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Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":2468098,"song":"Ballad Of The Alamo","artist":"Marty Robbins","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/2468098-ballad-of-the-alamo-chords-by-marty-robbins/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2468098?type=chord","rating":4.69775,"votes":65,"content":"[Intro]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nIn the southern part of Texas[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nIn the town of San Antone[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]Dm[/ch]                           [ch]A[/ch]                [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nThere's a fortress all in ruins that the weeds have overgrown[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Dm[/ch]                                   [ch]C[/ch]\r\nYou may look in vain for crosses and you'll never see a-one[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Dm[/ch]                                [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]F[/ch]\r\nBut sometimes between the setting and the rising of the sun[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Bridge]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]F[/ch]\r\nYou can hear a ghostly bugle[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAs the men go marching by[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nYou can hear them as they answer[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Dm[/ch]                [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nTo that roll call in the sky[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A7[/ch]               [ch]Dm[/ch]            [ch]Gm[/ch]             [ch]A7[/ch]\r\nColonel Travis, Davy Crockett, and a hundred eighty more[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E7[/ch]                 [ch]A[/ch]\r\nCaptain Dickenson, Jim Bowie[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E7[/ch]          [ch]A7[/ch]\r\nPresent and accounted for[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]                            [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nBack in 1836, Houston said to Travis[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]F[/ch]\r\n“Get some volunteers and go[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nFortify the Alamo”[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nWell the men came from Texas[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]F[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd from old Tennessee[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Dm[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd they joined up with Travis[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Dm[/ch]             [ch]Gm[/ch]           [ch]A7[/ch]\r\nJust to fight for the right to be free.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nIndian scouts with squirrel guns[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]               [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nMen with muzzle-loaders[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]F[/ch]\r\nStood together, heel and toe[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nTo defend the Alamo.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]         [ch]F[/ch]              [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\n“You may ne'er see your loved ones,”[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]F[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]\r\nTravis told them that day[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]Dm[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]\r\n“Those who want to can leave now[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]Dm[/ch]            [ch]Gm[/ch]            [ch]A7[/ch]\r\nThose who fight to the death let 'em stay.”[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nIn the sand he drew a line[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nWith his army sabre[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]                 [ch]F[/ch]\r\nOut of a hundred eighty five[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nNot a soldier crossed the line[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]         [ch]F[/ch]         [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nWith his banners a-dancin'[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]F[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]\r\nIn the dawns' golden light[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Dm[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nSanta Anna came prancing[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Dm[/ch]              [ch]Gm[/ch]           [ch]A7[/ch]\r\nOn a horse that was black as the night.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nSent an officer to tell[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nTravis to surrender[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]               [ch]F[/ch]\r\nTravis answered with a shell[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nAnd a rousing rebel yell[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]      [ch]F[/ch]           [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nSanta Anna turned scarlet[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]F[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]\r\n“Play Duguello!” he roared[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Dm[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]\r\n“I will show them no quarter[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Dm[/ch]          [ch]Gm[/ch]          [ch]A7[/ch]\r\nEvery one will be put to the sword!”[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nOne hundred and eighty five[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nHolding back five thousand[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]                     [ch]F[/ch]\r\nFive days, six days, eight days, ten[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nTravis held and held again[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]        [ch]F[/ch]          [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nThen he sent for replacements[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]F[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]\r\nFor his wounded and lame[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Dm[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]\r\nBut the troops that were coming[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Dm[/ch]           [ch]Gm[/ch]          [ch]A7[/ch]\r\nNever came, never came, never came...[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nTwice he charged and blew recall[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nOn the fatal third time[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]          [ch]F[/ch]\r\nSanta Anna breached the wall[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nAnd he killed them, one and all[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]        [ch]F[/ch]           [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nNow the bugles are silent[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]F[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd there's rust on each sword[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Dm[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd the small band of soldiers...[/tab]\r\nN.C. \r\nLie asleep in the arms of the Lord...\r\n\r\n\r\n[Outro]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nIn the southern part of Texas[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nNear the town of San Antone[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Dm[/ch]                        [ch]A[/ch]            [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nLike a statue on his pinto rides a cowboy all alone[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]                                      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd he sees the cattle grazing where a century before[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Dm[/ch]               [ch]F[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]F[/ch]\r\nSanta Anna's guns were blazing and the cannons used to roar[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nAnd his eyes turn sorta misty[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nAnd his heart begins to glow[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nAnd he takes his hat off slowly...[/tab]\r\nN.C.\r\nTo the men of the Alamo\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nTo the thirteen days of glory[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Dm[/ch]                [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nAt the siege of Alamo...[/tab]","plain_text":"[Intro]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Bridge]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nN.C. \nLie asleep in the arms of the Lord...\n\n\n[Outro]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nN.C.\nTo the men of the Alamo","chords":["Dm","C","A","F","A7","Gm","E7"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"A7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,0,2,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,0,2,0]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"Dm":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,2,3,1],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,1]},"E7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,0,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,0,1,0,0]},"F":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,2,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,2,1,1]},"Gm":{"barres":[3],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,1,1,1],"frets":[3,5,5,3,3,3]}}}