Battle of New Orleans by Johnny Horton

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Battle of New Orleans (G Major)

Artist: Johnny Horton Genre: Americana Roman Numerals: I, IV, V, V7 Instrument: Guitar - Standard Tuning [E,A,D,G,B,E] Entered by: Leadpencil9
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G
(G,B,D)











G	B	D	G	B	G

C
(C,E,G)


-	C	E	G	C	E

D
(D,F♯,A)











-	-	D	A	D	F♯

D7
(D,F♯,A,C)











-	-	D	A	C	F♯

Section 1

[GMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Unison]

[DMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Fifth]

[GMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Unison]

[CMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Fourth]

[DMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Fifth]

[GMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Unison]

Verse 1

[GMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Unison] 1814 we

[CMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Fourth] took a little trip

[D7Dominant 7th Chord (U,M3,P5,m7)
on the Perfect Fifth] Along with Col. Jackson down the

[GMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Unison] mighty Mississippi

[GMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Unison] We took a little bacon and we

[CMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Fourth] took a little beans

[CMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Fourth] And we

[D7Dominant 7th Chord (U,M3,P5,m7)
on the Perfect Fifth] caught the bloody British in a

[GMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Unison] town near New Orleans

Chorus 1

We	[GMajor Chord (U,M3,P5) on the Perfect Unison] fired our guns and the British kept a comin'

[GMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Unison] There wasn't quite as many as there

[D7Dominant 7th Chord (U,M3,P5,m7)
on the Perfect Fifth] was a while

[GMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Unison] ago

[GMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Unison] We fired once more and they began a runnin'

[GMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Unison] On down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico

Verse 2

[GMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Unison] looked down the river and we

[CMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Fourth] see'd the British come

[CMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Fourth] And there musta been a hundred of em

[GMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Unison] beaten on the drum

[GMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Unison] They stepped so high and they

[CMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Fourth] made their bugles ring

[CMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Fourth] We

[D7Dominant 7th Chord (U,M3,P5,m7)
on the Perfect Fifth] stood beside our cotton bales and

[GMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Unison] didn't say a thing

Chorus 1

Verse 3

Old

[GMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Unison] Hickory said we could

[CMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Fourth] take em by surprise

[CMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Fourth] If we

[D7Dominant 7th Chord (U,M3,P5,m7)
on the Perfect Fifth] didn't fire our muskets till we

[GMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Unison] looked 'em in the eyes

[GMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Unison] We held our fire till we

see's their faces well

[GMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Unison] Then we

[D7Dominant 7th Chord (U,M3,P5,m7)
on the Perfect Fifth] opened up with our squirrel guns and

[GMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Unison] rally gave 'em .... well-

Chorus 1

Chorus 2

Yeah! they

[GMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Unison] ran through the briars and they ran through the brambles

[GMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Unison] And they ran through the bushes where a

[D7Dominant 7th Chord (U,M3,P5,m7)
on the Perfect Fifth] rabbit couldn't

[GMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Unison] go

[GMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Unison] They ran so fast the the hounds couldn't catch 'em

[GMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Unison] On down the Mississippi to the

[D7Dominant 7th Chord (U,M3,P5,m7)
on the Perfect Fifth] Gulf of Mexico

[GMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Unison]

Verse 4

We fired our cannon till the barrel melted down

So we grabbed an alligator and we

[GMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Unison] poured another round

[GMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Unison] We filled his head with cannonballs and

[CMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Fourth] powdered his behind

[CMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Fourth] And

[D7Dominant 7th Chord (U,M3,P5,m7)
on the Perfect Fifth] when we touched the power off, the

[GMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Unison] gator lost his mind

Chorus 1

Chorus 2