The Battle of New Orleans Johnny Horton
The Battle Of New Orleans chords
Johnny Horton (Jimmy Driftwood)
Capo I
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In [G]1814 we [C]took a little trip
A[D7]long with Col. Jackson down the [G]mighty mississip'd
We took a little bacon and we [C]took a little beans
And we [D7]caught the bloody British in a [G]town in New Orleans.
We [G]fired our guns and the British kept a comin'
There wasn't as many as there [D7]was a while a[G]go
We fired once more and they began to runnin'
On down the Mississippi to the [D7]Gulf of Mexi[G]co.
We [G]looked down the river and we [C]see'd the British come
And there [D7]musta been a hund'erd of 'em [G]beatin' on the drum
They stepped so high and they [C]made their bugles ring
We [D7]stood beside our cotton bales and [G]didn't say a thing.
We [G]fired our guns and the British kept a comin'
There wasn't as many as there [D7]was a while a[G]go
We fired once more and they began to runnin'
On down the Mississippi to the [D7]Gulf of Mexi[G]co.
Old [G]Hick'ry said we could [C]take 'em by su'prise
If we [D7]didn't fire our musket till we [G]looked 'em in the eyes
We held our fire till we [C]see'd their faces well
Then we [D7]opened up with squirrel guns and [G]really gave 'em ... Well -
We [G]fired our guns and the British kept a comin'
There wasn't as many as there [D7]was a while a[G]go
We fired once more and they began to runnin'
On down the Mississippi to the [D7]Gulf of Mexi[G]co.
Yeah! they [G]ran through the briars and they ran through the brambles
And they ran through the bushes where a [D7]rabbit couldn't [G]go
They ran so fast that the hounds couldn't catch 'em
On down the Mississippi to the [D7]Gulf of Mexi[G]co.
We [G]fired our cannon till the [C]barrel melted down
So we [D7]grabbed an alligator and we [G]fought another round
We filled his head with cannonballs and [C]powdered his behind
And [D7]when we touched the powder off, the [G]'gator lost his mind.
We [G]fired our guns and the British kept a comin'
There wasn't as many as there [D7]was a while a[G]go
We fired once more and they began to runnin'
On down the Mississippi to the [D7]Gulf of Mexi[G]co.
Yeah! they [G]ran through the briars and they ran through the brambles
And they ran through the bushes where a [D7]rabbit couldn't [G]go
They ran so fast that the hounds couldn't catch 'em
On down the Mississippi to the [D7]Gulf of Mexi[G]co.
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