Johnny Horton – The Battle Of New Orleans chords

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The Battle Of New Orleans chords
Johnny Horton (Jimmy Driftwood)

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   G       CIn 1814 we took a little trip
 D7                              GAlong with Col. Jackson down the mighty mississip'd
                              CWe took a little bacon and we took a little beans
       D7                             GAnd we caught the bloody British in a town in New Orleans.

   GWe fired our guns and the British kept a comin'
                              D7           GThere wasn't as many as there was a while ago

We fired once more and they began to runnin'
                               D7          GOn down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico.

   G                            CWe looked down the river and we see'd the British come
          D7                           GAnd there musta been a hund'erd of 'em beatin' on the drum 
                              CThey stepped so high and they made their bugles ring
   D7                                GWe stood beside our cotton bales and didn't say a thing. 

   GWe fired our guns and the British kept a comin'
                              D7           GThere wasn't as many as there was a while ago

We fired once more and they began to runnin'
                               D7          GOn down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico.

    G                     COld Hick'ry said we could take 'em by su'prise 
      D7                             GIf we didn't fire our musket till we looked 'em in the eyes 
                         C              We held our fire till we see'd their faces well 
        D7                               GThen we opened up with squirrel guns and really gave 'em ... Well -

   GWe fired our guns and the British kept a comin'
                              D7           GThere wasn't as many as there was a while ago

We fired once more and they began to runnin'
                               D7          GOn down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico.

           GYeah! they ran through the briars and they ran through the brambles
                                        D7              GAnd they ran through the bushes where a rabbit couldn't go

They ran so fast that the hounds couldn't catch 'em
                               D7          GOn down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico. 

   G                         CWe fired our cannon till the barrel melted down 
      D7                          GSo we grabbed an alligator and we fought another round
                                        CWe filled his head with cannonballs and powdered his behind 
    D7                                  GAnd when we touched the powder off, the 'gator lost his mind. 

   GWe fired our guns and the British kept a comin'
                              D7           GThere wasn't as many as there was a while ago

We fired once more and they began to runnin'
                               D7          GOn down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico.

           GYeah! they ran through the briars and they ran through the brambles
                                        D7              GAnd they ran through the bushes where a rabbit couldn't go

They ran so fast that the hounds couldn't catch 'em
                               D7          GOn down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico. 


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