Chords for Battle of New Orleans - Johnny Horton
Tempo:
92.675 bpm
Chords used:
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Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[C] [Bb] In [Eb] 1814 we took a little trip [F] along with Colonel Jackson [Bb] down to mighty Mississippi.
[Eb] and we took a little beans [F] and we caught the bloody British [Bb] in a town in New Orleans.
and the British kept a-coming.
and they began to run it, from down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico.
We looked down the river [Eb] and we see the British come [F] and there must have been a hundred [Bb] of them peaking on the drum.
[Bb] fields and didn't say a thing.
many as there was a while ago.
[C] [Bb] In [Eb] 1814 we took a little trip [F] along with Colonel Jackson [Bb] down to mighty Mississippi.
[Eb] and we took a little beans [F] and we caught the bloody British [Bb] in a town in New Orleans.
and the British kept a-coming.
and they began to run it, from down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico.
We looked down the river [Eb] and we see the British come [F] and there must have been a hundred [Bb] of them peaking on the drum.
[Bb] fields and didn't say a thing.
many as there was a while ago.
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[C] _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _ In [Eb] 1814 we took a little trip [F] along with Colonel Jackson [Bb] down to mighty Mississippi.
[Ebm] We took a little bacon [Eb] and we took a little beans [F] and we caught the bloody British [Bb] in a town in New Orleans.
We fired our guns and the British kept a-coming.
[Ebm] There wasn't as many [Bb] as there was a while ago.
We fired once more and they began to run it, from down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico. _ _
_ We looked down the river [Eb] and we see the British come [F] and there must have been a hundred [Bb] of them peaking on the drum.
They stepped so [Eb] high and they made the bugles ring.
We stood beside our cotton [Bb] fields and didn't say a thing.
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 run it, from down the Mississippi [F] to the Gulf of Mexico.
_ _ [Bb] _ Oh, the hippie priest said [Eb] we could take them by [F] surprise if we didn't fire a [Bb] musket till we looked them in the eye.
We held our [Eb] fire till we seen the places [F] swell, then we opened up our squirrel [Bb] guns and really gave them well.
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 run it, from down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico. _
_ _ Then they ran through _ _ the bushes where a rabbit couldn't go.
They ran so fast that the hounds couldn't catch them,
from down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ We fired our cannon till the [Eb] barrel melted down, so we [F] grabbed an alligator and we fought another round.
We filled his head with [Eb] cannonballs and powdered his [F] behind, and when we touched the powder off the [Bb] gator lost his mind.
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 run it, from down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico.
_ _ _ Then they ran through the bushes where a rabbit couldn't go.
They ran so fast that the hounds couldn't catch them,
from down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico. _
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[C] _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _ In [Eb] 1814 we took a little trip [F] along with Colonel Jackson [Bb] down to mighty Mississippi.
[Ebm] We took a little bacon [Eb] and we took a little beans [F] and we caught the bloody British [Bb] in a town in New Orleans.
We fired our guns and the British kept a-coming.
[Ebm] There wasn't as many [Bb] as there was a while ago.
We fired once more and they began to run it, from down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico. _ _
_ We looked down the river [Eb] and we see the British come [F] and there must have been a hundred [Bb] of them peaking on the drum.
They stepped so [Eb] high and they made the bugles ring.
We stood beside our cotton [Bb] fields and didn't say a thing.
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 run it, from down the Mississippi [F] to the Gulf of Mexico.
_ _ [Bb] _ Oh, the hippie priest said [Eb] we could take them by [F] surprise if we didn't fire a [Bb] musket till we looked them in the eye.
We held our [Eb] fire till we seen the places [F] swell, then we opened up our squirrel [Bb] guns and really gave them well.
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 run it, from down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico. _
_ _ Then they ran through _ _ the bushes where a rabbit couldn't go.
They ran so fast that the hounds couldn't catch them,
from down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ We fired our cannon till the [Eb] barrel melted down, so we [F] grabbed an alligator and we fought another round.
We filled his head with [Eb] cannonballs and powdered his [F] behind, and when we touched the powder off the [Bb] gator lost his mind.
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 run it, from down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico.
_ _ _ Then they ran through the bushes where a rabbit couldn't go.
They ran so fast that the hounds couldn't catch them,
from down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico. _
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