Nitty Gritty Dirt Band – Battle Of New Orleans (Guitar)
Drop D (D-A-D-G-B-E)
Key
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Versions
(2)
Guitar Solo Tab
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Chords
Written by Jimmy Driftwood. Made famous by Johnny Horton.
Released on the album "Symphonion Dream" by Nitty Gritty Dirt Band in 1975
[Intro]
[Thunder, then percussion]
| D2 G | A7 D2 | D2 G | A7 D2 |
[Verse 1]
D2 G In 1814, we took a little trip A7 D2 'Long with Col. Jackson down the mighty Mississip G Took a little bacon and we took a little beans A7 D2 And caught the bloody British in the town in New Orleans
[Chorus]
D2 Fired our gun and the British kept a-comin' A7 D2 And they wasn't nigh as many as they was a while ago
And we fired once more and they began a-runnin'
A7 D2 On down the Mississippa to the Gulfa Mexico
[Verse 2]
D2 G Look down river, we see'd the British come A7 D2 Musta been a hund'erd of 'em beatin' on the drum // G Steppin' so high like to make the bugles ring A7 D2 We stood beside our cotton bales and didn't say a thing
[Chorus]
D2 We fired our gun and the British kept a-comin' A7 D2 Wasn't nigh as many as they was a while ago
Fired once more and they began a-runnin'
A7 D2 | D2 | On down the Mississippa to the Gulfa Mexico
[Bridge]
D2 And, they ran through the briar and they ran through the brambles A7 D2 And they ran through the bushes where a rabbit couldn't go
Ran so fast the hounds they couldn't catch 'em all
A7 D2 Down the Mississippa to the Gulfa Mexico
[Break]
| D G | A7 D | D G | A7 D |
[Verse 3]
D2 G Ol' Hickory said you could take 'em by su'prise A7 D2 If you didn't fire a musket 'til you looked 'em in the eyes G We held our fire 'til we see'd their faces well A7 D2 Then we opened up with squirrel guns and give 'em a little hell
[Chorus]
D2 We fired our gun and the British kept a-comin' A7 D2 Wasn't nigh as many as they was a while ago
Fired once more and they began a-runnin'
A7 D2 | D2 | On down the Mississippa to the Gulfa Mexico
[Verse 4]
D2 G We fired our cannon 'til the barrel melted down A7 D2 Grabbed an alligator then we fought another round G Filled his head with cannonball an' powdered his behind A7 D2 And when we touched the powder off the 'gator blew his mind
[Break]
| D G | A7 D | D G | A7 D |
| D2 | D2 A7 D2 | D2 | D2 A7 D2 |
[Bridge]
D2 And, they ran through the briar and they ran through the brambles A7 D2 And they ran through the bushes where a rabbit couldn't go
Ran so fast the hounds they couldn't catch 'em all
A7 D2 Down the Mississippa to the Gulfa Mexico
| D G | A7 D | D G | A7 D2 D |
[Bagpipes]