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[Verse 1]
 G                                  D                    G
For those who are in love there's a song that's warm and tender
    C                          G               D
For those who are oppressed in song you can protest
   G                       D                G
So liberate your mind and give your soul expression
 C                      D                 G
Open up your heart I'll sing for you this song.

[Chorus]
    G
Let the people sing their stories and their songs
        C                      G
And the music of their native land
                                                       Em
Their lullabies and battle cries and songs of hope and joy
    D              D7
So join us hand in hand
  G                           C                      G
All across this ancient land, throughout the test of time
                                   Em
It was music that kept our spirits free
      D                  G
Those songs of yours and mine

[Verse 2]
  G                              D                   G
It was back in ancient times the bard would tell his story
       C                            G               D
Of the heros of the villain,of the chieftain in the glen
    G                          D                  G
Through Elizabethan times and Cromwellian war and fury
C                                      D               G
Put our pipers to the sword killed our harpers and our bards

[Chorus]
    G
Let the people sing their stories and their songs
        C                      G
And the music of their native land
                                                       Em
Their lullabies and battle cries and songs of hope and joy
    D              D7
So join us hand in hand
  G                           C                      G
All across this ancient land, throughout the test of time
                                   Em
It was music that kept our spirits free
      D                  G
Those songs of yours and mine

[Verse 3]
G                         D              G
Oh Ireland land of song your music lives forever
       C                               G                 D
In its valleys and its mountains, in our hills and in our glens
    G                          D              G
Our music has survived through famine and oppression
C                            D                 G
To the generationgs gone I'll sing for you this song

[Chorus]
    G
Let the people sing their stories and their songs
        C                      G
And the music of their native land
                                                       Em
Their lullabies and battle cries and songs of hope and joy
    D              D7
So join us hand in hand
  G                           C                    G
All across this ancient land, throughout the test of time
                                   Em
It was music that kept our spirits free
      D                  G
Those songs of yours and mine

[Chorus 2]
     G          C                       G
This land is your land, this land is my land,
                  D                         G
From the northern highlands, to the western islands,
                  C                          G
From the hills of Kerry, to the streets of free Derry,
D                              G
This land was made for you and me

[Verse 2]
         C                      G              D                         G
As I was walking by the Shannon water, hand in hand there with my little daughter,
                     C                          G
Hear the church bell ringing, and the children singing,
D                              G
This land was made for you and me.

[Chorus 2]
     G          C                       G
This land is your land, this land is my land,
                  D                         G
From the northern highlands, to the western islands,
                  C                          G
From the hills of Kerry, to the streets of free Derry,
D                              G
This land was made for you and me

[Verse 3]
                  C                       G
So we climbed the mountain by the crystal fountain,
                 D                       G
And we heard the wave- roar by the rocky seashore,
                C                    G
Her eyes were gleamin, she cried oh Daddy
D                              G
This land was made for you and me.

[Chorus 2]
     G          C                       G
This land is your land, this land is my land,
                  D                         G
From the northern highlands, to the western islands,
                  C                         G
From the hills of Kerry,to the streets of free Derry,
D                              G
This land was made for you and me

[Verse 4]
                  C                    G
So I walked her home ,by the village steaple,
            D                    G
Proud of my country, proud of my people,
               C                                 G
Of the men who cried there, and the men who died there singing,
D                             G
This land was made for you and me.

[Chorus 2]
     G          C                       G
This land is your land, this land is my land,
                  D                         G
From the northern highlands, to the western islands,
                  C                          G
From the hills of Kerry, to the streets of free Derry,
D                              G
This land was made for you and me