Johnny Horton – The Battle Of New Orleans (Guitar Intro Tab)

[Intro]
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In 1814 we took a little trip

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Along with Colonel Jackson down the mighty Mississip'

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We took a little bacon and we took a little beans

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And we caught the bloody British in a town near New Orleans

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We fired our guns and the British kept a-comin'

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There wasn't nigh as many as there was a while ago

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We fired once more and they begin to runnin'

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On down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico

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We looked down the river.

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And we see'd the British come,

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And there must have been a hundred of 'em.

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Beatin' on the drums.

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They stepped so high.

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And they made their bugles ring.

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We stood beside our cotton bales.

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And didn't say a thing.

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We fired our guns and the British kept a-comin'

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There wasn't nigh as many as there was a while ago

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We fired once more and they begin to runnin'

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On down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico

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Old Hickory said we could take 'em by surprise.

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If we didn't fire our muskets.

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'Til we looked 'em in the eye.

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We held our fire.

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'Til we see'd their faces well

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Then we opened up our squirrel guns

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And really gave 'em - well we

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Fired our guns and the British kept a-comin'

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There wasn't nigh as many as there was a while ago

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We fired once more and they begin to runnin'

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On down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico

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Yeah, they ran through the briars.

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Where a rabbit couldn't go.

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They ran so fast.

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On down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico.

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We fired our cannon 'til the barrel melted down

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So we grabbed an alligator and we fought another round

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We filled his head with cannon balls, and powdered his behind

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And when we touched the powder off the gator lost his mind

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We fired our guns and the British kept a-comin'

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There wasn't nigh as many as there was a while ago

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We fired once more and they begin to runnin'

                               E7          A
On down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico

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Yeah, they ran through the briars.

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Where a rabbit couldn't go.

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They ran so fast.

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On down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico.