Ballad Of Davy Crockett by Burl Ives
Key: GG | Capo: 0fr |  Left-Handed 

    


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Born on a mountain top in Tennessee
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Greenest state in the Land of the Free
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Raised in the woods so he knew every tree
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He killed himself a bear when he was only three
     C    G
Davy Davy Crockett 
D7                   G
King of the wild frontier 
                              C        G
Off through the woods he went marching along
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Making up yarns and a singing a song
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Itching for fighting always righting a wrong
D7                                  G
He was rangy as a bear and twice as strong
     C    G
Davy Davy Crockett 
D7                   G
King of the wild frontier 
                             C          G
Fought single-handed through the Indian War
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Till the tribes went west and peace was in store
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The rest of his life he took the stand
D7                               G
That justice was due the redskin man
     C    G
Davy Davy Crockett
D7                   G
King of the wild frontier
                            C        G
He went off to Congress and served a spell
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Fixing up the government and laws as well
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Took over Washington so we heard tell
D7                                      G
And patched up the crack in the Liberty Bell
     C    G
Davy Davy Crockett
D7                   G
King of the wild frontier
                        C          G
He heard of Houston and Austin and so
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To the Texas plains he just had to go
G                           C
Where the land was free and there was room to grow
D7                               G
And he fought and died at the Alamo
     C    G
Davy Davy Crockett
D7                   G
King of the wild frontier 
                           C              G
Davy's land is the biggest Davy's land is best
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From grassy plains to the mountain crest
G                    C
He's ahead of us all meeting the test
D7                            G
Following his legend into the West
     C    G
Davy Davy Crockett 
D7                   G
King of the wild frontier