The Battle Of New Orleans

(originally by Johnny Horton) Intro C F C G C F C G C F C G C F C [Verse 1] G C F Well, 1814 we took a little trip G C Along with Colonel Jackson down the mighty Mississip' F We took a little bacon and we took a little beans G C We met the bloody British in a town near New Orleans Chorus C We fired our guns and the British kept a-comin' G C There wasn't nigh as many as there was a while ago C We fired once more and they begin to runnin' G C Down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico Interlude C F C G C F C G [Verse 2] C We looked down a river F And we see'd the British come G And there must havе been a hundred of 'em C Beatin' on thе drums [Verse 3] C They stepped so high F And they made their bugles ring G We stood beside our cotton bales C And didn't say a thing Chorus C We fired our guns and the British kept a-comin' G C There wasn't nigh as many as there was a while ago We fired once more and they begin to runnin' G C Down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico Interlude C F C G C F C G [Verse 4] C Old Hickory said F We could take 'em by surprise G If we didn't fire our muskets C 'Till we looked 'em in the eye F We held our fire 'till we see their faces well G Then we opened up our squirrel guns C And really gave 'em - well we Chorus C Fired our guns and the British kept a-comin' G C There wasn't nigh as many as there was a while ago C We fired once more and they begin to runnin' G C Down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico Interlude C F C G C F C G [Verse 5] C They ran through the briars F And they ran through the brambles G And they ran through the bushes C Where the rabbit couldn't go F They ran so fast that the hounds couldn't catch 'em G C On down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico Bridge F We fired our cannon 'til the barrel melted down G C So we grabbed an alligator and we fired another round F We filled his head with cannon balls, and powdered his behind G C And when we touched the powder off the gator lost his mind [Verse 6] C They ran through the briars C And they ran through the brambles C And they ran through the bushes G C Where the rabbit couldn't go F They ran so fast that the hounds couldn't catch 'em C A C On down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico Chorus N.C. We fired our guns and the British kept a-comin' N.C. There wasn't nigh as many as there was a while ago N.C. We fired once more and they begin to runnin' C Down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico Outro C F C G C F C G C To the Gulf of Mexico C F C G C F C G C F C G C F C G C To the Gulf of Mexico