The Battle Of New Orleans chords by Johnny Horto

Chords with lyrics

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

Capo I

G+G D MajorD
G+G C majorC D MajorD G+G

  G+G    C majorC
In 1814 we took a little trip
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Along with Col. Jackson down the mighty mississip'd
               C majorC
We took a little bacon and we took a little beans
    D7D7               G+G
And we caught the bloody British in a town in New Orleans.

  G+G
We fired our guns and the British kept a comin'
               D7D7      G+G
There wasn't as many as there was a while ago

We fired once more and they began to runnin'
                D7D7     G+G
On down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico.

  G+G              C majorC
We looked down the river and we see'd the British come
     D7D7              G+G
And there musta been a hund'erd of 'em beatin' on the drum
               C majorC
They stepped so high and they made their bugles ring
  D7D7                G+G
We stood beside our cotton bales and didn't say a thing.

  G+G
We fired our guns and the British kept a comin'
               D7D7      G+G
There wasn't as many as there was a while ago

We fired once more and they began to runnin'
                D7D7     G+G
On down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico.

  G+G           C majorC
Old Hick'ry said we could take 'em by su'prise
   D7D7               G+G
If we didn't fire our musket till we looked 'em in the eyes
             C majorC
We held our fire till we see'd their faces well
    D7D7                G+G
Then we opened up with squirrel guns and really gave 'em ... Well -

  G+G
We fired our guns and the British kept a comin'

               D7D7      G+G
There wasn't as many as there was a while ago

We fired once more and they began to runnin'
                D7D7     G+G
On down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico.

      G+G
Yeah! they ran through the briars and they ran through the brambles
                    D7D7       G+G
And they ran through the bushes where a rabbit couldn't go

They ran so fast that the hounds couldn't catch 'em
                D7D7     G+G
On down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico.

  G+G             C majorC
We fired our cannon till the barrel melted down
   D7D7             G+G
So we grabbed an alligator and we fought another round
                    C majorC
We filled his head with cannonballs and powdered his behind
  D7D7                 G+G
And when we touched the powder off, the 'gator lost his mind.

  G+G
We fired our guns and the British kept a comin'
               D7D7      G+G
There wasn't as many as there was a while ago

We fired once more and they began to runnin'
                D7D7     G+G
On down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico.

      G+G
Yeah! they ran through the briars and they ran through the brambles
                    D7D7       G+G
And they ran through the bushes where a rabbit couldn't go

They ran so fast that the hounds couldn't catch 'em
                D7D7     G+G
On down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico.


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