Come and Take It

Author: Steve Vaus
Artist: Steve Vaus
Album:  Come and Take it
YouTube Link:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hl0ZpHvZGjw\

[Capo 2]

{Verse 1]

            
deep in the he

              
art of texas, 


back in 1835
            
the folks of g

            
onzales had fr

eedom on their

 mind

it was all bec

ause of a cann

on

that had kept 

their colony s

afe

but then gener

al santa anna 

sent some mexi

can troops

to take the bi

g gun away

you know what 

those colonist

s said?

[Chorus]


come and take 

it if you want

 it!
            
come and take 

              
it if you thin

      
k you can!
            
come and take 

             
it but we'll w


arn you
            
you'll have to

              
 pry it from o

           
ur cold dead h


ands
            
we want the fr

              
eedom that God

 
 gave us
            
so you best no

             
t cross that l


ine
            
if you want th

              
is gun, you go

    
tta come throu

gh us
          
and take it on

            
e shot at a ti

me

[Verse 2]


well that star

ted a revoluti

on

that no one co

uld put down

like a wildfir

e for freedom
          
that burns eve

  
n now

[Verse 3]

            
you see, even 

              
if you got an 


army
            
when all is sa

       
id and done
            
you just dont 

          
mess with texa

s
            
especially whe

              
n it comes to 


guns


the mexicans went home without that cannon

[Chorus]


come and take 

it if you want

 it!
            
come and take 

              
it if you thin

      
k you can!
            
come and take 

             
it but we'll w


arn you
            
you'll have to

            
 pry it from o

           
ur cold dead h


ands
            
we want the fr

              
eedom that god

 
 gave us
          
so you best no

             
t cross that l


ine
          
if you want th

              
is gun you got

            
ta come throug

         
h us and take 

it
            
one shot at a 


time

[Verse 3]

            
now i know the

      
 constitution
          
and it gives m

          
e certain righ

ts

but i will nev

er ever give u

p

at least not w

ithout a fight
            
so if anyones 

     
even thinkin'
            
they're gonna 

             
take my guns a


way
            
like the good 

         
ol' boys down 

in Gonzales

i got one thin

g to say


comon make my day!

[Chorus]


come and take 

it if you want

 it!
            
come and take 

              
it if you thin

      
k you can!
            
come and take 

            
it but I'll wa

rn you
            
you'll have to

              
 pry it from o

   
ur cold dead h

ands
          
we want the fr

              
eedom that god

 
 gave us
          
so you best no

             
t cross that l


ine
          
if you want th

              
is gun you got

            
ta come throug

         
h us and take 

it
            
one shot at a 


time