The Battle Of New Orleans Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[C][F]
[G][C]

[Verse 1]
In [C]1814
[F]they took a little trip
[G]Along with Colonel Jackson
down to [C]mighty Mississippi
They took a little bacon
and they [F]took a little beans
And they [G]caught the bloody British
near the [C]town of New Orleans
We fired our [F]guns
and the [C]British kept a -comin'
There wasn't nigh as many
as there was a while ago
We fired once more
and they began to runnin'
On down the Mississippi to
the Gulf of Mexico
They looked down the river
and they [F]saw the British comin'
There [G]must have been a hundred
of them [C]beatin' on the drum
They stepped so high
and they [F]made their bugles ring
But we just [G]stood beside our cotton bales
and [C]didn't say a thing
We fired our guns
and the British kept a -comin'
There wasn't nigh as many
as there was a while ago
We fired once more
and they began to runnin'
From down to Mississippi
to the Gulf of Mexico
Oh, Hickory said [F]they could
take them by surprise
If they [G]didn't fire a musket
till they [C]looked them in the eyes
They held their fire
till they [F]saw their faces well
Then they [G]opened up their squirrel guns
and [C]really gave them hell
Well, we fired our guns
and the British kept a -comin'
There wasn't nigh as many
as there was a while ago
They fired once more,
and they began to run,
on down the Mississippi to
the Gulf of Mexico.
They ran through the briars,
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,
And on down the Mississippi
to the Gulf of Mexico.
They fired their cannon
till the [F]barrel melted down,
So they [G]grabbed an alligator
an[C]d they fought another round.
He filled his head with cannonballs
and [F]powdered his behind
And [G]when we touched the powder [C]off,
the gator lost his mind
They fired their 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 runnin'
On down the Mississippi to
the Gulf of Mexico
They ran through the barns
and they ran through the gravels
And they ran through the bushes
where a rabbit couldn't go
They ran so fast
that the hounds couldn't catch them
And down the Mississippi
to the Gulf of Mexico
Up, two, three, four
Up, two, three, four
Up, two, three, four