Travis Letter – Willie Nelson
Nghệ sĩ: Willie Nelson
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Bảng hợp âm và lời bài hát Travis Letter – Willie Nelson
This is most recited and not too many chords, but I tried to place them where I heard
a strum or two.
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Intro
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Commondancy of the Alamo San Antonio, February 24th 1836
Verse 1→ Phiên khúc
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To the people of Texas and all Americans in the world
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Fellow citizens and compatriots
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I am besieged with a thousand or more of the Mexicans under Santa Anna
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And I have sustained a continual bombardment and cannonade for twenty-four hours
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And have not lost a man
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The enemy has demanded a surrender of discretion
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Otherwise the garrison are to be put to the sword if the fort is taken
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I have answered the demand with a cannon shot
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And our flag still waves proudly from the walls
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I shall never surrender or retreat
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Then I call on you in the name of liberty and of patriotism
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And of everything dear to the American character
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To come to our aide with all dispatch
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The enemy is receiving reinforcements daily
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And will no doubt increase to three or four thousand in four or five days
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If this call is neglected I am determined to sustain as long as possible
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And die like a soldier who never forgets what is due his own honor
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And that of his country
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Victory or death!
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William Barrett Travis, Lieutenant Colonel, Commandant
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P.S.
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The Lord is on our side
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When the enemy appeared in sight we had not three bushels of corn
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We have since found in deserted houses eighty or ninety bushels
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And got into the walls twenty or thirty head of bee's Travis