Ballad Of Davy Crockett chords by Eddy Arnold

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Verse 1

(Tom Blackburn - George

Burns)

Verse 2
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Born on a mountain top in
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Tennessee
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A 
Greenest state in the land of the Free
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Raised in the woods so's
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he knew every tree
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D 
Lilt him a bar when he was only three.
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Davy, Davy Crockett,
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king of the wild frontier.

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Verse 3

In eighteen thirteen the

Creeks uprose

Addin' redskin arrows to

the country's woes

Now Injun fightin' is somethin' he knows

So he shoulders his rifle and off he goes.

Davy, Davy Crockett,

the man who don't know fear.

Verse 4
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Off through the woods he's
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D 
a marchin' along
Makin' up yarns and
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a singin' a song
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Itchin' for fightin' and rightin' a wrong
Em 
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He's crazy as a bar and
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twice as strong.
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Davy, Davy Crockett,
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D 
the buckskin buccaneer.

Verse 5
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Fought single- handed
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through the Injun War
Till the Creeks was whipped
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an' peace was in store
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An' while he was handlin'
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Em 
this risky chore
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Made hisself a legend for evermore.
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Davy, Davy Crockett,
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king of the wild frontier.
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Verse 6

- - - Instrumental - - -

Verse 7
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When he come home his
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politickin' done
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The western march had just begun
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So he packed his gear and his trusty gun
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And lit out grinnin' to follow the sun.
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Davy, Davy Crockett, leading the pioneer.

Verse 8
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He heard of Houston and Austin
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So to the Texas plains he just had to go
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Where freedom was fightin'
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another foe
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D 
And they needed him at the Alamo.
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D 
Davy, Davy Crockett,
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D 
the man who don't know fear.

Verse 9
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His land is the biggest
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and his land is be st
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From grassy plains to the mountain crest
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He's ahead of us all meetin' the test
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D 
Following his legend in to the West
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Davy, Davy Crockett,
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D 
king of the wild frontier...