The Battle Of New Orleans Chords by Johnny Horton
Tempo:
87.75 bpm
Chords used:
E
A
D
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Jam Along & Learn...
[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 [E] beans and we caught the bloody [A] British in a town in New Orleans.
many as there was a while ago.
run it on down to Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico.
We looked down a river [D] and we see the British [E] come and there must have been a hundred [A] of them beatin' on the drum.
[D] high and they made their bugles ring.
We fired our guns and the British kept a-comin'.
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 [E] beans and we caught the bloody [A] British in a town in New Orleans.
many as there was a while ago.
run it on down to Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico.
We looked down a river [D] and we see the British [E] come and there must have been a hundred [A] of them beatin' on the drum.
[D] high and they made their bugles ring.
We fired our guns and the British kept a-comin'.
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_ 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 [E] 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 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. _ _
_ We looked down a river [D] and we see the British [E] come and there must have been a hundred [A] of them beatin' on the drum.
They stepped so [D] high and they made their bugles ring.
[E] We stood beside our cotton [A] fields and didn't say a thing.
We fired our guns and the British kept a-comin'.
There wasn't 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. _ _
_ Old Hickory said we [D] could take them by surprise [E] if we didn't fire muskets [A] till we looked them in the eye.
We held our fire [D] till we see their faces well.
[E] 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 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 fires 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 [E] Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico.
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_ We fired our [D] 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 powder [A] off the gator lost his mind.
We fired our guns and the British kept a-comin'.
There wasn't 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 fires 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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_ 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 [E] 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 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. _ _
_ We looked down a river [D] and we see the British [E] come and there must have been a hundred [A] of them beatin' on the drum.
They stepped so [D] high and they made their bugles ring.
[E] We stood beside our cotton [A] fields and didn't say a thing.
We fired our guns and the British kept a-comin'.
There wasn't 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. _ _
_ Old Hickory said we [D] could take them by surprise [E] if we didn't fire muskets [A] till we looked them in the eye.
We held our fire [D] till we see their faces well.
[E] 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 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 fires 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 [E] Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico.
_ [A] _ _ _ _
_ We fired our [D] 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 powder [A] off the gator lost his mind.
We fired our guns and the British kept a-comin'.
There wasn't 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 fires 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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