The Battle Of New Orleans Chords by Johnny Horton

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87.75 bpm
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A

D

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Johnny Horton: The Battle of New Orleans chords
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[E] [A]
In [D] 1814 we took a little [E] trip along with Colonel [A] Jackson down to mighty Mississippi.
We took a little [D] bacon and we took a little [E] beans and we caught the bloody [A] British in a town in New Orleans.
We fired our guns and the British kept a-comin'.
There wasn't as many as there was a while ago.
We fired once more and they began to run it on down to Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico.
We looked down a river [D] and we see the British [E] come and there must have been a hundred [A] of them beatin' on the drum.
They stepped so [D] high and they made their bugles ring.
[E] We stood beside our cotton [A] fields and didn't say a thing.
We fired our guns and the British kept a-comin'.
There wasn't as many as there was a while ago.
We fired once more and they began to run it on down to Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico.
Old Hickory said we [D] could take them by surprise [E] if we didn't fire muskets [A] till we looked them in the eye.
We held our fire [D] till we see their faces well.
[E] Then we opened up our squirrel guns [A] and really gave them well.
We fired our guns and the British kept a-comin'.
There wasn't as many as there was a while ago.
We fired once more and they began to run it on down to Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico.
Yeah, they ran through the fires 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 them on down to [E] Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico.
[A]
We fired our [D] cannon till the barrel melted [E] down.
So we grabbed an [A] alligator and we fought another round.
We filled his head with [D] cannonballs and powdered his [E] behind.
And when we touched the powder [A] off the gator lost his mind.
We fired our guns and the British kept a-comin'.
There wasn't as many as there was a while ago.
We fired once more and they began to run it on down to Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico.
Yeah, they ran through the fires 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 them on down to Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico.
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To learn Johnny Horton - (Album Version) The Battle Of New Orleans chords, begin by getting comfortable with these sequence: A, E, A, D and E. A good strategy is to initiate at 44 BPM and then accelerate to the track's regular speed of 88 BPM. Adjust the capo based on your vocal range and chord preference, keeping the song's key of E Major in mind.

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_ _ [E] _ _ _ [A] _
_ In [D] 1814 we took a little [E] trip along with Colonel [A] Jackson down to mighty Mississippi.
We took a little [D] bacon and we took a little [E] beans and we caught the bloody [A] British in a town in New Orleans.
We fired our guns and the British kept a-comin'.
There wasn't as many as there was a while ago.
We fired once more and they began to run it on down to Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico. _ _
_ We looked down a river [D] and we see the British [E] come and there must have been a hundred [A] of them beatin' on the drum.
They stepped so [D] high and they made their bugles ring.
[E] We stood beside our cotton [A] fields and didn't say a thing.
We fired our guns and the British kept a-comin'.
There wasn't as many as there was a while ago.
We fired once more and they began to run it on down to Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico. _ _
_ Old Hickory said we [D] could take them by surprise [E] if we didn't fire muskets [A] till we looked them in the eye.
We held our fire [D] till we see their faces well.
[E] Then we opened up our squirrel guns [A] and really gave them well.
We fired our guns and the British kept a-comin'.
There wasn't as many as there was a while ago.
We fired once more and they began to run it on down to Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico. _
_ Yeah, they ran through the fires 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 them on down to [E] Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico.
_ [A] _ _ _ _
_ We fired our [D] cannon till the barrel melted [E] down.
So we grabbed an [A] alligator and we fought another round.
We filled his head with [D] cannonballs and powdered his [E] behind.
And when we touched the powder [A] off the gator lost his mind.
We fired our guns and the British kept a-comin'.
There wasn't as many as there was a while ago.
We fired once more and they began to run it on down to Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico. _ _
_ Yeah, they ran through the fires 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 them on down to Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico.
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