Chords for Johnny Horton - The Battle of New Orleans
Tempo:
88.3 bpm
Chords used:
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E
D
Eb
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[D] [E] [A]
In [D] 1814 we took a little trip [E] along with Colonel Jackson [A] down to mighty Mississippi.
We took a little bacon [D] and we took a little beans [E] and we caught the bloody British [A] 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 runnin' on down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico.
We looked down a river [D] and we see the British come [E] and there must have been a hundred of them beatin' [A] on the drum.
They stepped so high [D] and they made their bugles ring.
[E] We stood beside our cotton [A] bales 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 runnin' on down the 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 [A] guns 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 runnin' on down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico.
Yeah, they ran through the briars 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 the [E] Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico.
[A]
We fired our [D] cannon till the barrel [E] melted down.
So we grabbed an alligator and [A] we fought another round.
We filled his head [D] with cannonballs and powdered his [E] behind.
And when we touched [A] the powder 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 runnin' on down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico.
Yeah, they ran through the briars 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 the [Eb] Mississippi to the Gulf of [A] Mexico.
[N]
In [D] 1814 we took a little trip [E] along with Colonel Jackson [A] down to mighty Mississippi.
We took a little bacon [D] and we took a little beans [E] and we caught the bloody British [A] 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 runnin' on down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico.
We looked down a river [D] and we see the British come [E] and there must have been a hundred of them beatin' [A] on the drum.
They stepped so high [D] and they made their bugles ring.
[E] We stood beside our cotton [A] bales 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 runnin' on down the 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 [A] guns 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 runnin' on down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico.
Yeah, they ran through the briars 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 the [E] Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico.
[A]
We fired our [D] cannon till the barrel [E] melted down.
So we grabbed an alligator and [A] we fought another round.
We filled his head [D] with cannonballs and powdered his [E] behind.
And when we touched [A] the powder 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 runnin' on down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico.
Yeah, they ran through the briars 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 the [Eb] Mississippi to the Gulf of [A] Mexico.
[N]
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_ [D] _ _ [E] _ _ [A] _
_ _ In [D] 1814 we took a little trip [E] along with Colonel Jackson [A] down to mighty Mississippi.
We took a little bacon [D] and we took a little beans [E] and we caught the bloody British [A] 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 runnin' on down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico. _
_ _ We looked down a river [D] and we see the British come [E] and there must have been a hundred of them beatin' [A] on the drum.
They stepped so high [D] and they made their bugles ring.
[E] We stood beside our cotton [A] bales 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 runnin' on down the 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 [A] guns 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 runnin' on down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico.
_ _ _ Yeah, they ran through the briars 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 the [E] Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico.
[A] _ _ _ _
_ _ We fired our [D] cannon till the barrel [E] melted down.
So we grabbed an alligator and [A] we fought another round.
We filled his head [D] with cannonballs and powdered his [E] behind.
And when we touched [A] the powder 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 runnin' on down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico.
_ _ Yeah, they ran through the briars 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 the [Eb] Mississippi to the Gulf of [A] Mexico. _ _ _ _
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_ [D] _ _ [E] _ _ [A] _
_ _ In [D] 1814 we took a little trip [E] along with Colonel Jackson [A] down to mighty Mississippi.
We took a little bacon [D] and we took a little beans [E] and we caught the bloody British [A] 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 runnin' on down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico. _
_ _ We looked down a river [D] and we see the British come [E] and there must have been a hundred of them beatin' [A] on the drum.
They stepped so high [D] and they made their bugles ring.
[E] We stood beside our cotton [A] bales 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 runnin' on down the 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 [A] guns 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 runnin' on down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico.
_ _ _ Yeah, they ran through the briars 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 the [E] Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico.
[A] _ _ _ _
_ _ We fired our [D] cannon till the barrel [E] melted down.
So we grabbed an alligator and [A] we fought another round.
We filled his head [D] with cannonballs and powdered his [E] behind.
And when we touched [A] the powder 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 runnin' on down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico.
_ _ Yeah, they ran through the briars 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 the [Eb] Mississippi to the Gulf of [A] Mexico. _ _ _ _
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