The Battle Of New Orleans chords by 
Buck Owens 
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Key: A major•
Intro 1
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Verse 1
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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
Verse 2
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Well, in 1814, we took a little trip
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Along with Colonel Jackson
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down the mighty Mississip'
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We took a little bacon,
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and we took a little beans
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And we caught the bloody British
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in the town of New Orleans
Verse 3
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We 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
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D
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D
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D
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Verse 4
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Well, we looked down the river,
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and we seen the British come
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And there must have been a hundred
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of 'em beating on the drums
They stepped so high and they
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made their bugles ring
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And we stood behind our cotton
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bales and didn't say a thing
Verse 5
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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 2
of Mexico
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D
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D
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Verse 6
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Well, we fired our cannon 'til
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the barrel melted down
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And we grabbed an alligator
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and we fought another round
Filled his head with cannonballs
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an d powdered his behind
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And when we set the powder off,
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the 'g ator lost his mind
Verse 7
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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
A
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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