The Battle Of New Orleans

The Battle Of New Orleans easy guitar chords by Johnny Horton

1959Country
Guitar
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  • Intro 1
    [Banjo] 


    Verse 1
    In 
    1814 
    we 
    took 
    little 
    trip 

    A
    long 
    with 
    Colonel 
    Jackson 

    down 
    the 
    mighty 
    Mississip' 

    We 
    took 
    little 
    bacon 

    and 
    we 
    took 
    little 
    beans 

    And 
    we 
    caught 
    the 
    bloody 
    British 

    in 
    the 
    town 
    of 
    New 
    Orleans 

    Chorus 1
    We 
    fired 
    our 
    guns 

    and 
    the 
    British 
    kept 
    a-comin' 

    There 
    wasn't 
    as 
    many 

    as 
    there 
    was 
    while 
    a
    go 

    We 
    fired 
    once 
    more 
    and 
    they 
    began 
    to 
    runnin' 

    On 
    down 
    the 
    Mississippi 
    to 
    the 
    Gulf 
    of 
    Mex
    i
    co 

    Verse 2
    We 
    looked 
    down 
    river 

    and 
    we 
    see'd 
    the 
    British 
    come 

    And 
    there 
    must 
    have 
    been 
    hundred 

    of 
    'em 
    beatin' 
    on 
    the 
    drum 

    They 
    stepped 
    so 
    high 

    and 
    they 
    made 
    their 
    bugles 
    ring 

    We 
    stood 
    behind 
    our 
    cotton 

    bales 
    and 
    didn't 
    say 
    thing 

    Chorus 2
    We 
    fired 
    our 
    guns 

    and 
    the 
    British 
    kept 
    a-comin' 

    There 
    wasn't 
    as 
    many 

    as 
    there 
    was 
    while 
    a
    go 

    We 
    fired 
    once 
    more 
    and 
    they 
    began 
    to 
    runnin' 

    On 
    down 
    the 
    Mississippi 
    to 
    the 
    Gulf 
    of 
    Mex
    i
    co 

    Verse 3
    Old 
    Hickory 
    said, 

    "We 
    could 
    take 
    'em 
    by 
    surprise 

    If 
    we 
    didn't 
    fire 
    our 
    muskets 

    'til 
    we 
    looked 
    'em 
    in 
    the 
    eye" 

    We 
    held 
    our 
    fire 
    'til 
    we 
    seed 
    their 
    faces 
    well 

    Then 
    we 
    opened 
    up 
    our 
    squirrel 
    guns 

    and 
    really 
    gave 
    'em 

    Chorus 3
    Well, 
    we 
    fired 
    our 
    guns 

    and 
    the 
    British 
    kept 
    a-comin' 

    There 
    wasn't 
    as 
    many 

    as 
    there 
    was 
    while 
    a
    go 

    We 
    fired 
    once 
    more 
    and 
    they 
    began 
    to 
    runnin' 

    On 
    down 
    the 
    Mississippi 
    to 
    the 
    Gulf 
    of 
    Mex
    i
    co 


    Bridge 1
    Yeah, 
    they 
    ran 
    through 
    the 
    briers 

    and 
    they 
    ran 
    through 
    the 
    brambles 

    And 
    they 
    ran 
    through 
    the 
    bushes 

    where 
    rabbit 
    couldn't 
    go 

    They 
    ran 
    so 
    fast 

    that 
    the 
    hounds 
    couldn't 
    catch 
    'em 

    On 
    down 
    the 
    Mississippi 
    to 
    the 
    Gulf 
    of 
    Mex
    i
    co 


    Verse 4
    We 
    fired 
    our 
    cannon 

    'til 
    the 
    barrel 
    melted 
    down 

    So 
    we 
    grabbed 
    an 
    alligator 

    and 
    we 
    fought 
    another 
    round 

    We 
    filled 
    his 
    head 
    with 
    cannonballs 

    'n' 
    powdered 
    his 
    behind 

    And 
    when 
    we 
    touched 
    the 
    powder 
    off, 

    the 
    gator 
    lost 
    his 
    mind 

    Chorus 4
    We 
    fired 
    our 
    guns 

    and 
    the 
    British 
    kept 
    a-comin' 

    There 
    wasn't 
    as 
    many 

    as 
    there 
    was 
    while 
    a
    go 

    We 
    fired 
    once 
    more 
    and 
    they 
    began 
    to 
    runnin' 

    On 
    down 
    the 
    Mississippi 
    to 
    the 
    Gulf 
    of 
    Mex
    i
    co 

    Bridge 2
    Yeah, 
    they 
    ran 
    through 
    the 
    briers 

    and 
    they 
    ran 
    through 
    the 
    brambles 

    And 
    they 
    ran 
    through 
    the 
    bushes 

    where 
    rabbit 
    couldn't 
    go 

    They 
    ran 
    so 
    fast 

    that 
    the 
    hounds 
    couldn't 
    catch 
    'em 

    On 
    down 
    the 
    Mississippi 
    to 
    the 
    Gulf 
    of 
    Mex
    i
    co 

    Outro 1
    Hut, 
    two, 
    three, 
    four 

    Sound 
    off, 
    three, 
    four 

    Hut, 
    two, 
    three, 
    four 

    Sound 
    off, 
    three, 
    four 

    [Repeat 
    and 
    fade] 
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