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            C                                           G7        C
And a hundred and eighty were challenged by Travis to die
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By the line that he drew with his sword when the battle was nigh
    F                           C
Any man that would fight to the death cross over 
    G7                         C
But him that would live better fly
                                     G7      C
And over the line went a hundred and seventy-nine
 
F                                          Em
Hey Santa Anna we're killing your soldiers below
     F                 C       G7           C
That men wherever they go will remember the Alamo
                                  G7        C
Oh Bowie lay dying his powder was ready and dry
                                    G7     C
Flat on his back Bowie killed him a few in reply
    F                       C
And young Davy Crockett was singing and laughing
     G7                      C
With gallantry fierce in his eye
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For God and for freedom a man more than willing to die
F                                          Em
Hey Santa Anna we're killing your soldiers below
     F                 C       G7           C
That men wherever they go will remember the Alamo
                                             G7         C
They sent a young scout from the battlements bloody and loud
                                       G7          C
With words of farewell from a garrison valiant and proud
       F                     C
Grieve not little darling my dying
   G7                     C
If Texas is sovereign and free 
                                    G7      C
We'll never surrender and ever with liberty be
F                                          Em
Hey Santa Anna we're killing your soldiers below
     F                 C       G7           C
That men wherever they go will remember the Alamo 
        
                