Chords for The Battle of New Orleans
Tempo:
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Chords used:
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Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[C] Well, this year the story about the Battle of New Orleans, [G] which was fit between the
Yankees of course and them there English people, in which the British came off rather [C] ignominiously.
-ah, all right?
1814 we took a little [G] trip along with Colonel Packham down to muddy Mississippi.
[F] and we took a [D] little beans and we fought the blooming British in
kept a-coming.
-running on down [G] Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico.
Well, we looked down the river [F] till we see the British come.
Yankees of course and them there English people, in which the British came off rather [C] ignominiously.
-ah, all right?
1814 we took a little [G] trip along with Colonel Packham down to muddy Mississippi.
[F] and we took a [D] little beans and we fought the blooming British in
kept a-coming.
-running on down [G] Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico.
Well, we looked down the river [F] till we see the British come.
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[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ Well, this year the story about the Battle of New Orleans, [G] _ which was fit between the _
Yankees of course and them there English people, _ in which the British came off rather [C] ignominiously.
Means they never done no good, no-ah, all right?
Shut up.
_ _ _ Well, in 1814 we took a little [G] trip along with Colonel Packham down to muddy Mississippi.
We took a little bacon [F] and we took a [D] little beans and we fought the blooming British in
the town of New [C] Orleans.
Well, we fired our guns and the British kept a-coming.
There wasn't as many as there was a while ago, but we fired once more and they began
a-running on down [G] Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico.
[C] _ _ _ _
Well, we looked down the river [F] till we see the British come.
There must have [C] been a hundred of them beating on the drum.
They stepped so [D] high and they made the bugles ring.
[G] Well, we stood beside a cotton bales and never [C] said a thing.
Well, we fired our guns and the British kept a-coming.
There wasn't as many as there was a while ago, but we fired once more and they began
a-running on down Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico.
_ _ _ _ _ _ Well, Packham said [F] we could take them by surprise [G] if we didn't fire our muskets.
[C] So we looked them in the eye.
_ [G] Well, we stood quiet still [D] till we see their faces.
Well, then we opened up our muskets and we [C] really gave them whirl.
We fired our guns and the British kept a-coming.
There wasn't as many as there was a while ago, but we fired once more and they began
a-running on down Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico.
_ _ _ _ [C] _ _ Well, they ran through the briers and they ran through the brambles and they ran through
the bushes where the rabbits couldn't go.
They ran so fast that the hounds couldn't catch [G] them all down in Mississippi to [C] the
Gulf of Mexico.
Well, we fired our guns and the British kept a-coming.
There [G] wasn't as many as there was a [C] while ago, but we fired once more and they began
a-running on down Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico. _ _ _ _
_ _ Well, we fired our muskets [F] till the barrels mellowed down and we grabbed an [C] alligator
and we fought another round.
_ Well, we stuffed his head with cannonballs and pounded his [D] behind.
Well, when we touched the pounder off the gator [C] lost his mind.
Well, we fired our guns and the British kept a-coming.
There wasn't as many as there was a while ago, but we fired once more and they began
a-running on down Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Yankees of course and them there English people, _ in which the British came off rather [C] ignominiously.
Means they never done no good, no-ah, all right?
Shut up.
_ _ _ Well, in 1814 we took a little [G] trip along with Colonel Packham down to muddy Mississippi.
We took a little bacon [F] and we took a [D] little beans and we fought the blooming British in
the town of New [C] Orleans.
Well, we fired our guns and the British kept a-coming.
There wasn't as many as there was a while ago, but we fired once more and they began
a-running on down [G] Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico.
[C] _ _ _ _
Well, we looked down the river [F] till we see the British come.
There must have [C] been a hundred of them beating on the drum.
They stepped so [D] high and they made the bugles ring.
[G] Well, we stood beside a cotton bales and never [C] said a thing.
Well, we fired our guns and the British kept a-coming.
There wasn't as many as there was a while ago, but we fired once more and they began
a-running on down Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico.
_ _ _ _ _ _ Well, Packham said [F] we could take them by surprise [G] if we didn't fire our muskets.
[C] So we looked them in the eye.
_ [G] Well, we stood quiet still [D] till we see their faces.
Well, then we opened up our muskets and we [C] really gave them whirl.
We fired our guns and the British kept a-coming.
There wasn't as many as there was a while ago, but we fired once more and they began
a-running on down Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico.
_ _ _ _ [C] _ _ Well, they ran through the briers and they ran through the brambles and they ran through
the bushes where the rabbits couldn't go.
They ran so fast that the hounds couldn't catch [G] them all down in Mississippi to [C] the
Gulf of Mexico.
Well, we fired our guns and the British kept a-coming.
There [G] wasn't as many as there was a [C] while ago, but we fired once more and they began
a-running on down Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico. _ _ _ _
_ _ Well, we fired our muskets [F] till the barrels mellowed down and we grabbed an [C] alligator
and we fought another round.
_ Well, we stuffed his head with cannonballs and pounded his [D] behind.
Well, when we touched the pounder off the gator [C] lost his mind.
Well, we fired our guns and the British kept a-coming.
There wasn't as many as there was a while ago, but we fired once more and they began
a-running on down Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico. _ _ _ _ _
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