Chords for Ballad Of The Alamo
Tempo:
107.25 bpm
Chords used:
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Bb
Eb
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[Ab] [Ebm] In the southern part of Texas, [Db] in the town of San Antonio,
[Bb] There's a fortress all [Ebm] in ruins that the weeds have overgrown.
You may look in vain for crosses, and [Db] you'll never see a one,
But [Ebm] sometimes between the setting and [Db] the rising of the sun,
You can hear a [Gb] ghostly bugle [Db] as the men go [Gb] marching by,
You [Db] can hear them as [Ebm] they answer to that roll call in the sky.
[Bbm] Colonel [Eb] Travis, Davy [Ab] Crockett, and a hundred [Bbm] eighty more,
[F] Captain [Bb] Dickinson, Jim Bowie, present and accounted for.
[Ebm] Back in 1836, Houston said to Travis,
Get some volunteers and go fortify [Gb] the Alamo.
Well, the men came from [Ebm] Texas and [Gb] from old [Db] Tennessee,
And [Ebm] they joined up [Db] with Travis just [Ebm] to fight for the right to [Bb] be free.
[Ebm] Indian scouts with squirrel guns, men with muzzle loaders,
Stood together [Gb] heel and toe [Ebm] to defend the Alamo.
You may ne'er see your loved ones, Travis told them [Db] that day,
[Ebm] Those who won too [Db] can leave now, [Eb] those who fight to the death [Bb] let them stay.
[Ebm] In the sand he drew a line with his army saber,
Out of a hundred eighty-five, not a soldier crossed the line.
With his banners a-dancing [Gb] in the dawn's [Db] golden light,
[Ebm] Santa Anna [Db] came prancing [Ebm] on a horse that was black [Bb] as the night.
Said an officer to tell [Ebm] Travis to surrender,
Travis [Gb] answered with a shell [Ebm] and a rousing revel,
Yell, [Gb] Santa Anna, turn scarlet, play de guelo, [Db] he roared.
[Eb] I will show them [Db] no quarter, [Eb] everyone will be put [Bb] to the sword.
[Ebm] One hundred and eighty-five, holding back five thousand,
[Eb] Five days, six days, eight days, [Ebm] ten, Travis held and held again.
[Gb] Then he sent for [Ebm] replacements [Gb] for his wounded and lame,
[Ebm] But the troops that [Db] were coming [Ebm] never came, never came, [Bb] never came.
Twice he [Ebm] charged then blew recall on the fatal third time,
Santa [Gb] Anna breached the [Ebm] wall and he killed them one and all.
Now the bugles are silent and there's rust [Db] on each sword,
[Ebm] And the small [Db] band of soldiers lie [Gb] asleep in the arms of the Lord.
[Db] [Ebm]
In the southern part of Texas, near the [Db] town of San Antonio,
Santa Anna's horse is riding like a [Ebm] statue on his spittle,
Rides a cowboy all alone.
And he sees the cattle grazing where [Db] a century before,
Santa [Ebm] Anna's guns were blazing and [Db] the cannons used [Gb] to roar.
And [Db] his eyes turn sort [Gb] of misty and [Db] his heart begins to [Gb] glow,
And [Db] he takes his hat [Ebm] off slowly to the men of Alamo.
To [Bbm] the thirteen days of glory [Ebm]
at the siege of Alamo.
[Bb] There's a fortress all [Ebm] in ruins that the weeds have overgrown.
You may look in vain for crosses, and [Db] you'll never see a one,
But [Ebm] sometimes between the setting and [Db] the rising of the sun,
You can hear a [Gb] ghostly bugle [Db] as the men go [Gb] marching by,
You [Db] can hear them as [Ebm] they answer to that roll call in the sky.
[Bbm] Colonel [Eb] Travis, Davy [Ab] Crockett, and a hundred [Bbm] eighty more,
[F] Captain [Bb] Dickinson, Jim Bowie, present and accounted for.
[Ebm] Back in 1836, Houston said to Travis,
Get some volunteers and go fortify [Gb] the Alamo.
Well, the men came from [Ebm] Texas and [Gb] from old [Db] Tennessee,
And [Ebm] they joined up [Db] with Travis just [Ebm] to fight for the right to [Bb] be free.
[Ebm] Indian scouts with squirrel guns, men with muzzle loaders,
Stood together [Gb] heel and toe [Ebm] to defend the Alamo.
