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Ballad Of The Alamo by Marty Robbins - Guitar Chords

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            I was learning to play some of my friends favorite songs, 
so I thought this needed to be on Ultimate Guitar. 
It sounds good with a capo on the third fret.
Tell me if the chords are right, and if it sounds better with 
a different capo placement. (I'm new to figuring out songs)

Intro:

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Am
In the southern part of Texas
G
In the town of San Antone
Am                        Dm             Am                E            Am
There's a fortress all in ruins that the weeds have overgrown
                                                               G
You may look in vain for crosses and you'll never see a-one
Am                         C                 Am                Dm           Am
But sometimes between the setting and the rising of the sun
                 Dm              Am
You can hear a ghostly bugle
                 Dm              Am
As the men go marching by
                 Dm             Am
You can hear them as they answer
           E                 Am
To that roll call in the sky

 Em                     Am                        Dm
Colonel Travis, Davy Crockett, and a hundred eighty more
 G                            C
Captain Dickenson, Jim Bowie
 Em                       Am
Present and accounted for

Am                     G              Am
Back in 1836, Houston said to Travis
                   C              G
“Get some volunteers and go
C    E          Am
Fortify the Alamo”

C                              Am
Well the men came from Texas
C                      Dm
And from old Tennessee 
Am                              Dm
And they joined up with Travis
Am                         Dm           E
Just to fight for the right to be free.

Am
Indian scouts with squirrel guns
G                          Am
Men with muzzle-loaders
       C                          G
Stood together, heel and toe
C      E            Am
To defend the Alamo.

C                                     Am
“You may ne'er see your loved ones,”
C                           Dm
Travis told them that day
Am                                  Dm
“Those who want to can leave now
Am                              Dm            E
Those who fight to the death let 'em stay.”



Am
In the sand he drew a line
G                    Am
With his army sabre
       C                        G
Out of a hundred eighty five
C          E                  Am
Not a soldier crossed the line

C                             Am
With his banners a-dancin'
C                             Dm
In the dawns' golden light
Am                           Dm
Santa Anna came prancing
Am                       Dm                  E
On a horse that was black as the night.

Am 
Sent an officer to tell
G                   Am
Travis to surrender
  C                                G
Travis answered with a shell
C               E              Am
And a rousing rebel yell

C                          Am
Santa Anna turned scarlet
C                          Dm
“Play dugello!” he roared
Am                           Dm
“I will show them no quarter
Am                         Dm            E
Every one will be put to the sword!”

Am
One hundred and eighty five
G                            Am
Holding back five thousand
C                                        G
Five days, six days, eight days, ten
C               E               Am
Travis held and held again

C                              Am
Then he sent for replacements
C                           Dm
For his wounded and lame
Am                               Dm
But the troops that were coming
Am                 Dm                    E
Never came, never came, never came...

Am
Twice he charged and blew recall
G                         Am
On the fatal third time
C                                   G
Santa Anna breached the wall
C                         E                  Am
And he killed 'em all, one and all




C                             Am
Now the bugles are silent
C                                 Dm
And there's rust on each sword
Am                               Dm
And the small band of soldiers...
Am                        Dm             E
Lie asleep in the arms of the Lord...

Am 
In the southern part of Texas
  G 
Near the town of San Antone
Am                        Dm            Am         E         Am
Like a statue on his pinto rides a cowboy all alone
                                                      G
And he sees the cattle grazing where a century before
Am                           C          Am                  Dm          Am
Santa Anna's guns were blazing and the cannons used to roar 
                 Dm              Am
And his eyes turn sorta misty
                 Dm              Am
And his heart begins to glow
                 Dm              Am
And he takes his hat off slowly...
  E                   Am
To the men of the Alamo

                    Dm            Am
To the thirteen days of glory
         E                Am
At the siege of Alamo...
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