The Battle Of New Orleans chords by Johnny Horton
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Intro 1
[Banjo]
(A major) (D major) (E major) (A major)
Verse 1
In (A major) 1814 we (D major) took a little trip
A (E major) long with Colonel Jackson
down the (A major) mighty Mississip'
We took a little bacon
and we (D major) took a little beans
And we (E major) caught the bloody British
in the (A major) town of New Orleans
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Chorus 1
We (A major) fired our guns
and the British kept a-comin'
There wasn't as many
as there (E major) was a while a (A major) go
We fired once more and they began to runnin'
On down the Mississippi to the (E major) Gulf of Mexi (A major) co
Verse 2
We (A major) looked down a river
and we (D major) see'd the British come
And there (E major) must have been a hundred
of 'em (A major) beatin' on the drum
They stepped so high
and they (D major) made their bugles ring
We (E major) stood behind our cotton
bales and (A major) didn't say a thing
Chorus 2
We (A major) fired our guns
and the British kept a-comin'
There wasn't as many
as there (E major) was a while a (A major) go
We fired once more and they began to runnin'
On down the Mississippi to the (E major) Gulf of Mexi (A major) co
Verse 3
Old (A major) Hickory said,
"We could (D major) take 'em by surprise
If we (E major) didn't fire our muskets
'til we (A major) looked 'em in the eye"
We held our fire 'til we (D major) seed their faces well
Then we (E major) opened up our squirrel guns
and (A major) really gave 'em
Chorus 3
Well, we (A major) fired our guns
and the British kept a-comin'
There wasn't as many
as there (E major) was a while a (A major) go
We fired once more and they began to runnin'
On down the Mississippi to the (E major) Gulf of Mexi (A major) co
Bridge 1
Yeah, they (A major) ran through the briers
and they ran through the brambles
And they ran through the bushes
where a (E major) rabbit couldn't (A major) go
They ran so fast
that the hounds couldn't catch 'em
On down the Mississippi to the (E major) Gulf of Mexi (A major) co
(A major) (A major)
Verse 4
We (A major) fired our cannon
'til the (D major) barrel melted down
So we (E major) grabbed an alligator
and we fought (A major) another round
We filled his head with cannonballs
'n' (D major) powdered his behind
And (E major) when we touched the powder off,
the (A major) gator lost his mind
Chorus 4
We (A major) fired our guns
and the British kept a-comin'
There wasn't as many
as there (E major) was a while a (A major) go
We fired once more and they began to runnin'
On down the Mississippi to the (E major) Gulf of Mexi (A major) co
Bridge 2
Yeah, they (A major) ran through the briers
and they ran through the brambles
And they ran through the bushes
where a (E major) rabbit couldn't (A major) go
They ran so fast
that the hounds couldn't catch 'em
On down the Mississippi to the (E major) Gulf of Mexi (A major) co
Outro 1
(A major) Hut, two, three, four
Sound off, three, four
(A major) Hut, two, three, four
Sound off, three, four
[Repeat and fade]
The Battle Of New Orleans
Johnny Horton
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