You may ne'er see your loved ones, Travis told them [Db] that day,
[Ebm] Those who won too [Db] can leave now, [Eb] those who fight to the death [Bb] let them stay.
[Ebm] In the sand he drew a line with his army saber,
Out of a hundred eighty-five, not a soldier crossed the line.
With his banners a-dancing [Gb] in the dawn's [Db] golden light,
[Ebm] Santa Anna [Db] came prancing [Ebm] on a horse that was black [Bb] as the night.
Said an officer to tell [Ebm] Travis to surrender,
Travis [Gb] answered with a shell [Ebm] and a rousing revel,
Yell, [Gb] Santa Anna, turn scarlet, play de guelo, [Db] he roared.
[Eb] I will show them [Db] no quarter, [Eb] everyone will be put [Bb] to the sword.
[Ebm] One hundred and eighty-five, holding back five thousand,
[Eb] Five days, six days, eight days, [Ebm] ten, Travis held and held again.
[Gb] Then he sent for [Ebm] replacements [Gb] for his wounded and lame,
[Ebm] But the troops that [Db] were coming [Ebm] never came, never came, [Bb] never came.
Twice he [Ebm] charged then blew recall on the fatal third time,
Santa [Gb] Anna breached the [Ebm] wall and he killed them one and all.
Now the bugles are silent and there's rust [Db] on each sword,
[Ebm] And the small [Db] band of soldiers lie [Gb] asleep in the arms of the Lord.
[Db] [Ebm]
In the southern part of Texas, near the [Db] town of San Antonio,
Santa Anna's horse is riding like a [Ebm] statue on his spittle,
Rides a cowboy all alone.
And he sees the cattle grazing where [Db] a century before,
Santa [Ebm] Anna's guns were blazing and [Db] the cannons used [Gb] to roar.
And [Db] his eyes turn sort [Gb] of misty and [Db] his heart begins to [Gb] glow,
And [Db] he takes his hat [Ebm] off slowly to the men of Alamo.
To [Bbm] the thirteen days of glory [Ebm]
at the siege of Alamo.
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_ _ _ _ [Ab] _ _ [Ebm] In the southern part of Texas, [Db] in the town of San Antonio,
[Bb] There's a fortress all [Ebm] in ruins that the weeds have overgrown. _
You may look in vain for crosses, and [Db] you'll never see a one,
But [Ebm] sometimes between the setting and [Db] the rising of the sun,
You can hear a [Gb] ghostly bugle [Db] as the men go [Gb] marching by,
You [Db] can hear them as [Ebm] they answer to that roll call in the sky.
_ [Bbm] Colonel [Eb] Travis, Davy [Ab] Crockett, and a hundred [Bbm] eighty more,
[F] Captain [Bb] Dickinson, Jim Bowie, present and accounted for.
[Ebm] Back in 1836, Houston said to Travis,
Get some volunteers and go fortify [Gb] the Alamo.
Well, the men came from [Ebm] Texas and [Gb] from old [Db] Tennessee,
And [Ebm] they joined up [Db] with Travis just [Ebm] to fight for the right to [Bb] be free. _ _
[Ebm] Indian scouts with squirrel guns, men with muzzle loaders,
Stood together [Gb] heel and toe [Ebm] to defend the Alamo.
You may ne'er see your loved ones, Travis told them [Db] that day,
[Ebm] Those who won too [Db] can leave now, [Eb] those who fight to the death [Bb] let them stay.
_ [Ebm] In the sand he drew a line with his army saber,
Out of a hundred eighty-five, not a soldier crossed the line.
With his banners a-dancing [Gb] in the dawn's [Db] golden light,
[Ebm] Santa Anna [Db] came prancing [Ebm] on a horse that was black [Bb] as the night.
_ _ Said an officer to tell [Ebm] Travis to surrender,
_ Travis [Gb] answered with a shell [Ebm] and a rousing revel,
Yell, [Gb] Santa Anna, turn scarlet, play de guelo, [Db] he roared.
[Eb] I will show them [Db] no quarter, [Eb] everyone will be put [Bb] to the sword.
_ _ [Ebm] One hundred and eighty-five, holding back five thousand,
[Eb] Five days, six days, eight days, [Ebm] ten, Travis held and held again.
