The Battle Of New Orleans Chords by Brother Dege

Tempo:
79.2 bpm
Chords used:

A

D

Am

C

E

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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The Battle of New Orleans - Brother Dege chords
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[A]
[Am] [A]
Oh now the water rising coming yes the storm will rise Katrina come sink New Orleans bust the levee
100 wide [D] oh now don't [A] break oh [D] now don't break the levee [A] down
Salt come to save the city ruining rates keep pouring down flood bomb blood and pity
the angel of death soon hear me now oh now [D] don't [A] break oh now [D] don't [A] break the levee down
Oh [D] now [A] we'll take, oh [D] now we'll take the battle [A] New [Am] Orleans
[A]
[Am] [A]
Climb toward the roofs and shelves and wave your arms to the sky
Women, children, mothers, daughters, fathers, sons, the left behinds
[D] Oh now [A] don't break oh now don't break the levee down the levee down
Walked between God and man, man and man with where the wind
All men he chose to build a city of sinful mind God pulled it in
Oh now [D] don't [A] break oh now don't break the levee down
[D] Oh now [A] we'll take, oh [D] now we'll take the battle New [A] Orleans
[Am] [A] [Am]
It's a war between God and man, man and man with where the wind
Man he chose to [D] build a city of [A] sinful mind God pulled it in
Oh now don't break oh now don't break the levee down
The battle of the levee [D] [A] down
The battle [D]
of the [C] levee down
The battle [D] of the [Am] levee down New Orleans
[E]
[A]
[F]
[A]
[Am]
[A]
[N]
Key:  
A
1231
D
1321
Am
2311
C
3211
E
2311
A
1231
D
1321
Am
2311
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To start learning Brother Dege - The Battle Of New Orleans chords, build your understanding on these basic chords - C, D, A, C, A and Am in sequence. A strategic approach would be to train at 35 BPM initially, and then accelerate to the song's tempo of 72. Given the song's key of A Minor, adjust the capo to align with your vocal range and chord preference.

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[Am] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [A] _
Oh now the water rising coming yes the storm will rise Katrina come sink New Orleans bust the levee
100 wide [D] oh now don't [A] break oh [D] now don't break the levee [A] down _ _ _ _ _
Salt come to save the city ruining rates keep pouring down flood bomb blood and pity
the angel of death soon hear me now oh now [D] don't [A] break oh now [D] don't [A] break the levee down _ _ _ _ _
_ Oh [D] now [A] we'll take, oh [D] now we'll take the battle _ _ [A] _ New [Am] Orleans
_ _ _ _ _ [A] _
[Am] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [A] _
Climb toward the roofs and shelves and wave your arms to the sky
Women, children, mothers, daughters, fathers, sons, the left behinds
[D] Oh now [A] don't break oh now don't break the levee down the levee down _
_ Walked between God and man, man and man with where the wind
All men he chose to build a city of sinful mind God pulled it in
Oh now [D] don't [A] break oh now don't break the levee down _ _ _ _ _
_ [D] Oh now [A] we'll take, oh [D] now we'll take the battle _ _ New [A] Orleans _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Am] _ _ [A] _ _ [Am] _
It's a war between God and man, man and man with where the wind
Man he chose to [D] build a city of [A] sinful mind God pulled it in
Oh now don't break oh now don't break _ _ the levee down
The battle of the levee [D] [A] down
The battle [D]
of the [C] levee down
The battle [D] of _ the [Am] levee down New Orleans _ _ _ _ _
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This song finds its place within the Folk Songs of the American Longhair album.

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