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