Chords with lyrics
Intro: A E A D E A e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------| b|--5-------------------5-5--5--------5-------------------------------------------| g|----6---------4--6--7--------6--4/6---6--4--------2-----------------------------| d|------7--7--7------------------------------7--2/4---4--2--------2---------------| a|---------------------------------------------------------5--2/4---4--2--0--2--0-| e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------| Verse 1: A D In 1814 we took a little trip E7 A Along with Colonel Jackson down the mighty Mississip' D We took a little bacon and we took a little beans E7 A And we caught the bloody British in a town in New Orleans Chorus: A We fired our guns and the British kept a-comin' E7 A There wasn't nigh as many as there was a while ago A We fired once more and they begin to Runnin E7 A On down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico Verse 2: A We looked down the river. D And we see'd the British come, E7 And there must have been a hundred of 'em. A Beatin' on the drums. A They stepped so high. D And they made their bugles ring. E7 We stood beside our cotton bales. A And didn't say a thing. Chorus: A We fired our guns and the British kept a-comin' E7 A There wasn't nigh as many as there was a while ago A We fired once more and they begin to runnin' E7 A On down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico Verse 3: A D Old Hickory said we could take 'em by surprise. E7 If we didn't fire our muskets. A 'Till we looked 'em in the eye. A We held our fire. D 'Till we see'd their faces well E7 Then we opened up our squirrel guns A And really gave 'em - well we Chorus: A Fired our guns and the British kept a-comin' E7 A There wasn't nigh as many as there was a while ago A We fired once more and they begin to runnin' E7 A On down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico A Yeah, they ran through the briars. And they ran through the brambles. And they ran through the bushes. E7 A Where a rabbit couldn't go. A They ran so fast. That the hounds couldn't catch 'em. E7 On down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico. Verse 4: A D We fired our cannon 'til the barrel melted down E7 A So we grabbed an alligator and we fought another round A D We filled his head with cannon balls, and powdered his behind E7 A And when we touched the powder off the gator lost his mind Chorus: A We fired our guns and the British kept a-comin' E7 A There wasn't nigh as many as there was a while ago A We fired once more and they begin to runnin' E7 A On down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico Outro: A Yeah, they ran through the briars. And they ran through the brambles. And they ran through the bushes. E7 A Where a rabbit couldn't go. A They ran so fast. That the hounds couldn't catch 'em. E7 A On down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico.
