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Im not really sure if Donovan wrote this as I have only heard him sing it and I have not seen it on any records.
The words are from memory and the chords are my own interpretation of the song. Hammering on and off strings on the F chord will give the required sound.
Eight hundred and eighty he challenged the travellers to die,
By a line that he drew with his sword as the battle drew nigh,
Ev^Òry man that stepped over the line was for glory
And he that was left better fly,
For over the line stepped one hundred and seventy nine.
Chorus
Hey at Santa Anna they^Òre killing our soldiers below
So the rest of Texas will know,
And remember the Alamo
Jim Bowie lay dying his blood and his powder were dry
But his knife had been willing to take him a few in reply
Young Davey Crockett lay laughin and dyin
The blood and the sweat in his eye
For texas and freedom a man was more willing to die
Chorus
Im not really sure if Donovan wrote this as I have only heard him sing it and I have not seen it on any records.
The words are from memory and the chords are my own interpretation of the song. Hammering on and off strings on the F chord will give the required sound.
Eight hundred and eighty he challenged the travellers to die,
By a line that he drew with his sword as the battle drew nigh,
Ev^Òry man that stepped over the line was for glory
And he that was left better fly,
For over the line stepped one hundred and seventy nine.
Chorus
Hey at Santa Anna they^Òre killing our soldiers below
So the rest of Texas will know,
And remember the Alamo
Jim Bowie lay dying his blood and his powder were dry
But his knife had been willing to take him a few in reply
Young Davey Crockett lay laughin and dyin
The blood and the sweat in his eye
For texas and freedom a man was more willing to die
