Johnny Horton - The Battle Of New Orleans Chords

[Intro]
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[Verse 1]
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In 1814 we took a little trip
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Along with Colonel Jackson down the mighty Mississip'
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We took a little bacon and we took a little beans
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And we caught the bloody British in a town in New Orleans 

[Chorus]
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We fired our guns and the British kept a-comin'
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There wasn't nigh as many as there was a while ago
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We fired once more and they begin to Runnin
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On down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico

[Verse 2]
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We looked down the river.   
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And we see'd the British come,
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And there must have been a hundred of 'em.    
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Beatin' on the drums.    
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They stepped so high.    
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And they made their bugles ring.    
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We stood beside our cotton bales.   
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And didn't say a thing.         

[Chorus]
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We fired our guns and the British kept a-comin'
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There wasn't nigh as many as there was a while ago
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We fired once more and they begin to runnin'
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On down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico

[Verse 3]
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Old Hickory said we could take 'em by surprise.  
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If we didn't fire our muskets.       
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'Till we looked 'em in the eye.      
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We held our fire.                        
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'Till we see'd their faces well
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Then we opened up our squirrel guns
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And really gave 'em - well we

[Chorus]
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Fired our guns and the British kept a-comin'
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There wasn't nigh as many as there was a while ago
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We fired once more and they begin to runnin'
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On down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico

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Yeah, they ran through the briars.      

And they ran through the brambles.      

And they ran through the bushes.        
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Where a rabbit couldn't go.             
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They ran so fast.                       

That the hounds couldn't catch 'em.     
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On down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico.     

[Verse 4]
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We fired our cannon 'til the barrel melted down
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So we grabbed an alligator and we fought another round
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We filled his head with cannon balls, and powdered his behind
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And when we touched the powder off the gator lost his mind

[Chorus]
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We fired our guns and the British kept a-comin'
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There wasn't nigh as many as there was a while ago
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We fired once more and they begin to runnin'
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On down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico

[Outro]
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Yeah, they ran through the briars.        

And they ran through the brambles.        

And they ran through the bushes.          
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Where a rabbit couldn't go.               
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They ran so fast.                         

That the hounds couldn't catch 'em.       
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On down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico.