The Battle Of New Orleans Chords

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 In G1814 we Ctook a little trip

 AD7long with Col. Jackson down the Gmighty mississip'd

 We took a little bacon and we Ctook a little beans

 And we D7caught the bloody British in a Gtown in New Orleans.

 We Gfired our guns and the British kept a comin'

 There wasn't as many as there D7was a while aGgo

We fired once more and they began to runnin'

 On down the Mississippi to the D7Gulf of MexiGco.

 We Glooked down the river and we Csee'd the British come

 And there D7musta been a hund'erd of 'em Gbeatin' on the drum

 They stepped so high and they Cmade their bugles ring

 We D7stood beside our cotton bales and Gdidn't say a thing.

 We Gfired our guns and the British kept a comin'

 There wasn't as many as there D7was a while aGgo

We fired once more and they began to runnin'

 On down the Mississippi to the D7Gulf of MexiGco.

 Old GHick'ry said we could Ctake 'em by su'prise

 If we D7didn't fire our musket till we Glooked 'em in the eyes

 We held our fire till we Csee'd their faces well

 Then we D7opened up with squirrel guns and Greally gave 'em ... Well -

 We Gfired our guns and the British kept a comin'

 There wasn't as many as there D7was a while aGgo

We fired once more and they began to runnin'

 On down the Mississippi to the D7Gulf of MexiGco.

 Yeah! they Gran through the briars and they ran through the brambles

 And they ran through the bushes where a D7rabbit couldn't Ggo

They ran so fast that the hounds couldn't catch 'em

 On down the Mississippi to the D7Gulf of MexiGco.

 We Gfired our cannon till the Cbarrel melted down

 So we D7grabbed an alligator and we Gfought another round

 We filled his head with cannonballs and Cpowdered his behind

 And D7when we touched the powder off, the G'gator lost his mind.

 We Gfired our guns and the British kept a comin'

 There wasn't as many as there D7was a while aGgo

We fired once more and they began to runnin'

 On down the Mississippi to the D7Gulf of MexiGco.

 Yeah! they Gran through the briars and they ran through the brambles

 And they ran through the bushes where a D7rabbit couldn't Ggo

They ran so fast that the hounds couldn't catch 'em

 On down the Mississippi to the D7Gulf of MexiGco.