was made for you and me

3 -3 -4   4   4 
As I was walking 
4  3  3  -3  -4 -4
a ribbon of highway
-1  3  -4 -3 -3
I- saw above me 
-3  3  -3  -4  -4
an endless skyway
3 -3  -4 4  4
I saw below me 
4  3 -3  -4 -4
a golden valley
 -3   -3  -3  <-2  -1  <-2 -3  3 
This land was made for you and me

(Chorus)

 3     -3   -4   4   4 
I've roamed and rambled 
 4   3   3   -3  -4  -4
and followed my footsteps
-1 -1    3  -4    -3   -3
To the sparkling sands of 
-3   3  -3  -4  -4
her diamond deserts
 3  -3  -4  4  4
And all around me 
4   3   -3   -4 -4
a voice was sounding
 -3   -3  -3  <-2  -1  <-2 -3  3
This land was made for you and me

Chorus
 3  -3   -4    4   4
The sun comes shining 
4  3 -3   -4  -4
as I was strolling
-1    3    -4    -3 -3
The wheat fields waving  
-3  -3   3     -3   -4  -4
and the dust clouds rolling
 3  -3  -4   4  4
The fog was lifting 
4   3    -3   -4 -4
a voice come chanting
 -3   -3  -3  <-2  -1  <-2 -3  3
This land was made for you and me

(Chorus)

3 -3 -4   4  4
As I was walkin'  
4  3 -3  -4   -4
I saw a sign there
 3   -4   -3   -3
And that sign said 
3   -3   -4  -4
no tress passin'
 3  -3 -4    4    4
But on the other side  
4    3    -3   -4 -4
it didn't say nothin!
-3   -3   -3  -3  <-2  -1  <-2 -3  3
Now that side was made for you and me!

(Chorus)

3   3     3    -3 -4  4  4
In the squares of the city 
4   4   3  3  3  -3  -4  -4
In the shadow of the steeple
 3    3  -4 -4  -3 -3
Near the relief office 
3  -3 -3 -4  -4
I see my people
 3   -3  -4    4    4
And some are grumblin' 
 4   3   -3   -4  -4
and some are wonderin'
-3  -3   -3     -3   <-2  -1  <-2 -3  3
If this land's still made for you and me.

(Chorus 2x)
Play on a harmonica— watch which holes to blow & draw, with sound

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