D
[Verse 1]
DAD
For those who are in love there's a song that's warm and tender
GDA
For those who are oppressed in song you can protest
DAD
So liberate your mind and give your soul expression
GAD
Open up your heart I'll sing for you this song.
[Chorus]
D
Let the people sing their stories and their songs
GD
And the music of their native land
Bm
Their lullabies and battle cries and songs of hope and joy
AA7
So join us hand in hand
DGD
All across this ancient land, throughout the test of time
Bm
It was music that kept our spirits free
AD
Those songs of yours and mine
[Verse 2]
DAD
It was back in ancient times the bard would tell his story
GDA
Of the heros of the villain,of the chieftain in the glen
DAD
Through Elizabethan times and Cromwellian war and fury
GAD
Put our pipers to the sword killed our harpers and our bards
[Chorus]
D
Let the people sing their stories and their songs
GD
And the music of their native land
Bm
Their lullabies and battle cries and songs of hope and joy
AA7
So join us hand in hand
DGD
All across this ancient land, throughout the test of time
Bm
It was music that kept our spirits free
AD
Those songs of yours and mine
[Verse 3]
DAD
Oh Ireland land of song your music lives forever
GDA
In its valleys and its mountains, in our hills and in our glens
DAD
Our music has survived through famine and oppression
GAD
To the generationgs gone I'll sing for you this song
[Chorus]
D
Let the people sing their stories and their songs
GD
And the music of their native land
Bm
Their lullabies and battle cries and songs of hope and joy
AA7
So join us hand in hand
DGD
All across this ancient land, throughout the test of time
Bm
It was music that kept our spirits free
AD
Those songs of yours and mine
[Chorus 2]
DGD
This land is your land, this land is my land,
AD
From the northern highlands, to the western islands,
GD
From the hills of Kerry, to the streets of free Derry,
AD
This land was made for you and me
[Verse 2]
GDAD
As I was walking by the Shannon water, hand in hand there with my little daughter,
GD
Hear the church bell ringing, and the children singing,
AD
This land was made for you and me.
[Chorus 2]
DGD
This land is your land, this land is my land,
AD
From the northern highlands, to the western islands,
GD
From the hills of Kerry, to the streets of free Derry,
AD
This land was made for you and me
[Verse 3]
GD
So we climbed the mountain by the crystal fountain,
AD
And we heard the wave- roar by the rocky seashore,
GD
Her eyes were gleamin, she cried oh Daddy
AD
This land was made for you and me.
[Chorus 2]
DGD
This land is your land, this land is my land,
AD
From the northern highlands, to the western islands,
GD
From the hills of Kerry,to the streets of free Derry,
AD
This land was made for you and me
[Verse 4]
GD
So I walked her home ,by the village steaple,
AD
Proud of my country, proud of my people,
GD
Of the men who cried there, and the men who died there singing,
AD
This land was made for you and me.
[Chorus 2]
DGD
This land is your land, this land is my land,
AD
From the northern highlands, to the western islands,
GD
From the hills of Kerry, to the streets of free Derry,
AD
This land was made for you and me