Chords for Remember the alamo - Johnny Cash
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131.2 bpm
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Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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In this country, people recognize that whatever they have just about has come from a battle.
A battle against time, maybe, [Em] or a battle against the elements, and sometimes, unfortunately, a battle against their fellow man.
[N] One of the most famous of all those battles was fought right here in this place.
This is where Jimboy, Travis, and Davy Crockett stood.
This is the [A] Alamo.
[E] [A] [E]
[A] [E] [A] [E] A hundred and eighty were challenged by Travis to die
[E] [A] [E] By the line that he drew with his sword when the battle [A] was nigh
[E] [A] [B] Any [D] man that would [A] fight to the death cross over, [E] but him that would live better fly
And over the line [A] were a hundred [E] and seventy [A]-nine
[E] [A] [B]
[D] Hey, [A] Santa Ana, we're killing your soldiers [E] below
[A] That men, wherever they go, will remember the Alamo
[E] [A]
[E] [A] [E] [A] Oh, he lay dying, but his powder [E] was ready and [A] dry
[E] [A] [E] [A] Light on [E] his back, boy, [A] killed [E] him a few in [A] reply
[E] [A] [B] [A] And young Davy Crockett was singing and laughing [E] with gallantry fierce in [A] his [E] eye
For God and for freedom, a man more than willing to die
[A] [E] [A]
[D] Hey, Santa [A] Ana, we're killing your soldiers [E] below
That [D] men, [A] wherever they go, will [E] remember [A] the [E] Alamo
[A] [E]
[A] [E] [A] [E] Then they sent a young scout from [A] the battlements, [E] bloody and [A] loud
[E] With [A] [E]
words of farewell from a garrison, valiant [A] and proud
[E] [A] [B]
[D] Grieve not, little [A] darling, my dying, if [E] Texas is sovereign [A] and free
[E] We'll [A] never [E] surrender, [A] and ever with [E] liberty [A] be
[B]
[D] Hey, Santa [A] Ana, [D] we're killing your soldiers [E] below
That men, [A] wherever they go, [E] will remember the Alamo
[A]
[E] [A]
A battle against time, maybe, [Em] or a battle against the elements, and sometimes, unfortunately, a battle against their fellow man.
[N] One of the most famous of all those battles was fought right here in this place.
This is where Jimboy, Travis, and Davy Crockett stood.
This is the [A] Alamo.
[E] [A] [E]
[A] [E] [A] [E] A hundred and eighty were challenged by Travis to die
[E] [A] [E] By the line that he drew with his sword when the battle [A] was nigh
[E] [A] [B] Any [D] man that would [A] fight to the death cross over, [E] but him that would live better fly
And over the line [A] were a hundred [E] and seventy [A]-nine
[E] [A] [B]
[D] Hey, [A] Santa Ana, we're killing your soldiers [E] below
[A] That men, wherever they go, will remember the Alamo
[E] [A]
[E] [A] [E] [A] Oh, he lay dying, but his powder [E] was ready and [A] dry
[E] [A] [E] [A] Light on [E] his back, boy, [A] killed [E] him a few in [A] reply
[E] [A] [B] [A] And young Davy Crockett was singing and laughing [E] with gallantry fierce in [A] his [E] eye
For God and for freedom, a man more than willing to die
[A] [E] [A]
[D] Hey, Santa [A] Ana, we're killing your soldiers [E] below
That [D] men, [A] wherever they go, will [E] remember [A] the [E] Alamo
[A] [E]
[A] [E] [A] [E] Then they sent a young scout from [A] the battlements, [E] bloody and [A] loud
[E] With [A] [E]
words of farewell from a garrison, valiant [A] and proud
[E] [A] [B]
[D] Grieve not, little [A] darling, my dying, if [E] Texas is sovereign [A] and free
[E] We'll [A] never [E] surrender, [A] and ever with [E] liberty [A] be
[B]
[D] Hey, Santa [A] Ana, [D] we're killing your soldiers [E] below
That men, [A] wherever they go, [E] will remember the Alamo
[A]
[E] [A]
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In this country, people recognize that whatever they have just about has come from a battle.
A battle against time, maybe, [Em] or a battle against the elements, and sometimes, unfortunately, a battle against their fellow man.
[N] One of the most famous of all those battles was fought right here in this place.
This is where Jimboy, Travis, and Davy Crockett stood.
