The Ballad Of Davy Crockett Chords

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[Verse 1]
[D]Born [G]on [D]a[A][D][Bm][A][D]
mountaintop in [G]Ten[D]nessee,
Greenest state in the [A]land [E]of the [A]free,
[D]Raised in the woods so's
he [G]knew every [Em]tree,[E]
[A]Killed him a bar when he was only [D]three,
Davy, [G]Davy [D]Crockett,
King [A]of the Wild Fron[D]tier.[Bm]
[D]In 1813 the [G]Greeks up[D]rose,
Adding red skin arrows to
the [E]country's [A]woes,
En[D]gine fightin' is [G]somethin' he knows
[E]So he shoulders his[A] rifle
and off he [D]goes
Davy, [G]Davy [D]Crockett,
the [A]man who don't know [D]fear
Off through the woods
he's [G]marchin' along
[D]Makin' up yarns and a
[E]-singin' a [A]song
[D]Itchin' for a -fightin' and
[G]a -writin' a rong
[E]He's rin[A]gy as a bar and
twice as [D]strong
Davy, [G]Davy [D]Crockett,
the [A]buckskin buccan[D]eer
[Bm]Andy [D]Jackson is our gen[G]eral's nam[D]e
His regular soldiers will [E]put to shame
[A]Them red[D] -skinned varmints
us vo[G]lunteers will [E]tame
Cause [A]we got the guns
with the sure -fire reign
[D]Davy, Dav[G]y Cro[D]ckett,
the [A]champion of us [D]all
[Bm]Headed [A]bac[D]k to war
from the [G]old home place
[D]But Redstick was leading a mer[E]ry chase
[A]Fighting[D] at a burn and at a dev[G]il's pace
[E]Sou[A]th through the swamps
on the Florida Trace
[D]Davy, Dav[G]y Cro[D]ckett,
[A]cracking the Redskins [D]down
[G][D][A][D]
Fought single -handed
through the [G]Injun war
[D]Till the creeks was whipped
and [E]peace was in [A]store
And [D]while he was handling his [G]risky chore
[E]Mad[A]e himself a legend forevermore
[D]Davy, Dav[G]y Cro[D]ckett,
[A]King of the Wild [D]Frontier
He'd give his word and
he'd [G]give his hand
[D]That his Injun friends could kee[E]p their land
[A]And the res[D]t of his life he too[G]k the stand
[E]That jus[A]tice was due every
red -skinned [D]band
Davy, [G]Davy [D]Crockett,
[A]Holdin' his promise [D]dear,[Bm]
[D]Home for the winter with his [G]family,[D]
Happy as squirrels in the [E]old gum [A]tree,
[D]Bein' the pappy that he [G]wanted to [Em]be,
[E]Clo[A]se to his boys as the
pot and the [D]pea,
Davy, [G]Davy [D]Crockett,
[A]Holdin' his young uns [D]dear.
[A]But the [D]ice went out and
the [G]warm winds [D]came
And the meltin' snow
showed [E]tracks of game
[A]And the flo[D]wers of spring
filled the [G]woods with flame
[E]And all[A] of a sudden life got too tam[D]e
Davy, [G]Davy [D]Crockett,
[A]headin' on west [D]again
Off through the woods we're [G]ridin' along
[D]Makin' up yarns and sin[E]gin' a song
[A]He's rin[D]gy as a bar and twi[G]ce as strong
[E]And kno[A]ws he's right,
cause he ain't often [D]wrong
Davy, [G]Davy [D]Crockett
The [A]man who don't know [D]fear
[G][D][A][D][Bm]
[D]Looking for a place where
the [G]air smells clean
[D]Where the trees is tall
and the [E]grass is green
[A]Where the [D]fish is fat in an [G]untouched stream
[E]And the dem[A]on woods is
a hunter's [D]dream
Davy, [G]Davy [D]Crockett
Look[A]ing for paradis[D]e
Now he'd lost his love
and his [G]grief was [D]gone
In his heart he [Bm]wanted to [E]leave it all
[A]And los[D]e himself in the for[G]est tal[E]l
But he [A]answered instead to
his country's [D]call
Davy, [G]Davy [D]Crockett,
begin[A]ning his cam[D]paign[Bm]
[D]Needin' his help, they [G]didn't vote blind
[D]They put in Davy,
cause [E]he was their [A]kind
[D]Sent up to Nashville
the [G]best they could [E]find
A [A]fightin' spirit and a thinkin' [D]mind
Davy, [G]Davy [D]Crockett,
[A]choice of the whole fronti[D]er
[Bm]The [A]vote[D]s were counted
and he [G]won hands down
[D]So they sent him off to
Washing[E]ton town
[A]With his [D]best -dressed suit,
still his [G]buckskin wrap
[E]A liv[A]in' legend of growin' ren[D]own
Davy, [G]Davy [D]Crockett,
the [A]Cane Creek Congressman
[D]He went out to Congress
and [G]served a [D]spell
Fixin' up the government
and [E]laws as [A]well
[D]Took over Washington, so [G]we here tell
[E]And pat[A]ched up the crack
in the Liberty Bell
[D]Davy, Dav[G]y Cro[D]ckett,
[A]seein' his duty [D]clear[G][D][A][D]
[Bm]Him [A]and [D]his jokes
[A]tra[D]veled all[G] through the lan[D]d
And his speeches made him friends
to [E]beat the band
[A]His[D] politicking was their fav[G]orite brand
[E]And eve[A]ryone wanted
to shake his [D]hand
Davy, [G]Davy [D]Crockett,
[A]helping his legend grow
[D]He knew when he spoke,
he [G]sounded the knell
[D]Of his hopes for the White House
and [E]fame as well
[A]When he spo[D]ke out strong,
so his[G]tory books tell
[E]He pat[A]ched up the crack in
the Liberty [D]Bell
Davy, [G]Davy [D]Crockett,
[A]seein' his duty [D]clear
[Bm]When [A]he [D]come home,
his [G]politickin' [D]done
The Western march had [E]just begun
[A]So he [D]packed his gear
and his [G]trusty [E]gun
And lit [A]out a grinnin' to follow the [D]sun
Davy, [G]Davy [D]Crockett,
[A]leadin' the Pion[D]eers
He heard of Houston and [G]Austin and so
[D]To the Texas plains he jus[E]t had to go[A]
Where [D]freedom was fighting [G]another foe
[Em]And th[E]ey neede[A]d him at the Alamo
[D]Davy, Dav[G]y Cro[D]ckett,
the [A]man who don't know [D]fear
His [A]land [D]is biggest and
his [G]land is be[D]st
From grassy [Bm]plains to [E]the
mountain [A]crest
He's [D]ahead of us all,
[G]meetin' the [E]test
Follow[A]in' his legend into the [D]West
Davy, [G]Davy [D]Crockett,
[A]King of the Wild Fron[D]tier
Davy, [G]Davy [D]Crockett,
[A]King of [A]the Wild Frontier[D]!