[Gb] Then he sent for [Ebm] replacements [Gb] for his wounded and lame,
[Ebm] But the troops that [Db] were coming [Ebm] never came, never came, [Bb] never came. _
Twice he [Ebm] charged then blew recall on the fatal third time,
Santa [Gb] Anna breached the [Ebm] wall and he killed them one and all.
Now the bugles are silent and there's rust [Db] on each sword,
[Ebm] And the small [Db] band of soldiers _ lie [Gb] asleep in the arms of the Lord. _ _
_ _ _ _ [Db] _ _ [Ebm] _ _
_ _ _ _ In the southern part of Texas, near the [Db] town of San Antonio,
Santa Anna's horse is riding like a [Ebm] statue on his spittle,
Rides a cowboy all alone.
And he sees the cattle grazing where [Db] a century before,
Santa [Ebm] Anna's guns were blazing and [Db] the cannons used [Gb] to roar.
And [Db] his eyes turn sort [Gb] of misty and [Db] his heart begins to [Gb] glow,
And [Db] he takes his hat [Ebm] off slowly _ to the men of Alamo.
_ _ To [Bbm] the thirteen days of glory [Ebm] _
at the siege of _ Alamo.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Bb] There's a fortress all [Ebm] in ruins that the weeds have overgrown. _
You may look in vain for crosses, and [Db] you'll never see a one,
But [Ebm] sometimes between the setting and [Db] the rising of the sun,
You can hear a [Gb] ghostly bugle [Db] as the men go [Gb] marching by,
You [Db] can hear them as [Ebm] they answer to that roll call in the sky.
_ [Bbm] Colonel [Eb] Travis, Davy [Ab] Crockett, and a hundred [Bbm] eighty more,
[F] Captain [Bb] Dickinson, Jim Bowie, present and accounted for.
[Ebm] Back in 1836, Houston said to Travis,
Get some volunteers and go fortify [Gb] the Alamo.
Well, the men came from [Ebm] Texas and [Gb] from old [Db] Tennessee,
And [Ebm] they joined up [Db] with Travis just [Ebm] to fight for the right to [Bb] be free. _ _
[Ebm] Indian scouts with squirrel guns, men with muzzle loaders,
Stood together [Gb] heel and toe [Ebm] to defend the Alamo.
You may ne'er see your loved ones, Travis told them [Db] that day,
[Ebm] Those who won too [Db] can leave now, [Eb] those who fight to the death [Bb] let them stay.
_ [Ebm] In the sand he drew a line with his army saber,
Out of a hundred eighty-five, not a soldier crossed the line.
With his banners a-dancing [Gb] in the dawn's [Db] golden light,
[Ebm] Santa Anna [Db] came prancing [Ebm] on a horse that was black [Bb] as the night.
_ _ Said an officer to tell [Ebm] Travis to surrender,
_ Travis [Gb] answered with a shell [Ebm] and a rousing revel,
Yell, [Gb] Santa Anna, turn scarlet, play de guelo, [Db] he roared.
[Eb] I will show them [Db] no quarter, [Eb] everyone will be put [Bb] to the sword.
_ _ [Ebm] One hundred and eighty-five, holding back five thousand,
[Eb] Five days, six days, eight days, [Ebm] ten, Travis held and held again.
[Gb] Then he sent for [Ebm] replacements [Gb] for his wounded and lame,
[Ebm] But the troops that [Db] were coming [Ebm] never came, never came, [Bb] never came. _
Twice he [Ebm] charged then blew recall on the fatal third time,
Santa [Gb] Anna breached the [Ebm] wall and he killed them one and all.
Now the bugles are silent and there's rust [Db] on each sword,
[Ebm] And the small [Db] band of soldiers _ lie [Gb] asleep in the arms of the Lord. _ _
_ _ _ _ [Db] _ _ [Ebm] _ _
_ _ _ _ In the southern part of Texas, near the [Db] town of San Antonio,
Santa Anna's horse is riding like a [Ebm] statue on his spittle,
Rides a cowboy all alone.
And he sees the cattle grazing where [Db] a century before,
Santa [Ebm] Anna's guns were blazing and [Db] the cannons used [Gb] to roar.
And [Db] his eyes turn sort [Gb] of misty and [Db] his heart begins to [Gb] glow,
And [Db] he takes his hat [Ebm] off slowly _ to the men of Alamo.
_ _ To [Bbm] the thirteen days of glory [Ebm] _
at the siege of _ Alamo.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _