This is your
land
F G Am
1. This is your land, it’s the way it was
planned,
F G
sky
to the sea, something to see,
F G Am
old
ancient town to the old people ground,
F G
I wanna
know something to go.
C G Am
F G Am - F
This is your land, laid out in your hand, this is your land !
C
G Am F G Am
Wherever I go, way down here I know, this is your land
!
+ Am - D - Am
F G Am
2. Oh, churches and steeples, big city people,
F G
I wanna
know something to hold,
F
G Am
walk
down the track to the old railroad track,
F G
I wanna
leave something to see.
C G Am
F G Am - F
This is your land, laid out in your hand, this is your land !
C G
Am F G Am
Wherever I go, way down here I know, this is your land
!
+ Am ~ ~
D
+ Money can’t buy me, money can’t buy me,
A
I’ve got time, time is on my
side. + F - G - G - Am
F
You don’t know what you’ve got
till the whole things’s gone,
- F - G - G - Am
the
days are dark and the road is long.
F
And when you walk
away, the hope is gone,
- F - G
tell
me what is right and what is wrong.
G
Am F
Is this the way it was planned ?
C G Am
F G Am - F
This is your land, take it in your hand, this is your land
!
C G
Am F G
Wherever I go, way down here I know.
C G Am
F G Am - F
This is your land, take it in your hand, this is your land
!
C G
Am F G Am
Wherever I go, way down here I know, - - - this is your land !
+ Am ~ ~ ~ .....
(orig. = capo 2nd) (The Simple Minds)