New Found Land
Words and music Woody Guthrie

Released on Colombia River Collection (1988) and The Asch Recordings Vol. 3: Hard Travelin' (1998)

Capo fret 7

Woody frequently (but not all the time) uses this strumming pattern/riff throughout the song with the C-chords:

    d     d u    d     d u
|---0-----0-0----0-----0-0----|
|---1-----1-1----1-----1-1----|
|---0-----0-0----0-----0-0----|
|---2-1h2-2-2----2-1h2-2-2----|
|-3-3-----3-3--3-3-----3-3----|
|-----------------------------|

(where d = down-strum and u = up-strum)

The tempo of also seems to increase throughout the song!

Intro (w/harp)

C C G C, C C G C, G C..

C
Well, I just got up to my new found land,
   G                  C
My new found land, my new found land.
                   
I just got up to my new found land,
      G                          C                        
I'm a livin' in the light of the morning.

I built me a house of a new cut tree,
A new cut tree, a new cut tree.
I built me a house of a new cut tree,
I'm a livin' in the light of the morning.

C C G C, C C G C, G C..(w/harp)

Well, I built my house on a new cut stone,
A new cut stone, a new cut stone.
I built my house on a new cut stone,
I'm a livin' in the light of the morning,
Livin' in the light of the morning.

I lit my lamp with a new-found light,
A new-found light, a new-found light,
I lit my lamp with a new-found light
And I'm a-livin' in the light of the morning.

(here woody plays a short riff under the chords, something like:)

..C  G             C....
|------------------0--------|
|------------------1--------|
|------------------0--------|
|------1h2---------2--------|
|----------1h2-----3--------|
|----3---------1h2----------|

I'm plantin' my seed in the new-dug ground,
The new-dug ground, the new-dug ground.
I'm plantin' my seed in the new-dug ground
I'm livin' in the light of the morning,
Livin' in the light of the morning.

C C G C, C C G C, G C..(w/harp)

I brought my child for my new found-wife,
My new-found wife, my new-found wife.
I brought my child for my new-found wife
Livin' in the light of the morning,
Livin' in the light of the morning.

Well, I just got up to my new-found land,
My new-found land, my new-found land.
I just got up to my new-found land,
I'm livin' in the light of the morning,
Livin' in the light of the morning.

Outro:

C C G C, C C G C, G C..(w/harp)