# This Land is Your Land

## Classification

- Queue shelf: light
- Current website category: archive
- Research category: copyrighted-outside
- Rights status: copyright-restricted-or-permission-needed
- Confidence: restricted

## Writer / Source

Woody Guthrie

## Earliest Located Evidence

Written 1940; published/registered mid-twentieth century with continuing copyright claims/litigation history

## Context

Copyright status has been litigated/contested; safest website posture is no full lyrics/chords without permission.

## Rights Assessment

Copyright restricted or permission needed. Full lyrics and chords are withheld. These working notes do not establish clearance of the exact lyric, tune variant, or arrangement. Historical references below are research leads unless a specific comparison is documented.

## Source Links

- https://www.loc.gov/collections/patriotic-melodies/articles-and-essays/this-land-is-your-land/
- https://www.loc.gov/static/programs/national-recording-preservation-board/documents/This-Land-Is-Your-Land.pdf

## Local Scrips Evidence

- Current source text: src/_content/song-text/this-land-is-your-land.txt
- Existing site status: listed in master repertoire, unknown
- Existing site notes: lyric/chord sheet present; listed in master list; appears in setlist

## Scrips Arrangement Notes

The text/chords supplied here follow the Scrips working source where available. Differences from older printed or collected versions should be treated as arrangement choices unless separately documented.

## Chords / Key / Tuning

- Key: not documented
- Capo: not documented
- Tuning/comment: not documented

## Alternate Titles / Indexes

- Alternate titles: none documented in this pass
- Roud number: none located / not applicable

## Open Questions

- The information page intentionally withholds lyrics and arrangements. Supply publication permission and the approved band sheet before adding either.
- Obtain permission before publishing lyrics or arrangements.

## Website review — 2026-08-30

Restricted: lyrics/chords intentionally withheld. The text and chord export were inspected for usable content; file existence is not a completed-song-sheet check. Final performance accuracy remains for the band to approve.