Key: C minor
Verse 1
Am
G
Am
G
Am
In the
southern part of
San
Antonio,
Am
C
Stands a fortress all in ruins that the
Am
G
Am
weeds have overgrown.
You may look in vain for crosses,
E
G
C
and the rising of the sun,
G
C
You can hear a ghostly bugle
C
G
Am
You can hear them as they answer
to the roll call in the sky
Am
Davy
Dm
Am
Crockett, an d a hundred eighty more
Dickinson,
E
Jim
B
E
Am
Bowie, present and accounted for
G
Am
Back in 1836,
Houston said to
Travis
E
Alamo
Am
C
Well the men came from
Am
C
Texas and from old
Tennessee
G
Am
And with them came young
G
Dm
Am
Dm
E
Smitty just to fight for the right to be free
men with muzzle loaders
E
Alamo
Am
C
Am
You may never see your loved ones,
C
G
Travis told them that day
Am
G
Those who want to can leave now
Dm
Am
Dm
Those who'll fight to the death,
E
Am
let him stay
G
Am
One hundred eighty -five brave men
Holding back five thousand
Am
E
Travis held and held again
Am
C
Am
Then he sent for replacements
C
G
For his wounded and his lame
Am
G
But the troops that were coming
Dm
Am
Dm
E
Never came, never came, never came
on the fatal third time
C
Am
Santana breaks the wall and
E
Am
he killed them one by all
C
Am
Now the bugles are silent and
C
G
the rust on each sword
Am
G
And the small band of soldiers
E
Am
G
Am
Lord
In the southern part of
San
Antone
Am
C
Stands a fortress all in ruins that the
Am
Am
weeds have overgrown
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