The Battle Of New Orleans chords by Buck Owens
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Intro 1
(G major)
Verse 1
(G major) Yeah, they ran through the briers,
and they ran through the brambles
And they ran through the bushes
where a rabbit couldn't go
They ran so fast that the hounds
couldn't catch 'em
Down the Mississippi to
the Gulf of Mexico
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Verse 2
Well, in (G major) 1814, we (C major) took a little trip
(D major) Along with Colonel Jackson
down the (G major) mighty (D major) Mississip'
We (G major) took a little bacon,
and we (C major) took a little beans
And we (D major) caught the bloody British
in the (G major) town of New Orleans
Verse 3
We (G major) fired our guns and the British
kept a- coming
There wasn't as many as
there was a while ago
We fired once more and they
began to running
Down the Mississippi to the Gulf
Interlude 1
of Mexico
(G major) (C major) (G major) (C major) (G major)
(C major) (G major)
Verse 4
Well, we (G major) looked down the river,
and we (C major) seen the British come
And there (D major) must have been a hundred
of 'em (G major) beating on the drums
They stepped so high and they
(C major) made their bugles ring
And we (D major) stood behind our cotton
bales and (G major) didn't say a thing
Verse 5
Fired (G major) our guns and the British
kept a- coming
There wasn't as many as
there was a while ago
We fired once more and they
began to running
Down the Mississippi to the Gulf
Interlude 2
of Mexico
(G major) (C major) (G major)
(C major) (G major)
Verse 6
Well, we (G major) fired our cannon 'til
the (C major) barrel melted down
And we (D major) grabbed an alligator
and we (G major) fought another round
Filled his head with cannonballs
an (C major) d powdered his behind
And (D major) when we set the powder off,
the (G major) 'g ator lost his (D major) mind
Verse 7
(G major) Fired our guns and the British
kept a- coming
There wasn't as many as
there was a while ago
We fired once more and they
began to running
Down the Mississippi to the
Gulf of Mexico
Verse 8
Yeah, they ran through the (G major) briers,
and they ran through the brambles
And they ran through the bushes
where a rabbit couldn't go
They ran so fast that the hounds
couldn't catch 'em
Down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico
The Battle Of New Orleans
Buck Owens
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