Chords for Johnny Horton- 1814 Battle of New Orleans
Tempo:
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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.
[D] bacon and we took a little beans and we caught the bloody [A] British in a town in New Orleans.
guns and the British kept a-comin'.
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.
[A] our cotton bales and didn't say a thing.
as many as [E] there was a while [A] ago.
[E] [A] In [D] 1814 we took a little [E] trip along with Colonel [A] Jackson down to mighty Mississippi.
[D] bacon and we took a little beans and we caught the bloody [A] British in a town in New Orleans.
guns and the British kept a-comin'.
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.
[A] our cotton bales and didn't say a thing.
as many as [E] there was a while [A] ago.
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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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