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Version 1
{Intro}
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{Verse 1}
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A hundred and eighty are challenged by Travis to die
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By the line that he drew with his sword when the battle drew nigh
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The man who would fight to the death cross over
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But them that was left better fly
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And over the line crossed a hundred and seventy nine
{Chorus}
F Em
High up Santa Anna - they're killing your soldiers below
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So the rest of Texas will know and remember The Alamo
{Verse 2}
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Though Bowie lay dying his his powder was ready and dry
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From flat on his back, Bowie killed him a few in reply,
F Em
And Young Davy Crockett was smiling and laughing
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The challenge was fierce in his eyes
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For Texas and freedom a man more than willing to die
{Chorus}
F Em
High up Santa Anna - they're killing your soldiers below
Dm C Dm G7 C Dm Em Dm C
So the rest of Texas will know and remember The Alamo
{Verse 3}
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A courier sent to the battlements, bloody and loud,
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With words of farewell in the letters he carried were proud:
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"Grieve not, little darlin', my dyin'
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if Texas is sovereign and free,
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We'll never surrender and ever will liberty be!"
{Chorus}
F Em
High up Santa Anna - they're killing your soldiers below
Dm C Dm G7 C Dm Em Dm C
So the rest of Texas will know ...... and remember The Alamo
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And remember The Alamo