Key: A minor•
Verse 1
Am
C
stands a fortress all in ruins
You may look in vain for crosses
Dm
G
C
and the rising of the sun,
G
C
you can hear a ghostly bugle
G
C
as the men go marching by.
G
Am
as they answer to that poll call
In the sky, in the sky
Dm
Am
Colonel Travis, Davy Crockett,
Dm
Am
and the hundred an d eighty -four
B
E
Captain Dickinson, Jim Bowie,
Am
E
President accounted for
Am
F
Am
Back in 1836, Houston said to Travis
E
Am
Get some volunteers
G
F
E
and go fortify the Alamo
Am
C
Am
Well, the men came from Texas,
C
G
from old Tennessee,
Am
G
They joined up with Travis
Am
Dm
E
to fight for the right to be free.
men with puzzle loaders,
E
Am
G
Stood together heel and toe
F
C
E
to defend the Alamo.
Am
C
Am
With banners a -dancin'
C
G
by dawn's golden light,
Am
G
Am
Santa Anna came prancing on a horse
Dm
E
that was black as the night
tell Travis to surrender
E
Am
G
Travis answered with a shell
F
E
Am
an d a rousing rebel yell
C
Am
Santa Anna turned scarlet,
C
G
big whale he roared
Am
G
I'll give them no quarter,
Am
Dm
E
each man will be bowed to the sword
F
C
E
Am
and he killed them one and all.
C
Am
Now the bugles are si lent,
C
G
there's rust on each sword.
Am
G
This small band of soldiers,
C
E
Am
E
I eschew in the arms of the Lord.
Am
F
Am
In the southern part of Texas
Am
C
like a statue on his pinthole
And he sees a cattle grazing
Dm
G
C
and the cannons used to roar.
G
C
Then his eyes turn sort of misty,
Am
G
and he takes his hat off
slowly
Am
E
to the men of Alamo,
Am
Dm
G
Am
to the thirteen days of glory
Dm
Am
F
at the siege of Alamo.
Aaaaaaaah
Am
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