The Ballad Of Davy Crockett chords by Riders In The Sky
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Born on a
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mountaintop in Tennessee,
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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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Killed 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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In 1813 the Greeks uprose,
Adding red skin arrows to
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the country's woes,
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Engine fightin' is somethin' he knows
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So he shoulders his rifle
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and off he goes
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Davy, Davy Crockett,
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the man who don't know fear
Off through the woods
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he's marchin' along
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Makin' up yarns and a
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-singin' a song
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Itchin' for a -fightin' and
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a -writin' a rong
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He's ringy as a bar and
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twice as strong
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Davy, Davy Crockett,
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the buckskin buccaneer
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Andy Jackson is our general's name
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His regular soldiers will put to shame
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Them red -skinned varmints
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us volunteers will tame
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Cause we got the guns
with the sure -fire reign
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Davy, Davy Crockett,
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the champion of us all
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Headed back to war
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from the old home place
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But Redstick was leading a merry chase
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Fighting at a burn and at a devil's pace
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South through the swamps
on the Florida Trace
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Davy, Davy Crockett,
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cracking the Redskins down
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Fought single -handed
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through the Injun war
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Till the creeks was whipped
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and peace was in store
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And while he was handling his risky chore
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Made himself a legend forevermore
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Davy, Davy Crockett,
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King of the Wild Frontier
He'd give his word and
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he'd give his hand
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That his Injun friends could keep their land
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And the rest of his life he took the stand
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That justice was due every
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red -skinned band
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Davy, Davy Crockett,
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Holdin' his promise dear,
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Home for the winter with his family,
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Happy as squirrels in the old gum tree,
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Bein' the pappy that he wanted to be,
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Close to his boys as the
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pot and the pea,
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Davy, Davy Crockett,
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Holdin' his young uns dear.
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But the ice went out and
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the warm winds came
And the meltin' snow
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showed tracks of game
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And the flowers of spring
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filled the woods with flame
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And all of a sudden life got too tame
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Davy, Davy Crockett,
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headin' on west again
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Off through the woods we're ridin' along
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Makin' up yarns and singin' a song
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He's ringy as a bar and twice as strong
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And knows he's right,
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cause he ain't often wrong
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Davy, Davy Crockett
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The man who don't know fear
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Looking for a place where
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the air smells clean
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Where the trees is tall
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and the grass is green
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Where the fish is fat in an untouched stream
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And the demon woods is
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a hunter's dream
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Davy, Davy Crockett
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Looking for paradise
Now he'd lost his love
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and his grief was gone
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In his heart he wanted to leave it all
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And lose himself in the forest tall
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But he answered instead to
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his country's call
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Davy, Davy Crockett,
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beginning his campaign
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Needin' his help, they didn't vote blind
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They put in Davy,
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cause he was their kind
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Sent up to Nashville
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the best they could find
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A fightin' spirit and a thinkin' mind
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Davy, Davy Crockett,
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choice of the whole frontier
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The votes were counted
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and he won hands down
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So they sent him off to
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Washington town
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With his best -dressed suit,
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still his buckskin wrap
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A livin' legend of growin' renown
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Davy, Davy Crockett,
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the Cane Creek Congressman
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He went out to Congress
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and served a spell
Fixin' up the government
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and laws as well
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Took over Washington, so we here tell
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And patched up the crack
in the Liberty Bell
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Davy, Davy Crockett,
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seein' his duty clear
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Him and his jokes
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traveled all through the land
And his speeches made him friends
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to beat the band
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His politicking was their favorite brand
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And everyone wanted
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to shake his hand
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Davy, Davy Crockett,
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helping his legend grow
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He knew when he spoke,
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he sounded the knell
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Of his hopes for the White House
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and fame as well
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When he spoke out strong,
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so history books tell
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He patched up the crack in
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the Liberty Bell
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Davy, Davy Crockett,
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seein' his duty clear
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When he come home,
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his politickin' done
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The Western march had just begun
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So he packed his gear
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and his trusty gun
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And lit out a grinnin' to follow the sun
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Davy, Davy Crockett,
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leadin' the Pioneers
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He heard of Houston and Austin and so
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To the Texas plains he just had to go
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Where freedom was fighting another foe
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And they needed him at the Alamo
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Davy, Davy Crockett,
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the man who don't know fear
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His land is biggest and
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his land is best
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From grassy plains to the
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mountain crest
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He's ahead of us all,
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meetin' the test
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Followin' his legend into the West
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Davy, Davy Crockett,
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King of the Wild Frontier
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Davy, Davy Crockett,
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King of the Wild Frontier!
The Ballad Of Davy Crockett
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