The Battle Of New Orleans Chords

The Battle of New Orleans
(Arr. J. Driftwood)
Johnny Horton
Pop Chart #1 Apr. 27, 1959
Album: 16 Biggest Hits
Columbia Legacy Records ck 69971
 
[Intro]
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B|-5-----------------5--5--5----------5---------------------------------------------|
G|---6---------4-6-7----------6--4/6-----6-4---------2------------------------------|
D|-----7--7--7-------------------------------7--2/4-----4-2---------2---------------|
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[Verse 1]
   A       D
In 1814 we took a little trip
 E7                                 A
Along with Colonel Jackson down the mighty Mississip'
   A                          D
We took a little bacon and we took a little beans
       E7                             A
And we caught the bloody British in a town near New Orleans
 
[Chorus]
   A
We fired our guns and the British kept a-comin'
                                   E7           A
There wasn't nigh as many as there was a while ago
   A
We fired once more and they begin to runnin'
                               E7          A
On down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico
 
[Verse 2]
   A
We looked down the river.
       D
And we see'd the British come,
          E7
And there must have been a hundred of 'em.
A
Beatin' on the drums.
     A
They stepped so high.
         D
And they made their bugles ring.
   E7
We stood beside our cotton bales.
    A
And didn't say a thing.
 
[Chorus]
   A
We fired our guns and the British kept a-comin'
                                   E7           A
There wasn't nigh as many as there was a while ago
   A
We fired once more and they begin to runnin'
                               E7          A
On down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico
 
[Verse 3]
    A                     D
Old Hickory said we could take 'em by surprise.
      E7
If we didn't fire our muskets.
        A
'Til we looked 'em in the eye.
   A
We held our fire.
        D
'Til we see'd their faces well
        E7
Then we opened up our squirrel guns
    A
And really gave 'em - well we
 
[Chorus]
A
Fired our guns and the British kept a-comin'
                                   E7          A
There wasn't nigh as many as there was a while ago
   A
We fired once more and they begin to runnin'
                               E7          A
On down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico
 
[Bridge]
           A
Yeah, they ran through the briars.
 
And they ran through the brambles.
 
And they ran through the bushes.
        E7              A
Where a rabbit couldn't go.
     A
They ran so fast.
 
That the hounds couldn't catch 'em.
                               E7          A
On down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico.
 
[Verse 4]
   A                         D
We fired our cannon 'til the barrel melted down
      E7                          A
So we grabbed an alligator and we fought another round
   A                                      D
We filled his head with cannon balls, and powdered his behind
    E7                                 A
And when we touched the powder off the gator lost his mind
 
[Chorus]
   A
We fired our guns and the British kept a-comin'
                                   E7           A
There wasn't nigh as many as there was a while ago
   A
We fired once more and they begin to runnin'
                               E7          A
On down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico
 
[Outro]
           A
Yeah, they ran through the briars.
 
And they ran through the brambles.
 
And they ran through the bushes.
        E7              A
Where a rabbit couldn't go.
     A
They ran so fast.
 
That the hounds couldn't catch 'em.
                               E7          A
On down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico.
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