Chords for Johnny Horton- 1814 Battle of New Orleans
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Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[E] [A] In [D] 1814 we took a little [E] trip along with Colonel [A] Jackson down to mighty Mississippi.
We took a little [D] bacon and we took a little beans and we caught the bloody [A] British in a town in New Orleans.
We fired our guns and the British kept a-comin'.
There wasn't nigh [E] as many as [A] there was a while ago.
We fired once more and they began to run it on down to [E] Mississippi to the [A] Gulf of Mexico.
[Am] We looked down [D] a river and we see the British [E] come and there must have been [A] a hundred of them beatin' on the drum.
They step so [D] high and they made their [E] bugles ring.
We stood beside [A] our cotton bales and didn't say a thing.
We fired our guns and the British kept a-comin'.
There wasn't nigh as many as [E] there was a while [A] ago.
We fired once more and they began to run it on down to Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico.
Old Hickory [D] said we could take them by [E] surprise if we didn't fire [A] muskets till we looked them in the eye.
We held our [D] fire till we see their faces [E] well.
Then we opened up our squirrel guns [A] and really gave them well.
We fired our guns and the British kept a-comin'.
There wasn't [E] nigh as many as there was a [A] while ago.
We fired once more and they began to run it on down to Mississippi to [E] the Gulf of [A] Mexico.
Yeah, they ran through the friars and they ran through the brambles and they ran through the bushes where [E] a rabbit [A] couldn't go.
They ran so fast that the hounds couldn't catch them on down to Mississippi to [E] the Gulf of [A] Mexico.
We fired our cannon till the barrel melted [E] down.
So we grabbed an [A] alligator and we fought another round.
We filled his head with [D] cannonballs and powdered his [E] behind.
And when we touched the [A] powder off the gator lost his mind.
We fired our guns and the British kept a-comin'.
There wasn't nigh [E] as many as there was a while ago.
We fired once more and they began to run it on down to Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico.
Yeah, they ran through the friars 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 them on down to Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico.
[E] [A] In [D] 1814 we took a little [E] trip along with Colonel [A] Jackson down to mighty Mississippi.
We took a little [D] bacon and we took a little beans and we caught the bloody [A] British in a town in New Orleans.
We fired our guns and the British kept a-comin'.
There wasn't nigh [E] as many as [A] there was a while ago.
We fired once more and they began to run it on down to [E] Mississippi to the [A] Gulf of Mexico.
[Am] We looked down [D] a river and we see the British [E] come and there must have been [A] a hundred of them beatin' on the drum.
They step so [D] high and they made their [E] bugles ring.
We stood beside [A] our cotton bales and didn't say a thing.
We fired our guns and the British kept a-comin'.
There wasn't nigh as many as [E] there was a while [A] ago.
We fired once more and they began to run it on down to Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico.
Old Hickory [D] said we could take them by [E] surprise if we didn't fire [A] muskets till we looked them in the eye.
We held our [D] fire till we see their faces [E] well.
Then we opened up our squirrel guns [A] and really gave them well.
We fired our guns and the British kept a-comin'.
There wasn't [E] nigh as many as there was a [A] while ago.
We fired once more and they began to run it on down to Mississippi to [E] the Gulf of [A] Mexico.
Yeah, they ran through the friars and they ran through the brambles and they ran through the bushes where [E] a rabbit [A] couldn't go.
They ran so fast that the hounds couldn't catch them on down to Mississippi to [E] the Gulf of [A] Mexico.
We fired our cannon till the barrel melted [E] down.
So we grabbed an [A] alligator and we fought another round.
We filled his head with [D] cannonballs and powdered his [E] behind.
And when we touched the [A] powder off the gator lost his mind.
We fired our guns and the British kept a-comin'.
There wasn't nigh [E] as many as there was a while ago.
We fired once more and they began to run it on down to Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico.
Yeah, they ran through the friars 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 them on down to Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico.
