The Battle Of New Orleans Chords by Johnny Horton
- Key: A
- BPM: 90
- Capo: no capo
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THE BATTLE OF NEW ORLEANS ACORDES
[Start] [Verse] A D A D ■ ■ ■ In eighteen fourteen we took a little trip E7 Along with Colonel Jackson down the mighty Mississip' A D We took a little bacon and we took a little beans E7 And we caught the bloody British in the town of New Orleans A We fired our guns and the British kept acomin' A There wasn't as many as there was a while ago A We fired once more and they began to runnin' E7 A On down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico A We looked down a river D And we see'd the British come E7 And there must have been a hundred of 'em E7 Beatin' on the drums A D They stepped so high and they made their bugles ring E7 We stood beside our cotton bales and didn't say a thing A We fired our guns and the British kept acomin' A There wasn't as many as there was a while ago A We fired once more and they began to runnin' E A On down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico 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 E7 And really gave 'em well A We fired our guns and the British kept acomin' A There wasn't as many as there was a while ago A We fired once more and they begin to runnin' A On down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico [Chorus] A Yeah they ran through the briars A And they ran through the brambles A And they ran through the bushes A Where a rabbit couldn't go A They ran so fast A That the hounds couldn't catch 'em E7 E A7 On down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico ■ ■ [Verse] A D We fired our cannon 'til the barrel melted down E7 A So we grabbed an alligator and we fought another round 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 A We fired our guns and the British kept acomin' A There wasn't as many as there was a while ago A We fired once more and they began to runnin' E A A7 On down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico ■ ■ [Chorus] A ■ Yeah they ran through the briars A And they ran through the brambles A And they ran through the bushes E Where a rabbit couldn't go A They ran so fast A That the hounds couldn't catch 'em A On down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico A Huttwothreefour Sound off threefour E A Huttwothreefour Sound off threefour ■ [Outro]