The Battle Of New Orleans

Johnny Horton

Intro {Banjo part} e-------------------------|-----------------------------------------------| B-5---------------5-5-5---|-----5---5--5----------------------------------| G---6-------4-6-7-------6-|---6---6--6-------2---2--2---------------------| D-----7-7-7---------------|----------------4---4--4-------2---2---2-------| A-------------------------|-----------------------------4---4---4---------| E-------------------------|-----------------------------------------------| | | | {Guitar part} sl sl sl | e-------------------------|-----------------------------------------------| B-------------------------|-----5-----------------------------------------| G-------------------------|-4/6---6-4--------2----------------------------| D-------------------------|-----------7--2/4---4-2--------2---------------| A-------------------------|------------------------5--2/4---4-2-0-2-0-----| E-------------------------|-----------------------------------------------| {Verses} {Chorus} e---------------------------------|--------------------------------- B-----------3---3-----------------|--------------------------------- G---2---2-----2-------------2---2-|---2---2---2---2---2---2-------2- D-----2---0---------2---2-----2---|-----2-------2-------2-----2----- A-0-------------------2---0-------|-0-------0-------0-----------0--- E-----------------0---------------|-------------------------0------- Verse In Eighteen-Fourteen we took a little trip Along with Colonel Jackson down the mighty Mississip' We took a little bacon and we took a little beans And we caught the bloody British in the town of New Orleans We fired our guns and the British kept a-comin' But, there wasn't nigh as many as there was a while ago We fired once more and they began to runnin' On down the Mississippi to the Gulf Of Mexico Verse We looked down the river and we seen the British come And there must have been a hundred of 'em beatin' on the drum They stepped so high and they made their bugles ring We stood beside our cotton bales and didn't say a thing {Repeat Chorus 1} Verse Ol Hickory said we could take 'em by surprise If we didn't fire our muskets 'til we looked 'em in the eyes We held our fire till we seen their faces well Then, we opened our squirrel guns and really gave 'em....well we, Repeat Chorus 1 Chorus 2 Yeah, they ran through the briars and they ran through the brambles And they ran through the bushes where a rabbit couldn't go They ran so fast that the hounds couldn't catch 'em On down the Mississippi to the Gulf Of Mexico Verse We fired our cannon 'til the barrel melted down So we grabbed an alligator and we fought another round We filled his head with cannonballs and powdered his behind And when we set the powder off, the 'gator lost his mind Chorus 1 Chorus 2

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