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[E] _ _ [A] _ _ _ In [D] 1814 we took a little [E] trip along with Colonel [A] Jackson down to mighty Mississippi.
We took a little [D] bacon and we took a little beans and we caught the bloody [A] British in a town in New Orleans.
We fired our guns and the British kept a-comin'.
There wasn't nigh [E] as many as [A] there was a while ago.
We fired once more and they began to run it on down to [E] Mississippi to the [A] Gulf of Mexico. _
_ [Am] We looked down [D] a river and we see the British [E] come and there must have been [A] a hundred of them beatin' on the drum.
They step so [D] high and they made their [E] bugles ring.
We stood beside [A] our cotton bales and didn't say a thing.
We fired our guns and the British kept a-comin'.
There wasn't nigh as many as [E] there was a while [A] ago.
We fired once more and they began to run it on down to Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico.
_ _ Old Hickory [D] said we could take them by [E] surprise if we didn't fire [A] muskets till we looked them in the eye.
We held our [D] fire till we see their faces [E] well.
Then we opened up our squirrel guns [A] and really gave them well.
We fired our guns and the British kept a-comin'.
There wasn't [E] nigh as many as there was a [A] while ago.
We fired once more and they began to run it on down to Mississippi to [E] the Gulf of [A] Mexico.
_ _ Yeah, they ran through the friars and they ran through the brambles and they ran through the bushes where [E] a rabbit [A] couldn't go.
They ran so fast that the hounds couldn't catch them on down to Mississippi to [E] the Gulf of [A] Mexico. _ _ _ _
_ _ We fired our cannon till the barrel melted [E] down.
So we grabbed an [A] alligator and we fought another round.
We filled his head with [D] cannonballs and powdered his [E] behind.
And when we touched the [A] powder off the gator lost his mind.
We fired our guns and the British kept a-comin'.
There wasn't nigh [E] as many as there was a while ago.
We fired once more and they began to run it on down to Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico.
_ _ Yeah, they ran through the friars 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 them on down to Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico.
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[E] _ _ [A] _ _ _ In [D] 1814 we took a little [E] trip along with Colonel [A] Jackson down to mighty Mississippi.
We took a little [D] bacon and we took a little beans and we caught the bloody [A] British in a town in New Orleans.
We fired our guns and the British kept a-comin'.
There wasn't nigh [E] as many as [A] there was a while ago.
We fired once more and they began to run it on down to [E] Mississippi to the [A] Gulf of Mexico. _
_ [Am] We looked down [D] a river and we see the British [E] come and there must have been [A] a hundred of them beatin' on the drum.
They step so [D] high and they made their [E] bugles ring.
We stood beside [A] our cotton bales and didn't say a thing.
We fired our guns and the British kept a-comin'.
There wasn't nigh as many as [E] there was a while [A] ago.
We fired once more and they began to run it on down to Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico.
_ _ Old Hickory [D] said we could take them by [E] surprise if we didn't fire [A] muskets till we looked them in the eye.
We held our [D] fire till we see their faces [E] well.
Then we opened up our squirrel guns [A] and really gave them well.
We fired our guns and the British kept a-comin'.
There wasn't [E] nigh as many as there was a [A] while ago.
We fired once more and they began to run it on down to Mississippi to [E] the Gulf of [A] Mexico.
_ _ Yeah, they ran through the friars and they ran through the brambles and they ran through the bushes where [E] a rabbit [A] couldn't go.
They ran so fast that the hounds couldn't catch them on down to Mississippi to [E] the Gulf of [A] Mexico. _ _ _ _
_ _ We fired our cannon till the barrel melted [E] down.
So we grabbed an [A] alligator and we fought another round.
We filled his head with [D] cannonballs and powdered his [E] behind.
And when we touched the [A] powder off the gator lost his mind.
We fired our guns and the British kept a-comin'.
There wasn't nigh [E] as many as there was a while ago.
We fired once more and they began to run it on down to Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico.
_ _ Yeah, they ran through the friars 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 them on down to Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico.
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