_ This is the [A] Alamo. _
_ _ [E] _ _ [A] _ _ [E] _ _
[A] _ _ [E] _ _ [A] _ _ [E] A hundred and eighty were challenged by Travis to die
[E] _ _ [A] _ _ [E] By the line that he drew with his sword when the battle [A] was nigh
[E] _ _ [A] _ _ [B] Any [D] man that would [A] fight to the death cross over, [E] but him that would live better fly _
And over the line [A] were a hundred [E] and seventy [A]-nine
[E] _ _ [A] _ _ [B] _
[D] Hey, [A] Santa Ana, we're killing your soldiers [E] below
_ [A] That men, wherever they go, will remember the Alamo
_ _ _ [E] _ _ [A] _ _
[E] _ _ [A] _ _ [E] _ _ [A] Oh, he lay dying, but his powder [E] was ready and [A] dry
[E] _ _ [A] _ _ [E] _ _ [A] Light on [E] his back, boy, [A] killed [E] him a few in [A] reply
[E] _ _ [A] _ _ [B] _ [A] And young Davy Crockett was singing and laughing [E] with gallantry fierce in [A] his [E] eye
For God and for freedom, a man more than willing to die
_ [A] _ _ [E] _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ [D] Hey, Santa [A] Ana, we're killing your soldiers [E] below
That [D] men, [A] wherever they go, will [E] remember [A] the [E] Alamo
_ [A] _ _ [E] _ _
[A] _ _ [E] _ _ [A] _ _ [E] Then they sent a young scout from [A] the battlements, [E] bloody and [A] loud
_ [E] With [A] _ _ [E] _
words of farewell from a garrison, valiant [A] and proud
[E] _ _ [A] _ _ [B] _
[D] Grieve not, little [A] darling, my dying, if [E] Texas is sovereign [A] and free
_ [E] We'll [A] never [E] surrender, [A] and ever with [E] liberty [A] _ be
_ _ _ [B] _
[D] Hey, Santa [A] Ana, [D] we're killing your soldiers [E] below
That men, [A] wherever they go, [E] will remember the Alamo
_ _ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
[E] _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _
A battle against time, maybe, [Em] or a battle against the elements, and sometimes, unfortunately, a battle against their fellow man.
[N] One of the most famous of all those battles was fought right here in this place.
This is where Jimboy, Travis, and Davy Crockett stood.
_ This is the [A] Alamo. _
_ _ [E] _ _ [A] _ _ [E] _ _
[A] _ _ [E] _ _ [A] _ _ [E] A hundred and eighty were challenged by Travis to die
[E] _ _ [A] _ _ [E] By the line that he drew with his sword when the battle [A] was nigh
[E] _ _ [A] _ _ [B] Any [D] man that would [A] fight to the death cross over, [E] but him that would live better fly _
And over the line [A] were a hundred [E] and seventy [A]-nine
[E] _ _ [A] _ _ [B] _
[D] Hey, [A] Santa Ana, we're killing your soldiers [E] below
_ [A] That men, wherever they go, will remember the Alamo
_ _ _ [E] _ _ [A] _ _
[E] _ _ [A] _ _ [E] _ _ [A] Oh, he lay dying, but his powder [E] was ready and [A] dry
[E] _ _ [A] _ _ [E] _ _ [A] Light on [E] his back, boy, [A] killed [E] him a few in [A] reply
[E] _ _ [A] _ _ [B] _ [A] And young Davy Crockett was singing and laughing [E] with gallantry fierce in [A] his [E] eye
For God and for freedom, a man more than willing to die
_ [A] _ _ [E] _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ [D] Hey, Santa [A] Ana, we're killing your soldiers [E] below
That [D] men, [A] wherever they go, will [E] remember [A] the [E] Alamo
_ [A] _ _ [E] _ _
[A] _ _ [E] _ _ [A] _ _ [E] Then they sent a young scout from [A] the battlements, [E] bloody and [A] loud
_ [E] With [A] _ _ [E] _
words of farewell from a garrison, valiant [A] and proud
[E] _ _ [A] _ _ [B] _
[D] Grieve not, little [A] darling, my dying, if [E] Texas is sovereign [A] and free
_ [E] We'll [A] never [E] surrender, [A] and ever with [E] liberty [A] _ be
_ _ _ [B] _
[D] Hey, Santa [A] Ana, [D] we're killing your soldiers [E] below
That men, [A] wherever they go, [E] will remember the Alamo
_ _ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
[E] _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _