Woodrow Wilson Guthrie (Okemah, Oklahoma, 14 de julio de 1912 – Nueva York, 3 de octubre de 1967), conocido como Woody Guthrie, fue un prolífico e influyente músico folk estadounidense, gran identificación con la gente común, los pobres y los oprimidos, así como por su odio al fascismo y la explotación. su canción «This Land Is Your Land»inspirada en sus experiencias viajando por todos los Estados Unidos. En los últimos versos de la canción, Guthrie protestaba contra las desigualdades sociales.
¡Cuatro años de duro trabajo!Este mes de mayo cumplimos cuatro años al aire. Seguimos trabajando en la difusión de este maravilloso instrumento, ¡gracias por participar en nuestra historia!
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SO LONG ITS BEEN GOOD T KNOW YUH
Woody Guthrie borrowed the medody for this song from "The BAllad of Billy the Kid", and the chorus is a variant of Huddie (Leadbelly) Ledbetter's Goodnight Irene.
CG7 I've sung this song, but I'll sing it again CG7 Of the people I've met and the places I've seen CC7F Of some of the troubles that bothered my mind F#dim/CG7C And a lot of good people that I've left behind, saying:
(CHORUS) C So long it's been good to know yuh, G7C So long it's been good to know yuh, FF#dim So long it's been good to know yuh, CD7G7 What a long time since I've been home.... C (G7-1st verse) And I've gotta be driftin' along. -------------------------------------
CHORDS:
F#dim = xx1212 : (2)
The Sweethearts they sat in the dark and they sparked.
They hugged and they kissed in that dusty old dark
They sighed and they cried and they hugged and they kissed,
But instead of marriage they talked like this, Honey .... rk