Chords for Johnny Horton - The Battle of New Orleans
Tempo:
88.3 bpm
Chords used:
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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.
little bacon [D] and we took a little beans [E] and we caught the bloody British [A] in a town in New Orleans.
as many as there was a while ago.
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.
so high [D] and they made their bugles ring.
say a thing.
In [D] 1814 we took a little trip [E] along with Colonel Jackson [A] down to mighty Mississippi.
little bacon [D] and we took a little beans [E] and we caught the bloody British [A] in a town in New Orleans.
as many as there was a while ago.
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.
so high [D] and they made their bugles ring.
say a thing.
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_ _ 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.
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_ _ 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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_ _ 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.
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_ _ 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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