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Capo: 2
LET THE PEOPLE SING / THIS LAND IS YOUR LAND. Capo 2 [1]
For C those who are in love there's a G song that's warm and C tender For F those who are oppressed in C song you can proGtest So C liberate your mind and G give your soul exCpression F Open up your heart I'll G sing for you this C song. [Chorus]
Let C the people sing their stories and their songs And the F music of their native C land Their lullabies and battle cries and songs of hope and Am joy So G join us hand in G7 hand All C across this ancient land, thrFought the test of C time It was music that kept our spirits Am free Those G songs of yours and C mine [2] It C was back in ancient times the G bard would tell his C story Of F the heroes of the villain, C of the chieftain in the G glen Through C Elizabethan times and G Cromwellian war and C fury Put F our pipers to the sword killed our G harpers and our C bards [Chorus]
Let C the people sing their stories and their songs And the F music of their native C land Their lullabies and battle cries and songs of hope and Am joy So G join us hand in G7 hand All C across this ancient land, thrFought the test of C time It was music that kept our spirits Am free Those G songs of yours and C mine
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C Ireland land of song your G music lives forCever In F our mountains in our valleys, C in our hills and in our G glens Our C music has survived through G famine and oppCression To F the generations gone I'll G sing for you this C song [Chorus]
Let C the people sing their stories and their songs And the F music of their native C land Their lullabies and battle cries and songs of hope and Am joy So G join us hand in G7 hand All C across this ancient land, thrFought the test of C time It was music that kept our spirits Am free Those G songs of yours and C mine THIS LAND Chris Byrne (Seanchai) [chorus]
C This land is F your land, this land is C my land From the northern G highlands to the western C islands From the hills of F Kerry to the streets of C Free Am Derry G This land was made for you and C me
C As I was F walking by the Shannon C water Hand in G hand with my little C daughter The church bells F ringing, and the children C singAming G This land was made for you and C me [chorus]
C This land is F your land, this land is C my land From the northern G highlands to the western C islands From the hills of F Kerry to the streets of C Free Am Derry G This land was made for you and C me
C So I walked her F home by the old church C steeple Proud of my G country, proud of my C people Of the men who F tried there, of the men who C died Am there G This land was made for you and C me [chorus]
C This land is F your land, this land is C my land From the northern G highlands to the western C islands From the hills of F Kerry to the streets of C Free Am Derry G This land was made for you and C me
C Then I climbed a F mountain, saw the crystal C fountain And heard G a great roar from the rocky C sea shore Her eyes were F gleaming, she cried C oho Am Daddy G This land was made for you and C me [chorus]
C This land is F your land, this land is C my land From the northern G highlands to the western C islands From the hills of F Kerry to the streets of C Free Am Derry G This land was made for you and C me