Battle Of New Orleans Chords

Written by Jimmy Driftwood. Made famous by Johnny Horton.
Released on the album "Symphonion Dream" by Nitty Gritty Dirt Band in 1975
Tuning: Drop D (DADGBE), or tune one step down (DGCFAD)and use a cutaway capo on fret 2
 
[Intro]
[Thunder, then percussion]
 
| D2 G | A7 D2 | D2 G | A7 D2 |
 
[Verse 1]
   D2       G
In 1814, we took a little trip
 A7                                     D2
'Long with Col. Jackson down the mighty Mississip
                           G
Took a little bacon and we took a little beans
    A7                               D2
And caught the bloody British in the town in New Orleans
 
[Chorus]
D2
Fired our gun and the British kept a-comin'
                                            A7     D2
And they wasn't nigh as many as they was a while ago
 
And we fired once more and they began a-runnin'
                                     A7  D2
On down the Mississippa to the Gulfa Mexico
 
[Verse 2]
D2                  G
Look down river, we see'd the British come
A7                           D2
Musta been a hund'erd of 'em beatin' on the drum //
                         G
Steppin' so high like to make the bugles ring
   A7                                D2
We stood beside our cotton bales and didn't say a thing
 
[Chorus]
   D2
We fired our gun and the British kept a-comin'
                                  A7     D2
Wasn't nigh as many as they was a while ago
 
Fired once more and they began a-runnin'
                                     A7  D2 | D2 |
On down the Mississippa to the Gulfa Mexico
 
[Bridge]
          D2
And, they ran through the briar and they ran through the brambles
                                               A7       D2
And they ran through the bushes where a rabbit couldn't go
 
Ran so fast the hounds they couldn't catch 'em all
                                  A7  D2
Down the Mississippa to the Gulfa Mexico
 
[Break]
| D G | A7 D | D G | A7 D |
 
[Verse 3]
    D2                     G
Ol' Hickory said you could take 'em by su'prise
       A7                            D2
If you didn't fire a musket 'til you looked 'em in the eyes
                         G
We held our fire 'til we see'd their faces well
        A7                               D2
Then we opened up with squirrel guns and give 'em a little hell
 
[Chorus]
   D2
We fired our gun and the British kept a-comin'
                                  A7     D2
Wasn't nigh as many as they was a while ago
 
Fired once more and they began a-runnin'
                                     A7  D2 | D2 |
On down the Mississippa to the Gulfa Mexico
 
[Verse 4]
   D2                        G
We fired our cannon 'til the barrel melted down
A7                           D2
Grabbed an alligator then we fought another round
                                    G
Filled his head with cannonball an' powdered his behind
    A7                                  D2
And when we touched the powder off the 'gator blew his mind
 
[Break]
| D G | A7 D | D G | A7 D |
| D2  | D2 A7 D2 | D2  | D2 A7 D2 |
 
[Bridge]
          D2
And, they ran through the briar and they ran through the brambles
                                               A7       D2
And they ran through the bushes where a rabbit couldn't go
 
Ran so fast the hounds they couldn't catch 'em all
                                  A7  D2
Down the Mississippa to the Gulfa Mexico
 
| D G | A7 D | D G | A7 D2  D   |
 
[Bagpipes]
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