Simple Minds

This Is Your Land

Simple Minds


Tom: D

RIFF
E|---19------17------|------------------|-----------------|------------------|
B|-------17------15--|------15--14------|--15-------------|------------------|
G|-------------------|--14----------11--|------11-----11--|------14----------|
D|-------------------|------------------|----------9------|--12--------------|
A|-------------------|------------------|-----------------|------------------|
E|-------------------|------------------|-----------------|------------------|

G A  D Bm

G            A
This is your land
         D          Bm
It's the way it was planned
D               D
Sky to the sea, something to see
G           A
Old ancient town,
       D          Bm
to the old people ground
D             D
I wanna know, something to go


Bm           A     D        G       A
This is your land, laid out in your hand
             Bm G
This is your land
    D      A   Bm       G        E
Wherever I go, way down here I know
             Bm
This is your land


RIFF 2x


   G            A         D        Bm
Oh churches and steeples, big city people
        D                 D
I wanna know something to hold
G             A             D            Bm
Walk down the track, to the old railroad track
D             D
I wanna leave something to see



Bm           A     D       G       A
This is your land, take it in your hand
             Bm G
This is your land
    D      A   Bm       G        E
Wherever I go, way down here I know
             Bm
This is your land


RIFF


A
Money can't buy me
A
Money can't buy me
         Bm    A   Bm
I've got time
              Bm   A  Bm
Time is on my side



G A  D Bm
           You don't know what you've got till the whole thing's gone
           The days are dark and the road is long

G A  D Bm
           And when you walk away, the hope is gone
           Tell me what is right, and what is wrong
G A  D            Bm
      Is this the way it was planned


Bm           A     D       G       A
This is your land, take it in your hand
             Bm G
This is your land
    D      A   Bm       G      E
Wherever I go, way down here I know
Bm           A     D       G       A
This is your land, take it in your hand
             Bm G
This is your land
    D      A   Bm       G        E
Wherever I go, way down here I know
             Bm
This is your land



Bm   A    Bm   A


SOLO


RIFF 2x


Bm   A    Bm   A

G A  D Bm

Bm   A    Bm   A