The Battle Of New Orleans Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[C]

[Verse 1]
In 1840 we [F]took a little trip
[G]Along with Colonel Patton
down the [C]mighty Mississippi
We took a little bacon
and we [F]took a little beans
And we [G]formed the Bloomin' British
in a town in New Or[C]leans
Well we fired our guns
and the British kept a -comin'
And there wasn't as many
as there [G]was a while [C]ago
[G]Five [C]once more they began
a -runnin' all down
the Mississippi to the Gulf of [G]Mexico[C]
We looked down the river
till we [F]see the British comin'
There [G]must have been a hundred
of [C]them beatin' on the drum
They stepped so high
and they [F]made the bugles ring
Well, we [G]stick beside the
cotton bales
and never say a [C]thing
Well, we fired our guns
and the British kept a -comin'
And there wasn't as many
as there was a while ago
[G]Five [C]months more
and they began to run it all down the
Mississippi to the [G]Gulf of Mexico
[C]Pakenham said we could
[F]take them by surprise
And we [G]didn't fire a musket
till we [C]looked them in the eye
And we stood quite still
till we [F]see their faces well
Then we [G]opened up our muskets
and we really gave them [C]well
Fired our guns
and the British kept a -comin'
And there wasn't as many
as there [G]was a while [C]ago
Fired once more
and they began a -runnin' all down
The Mississippi to the [G]Gulf of [C]Mexico
They ran through the briar
and they [F]ran through the brambles
And they [G]ran through the bushes
where the [C]rabbits couldn't go
They ran so fast
that the [F]hounds couldn't
catch them all down
[G]The Mississippi to the Gul[C]f of Mexico
Well, we fired our guns
and the British kept a -comin'
And there wasn't as many
as there was a [G]while ago
[C]We fired once more
and they began a -runnin' all down
The Mississippi to the Gulf of [G]Mexico[C]
Well, we fired our muskets
till the [F]barrels melted down
Then we [G]grabbed an alligator
and we [C]fought him up around
Well, we stuck his head with cannonballs
and [F]powdered his behind
And when [G]we touched the powder off,
the gator lost his [C]mind
Well we fired our guns,
the British kept a -comin'
If there wasn't as many
as there was a [G]while ago
[C]We fired once more,
they began a -runnin' on
Down the Missis[G]sippi [C]to
the [G]Gulf of [C]Mexico
Down the Mississippi to the
Gulf of [G]Mexico[C][G][C]
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