Remember The Alamo tab by Donovan

Tabs

Remember the Alamo, (approximatively) as sung by Donovan
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[capo 2] : on my record, he seems to use one. But if you
      want to use an harmonica, you can remove it.

3/4 :   The song is rather fast, and there are three times
      per measure.

I used a transcription that I found on the Internet, which
didn't satisfy me at all (it was made by). I added several
chords and also an introduction, which is very sketchy ...

FF F/E FF : you just have to lift a bit your first finger while
---------  playing a standard FF chord ...

(1)--(1)--(1)
(1)--(1)--(1)
 2----2----2
 3----3----3
 3----3----3
 1----0----1

Riff
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It's almost the same as above, but you have play it very fast,
without loosing the rythm, of course. Listen to the record, and
you'll understand want I mean. If you can't do it, just play
a plain FF chord.

(1 1)--1--1
(1 1)--1--1
 2-2---2--2 And so on ...
 3-3-------
 3-3-------
 0h1-------


Chords
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C: 332010  G: 320033 F: 133211
C7:x32310  G6:320000 Em:022000


The introduction (3/4)
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   C majorC          G+G          C majorC
   ^  ^   ^    ^  ^   ^    ^  ^   ^
E MajorE||-------------------|-------3--3--3--3--|-------0--0--0--0--|
BB||-------1--1--1--1--|-------3--3--3--3--|-------1--1--1--1--|
G+G||-------0--0--0--0--|-------0--0--0--0--|-------0--0--0--0--|
D MajorD||-------2--2--2--2--|--0----------------|--2----------------|
A augmentedA||--3----------------|-------------------|-------------------|
E MajorE||-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|

 FF  F/E  FF    G+G          C majorC
 ^  ^  ^    ^  ^   ^    ^  ^   ^
-----------------|--3----3--3--3--3--|-------0--0-------|
-----------------|--0----0--0--0--0--|-------1--1-------|
--2----2----2----|--0----0--0--0--0--|-------0--0-------|
--3----3----3----|--0----0--0--0--0--|-------------2----|
--3----3----3----|--2----------------|--3---------------|
--1----0----1----|--3----------------|------------------|

 ^  ^  ^    ^  ^   ^
-------0--0-------|-------0--0-------||
-------1--1-------|-------1--1-------||
-------0--0-------|-------0--0-------||
--0---------------|------------------||
-------------2----|--3----------2----||
------------------|------------------||

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Verse 1:

C majorC         G+G      C majorC       FF  F/E  FF C majorC
Eight hundred and eighty were challenged by travellers to die,
C majorC         G+G       C majorC      FF F/E FF  C majorC   C7C7
By a line that he drew with his sword as the battle drew nigh,
  FF             C majorC
Hey man that crossed over the line was for glory
  FF            C majorC
And he that was left better fly,
  C majorC    G+G      C majorC        FF F/E FF C majorC  G+G C majorC C7C7
And over the line crossed one hundred and se-ven-ty nine.


Chorus :

Riff   *     *       *      *     E minorEm
Hey   at Santa  Anna they're killing our soldiers below
FF             C majorC
So the rest of Texas will know,
G+G   G6G6     C majorC   (Play the end of the introduction)
And remember the Alamo.

Verse 2 :

Jim Bowie lay dying, his blood and the sweat in his eyes
But his knife at the ready to take him a few in reply
Young Davy Crockett lay laughing and dying
The blood and the sweat in his eyes
For Texas and for freedom a man was more willing to die.

Verse 3 :

A augmentedA courier came to a battle once bloody and loud
And found only skin and bones where he left a crowd
Fear not little darling of dying
If the world is sovereign and free
For we'll fight to the last for as long as liberty be.

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Transcribed by Pierre Quillery
01/06/2005
Comments, correction : harrold.the.barrel[at]gmail.com