The Battle Of New Orleans Uke tab by Johnny Horton

4 Chords used in the song: G, D, C, D7

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Artist: Johnny Horton

Album: unknown

Difficulty:

(Beginner)

Key: G, EmChords

Original key: -0.5 step(s) (original tuning)

Chord progression arranged for the Ukulele

F# C#
F# B C# F#
 
   F#       B
In 1814 we took a little trip
 C#7                              F#
Along with Col. Jackson down the mighty mississip'd
                              B
We took a little bacon and we took a little beans
       C#7                             F#
And we caught the bloody British in a town in New Orleans.
 
   F#
We fired our guns and the British kept a comin'
                              C#7           F#
There wasn't as many as there was a while ago
 
We fired once more and they began to runnin'
                               C#7          F#
On down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico.
 
   F#                            B
We looked down the river and we see'd the British come
          C#7                           F#
And there musta been a hund'erd of 'em beatin' on the drum 
                              B
They stepped so high and they made their bugles ring
   C#7                                F#
We stood beside our cotton bales and didn't say a thing. 
 
   F#
We fired our guns and the British kept a comin'
                              C#7           F#
There wasn't as many as there was a while ago
 
We fired once more and they began to runnin'
                               C#7          F#
On down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico.
 
    F#                     B
Old Hick'ry said we could take 'em by su'prise 
      C#7                             F#
If we didn't fire our musket till we looked 'em in the eyes 
                         B
We held our fire till we see'd their faces well 
        C#7                               F#
Then we opened up with squirrel guns and really gave 'em ... Well -
 
   F#
We fired our guns and the British kept a comin'
                              C#7           F#
There wasn't as many as there was a while ago
 
We fired once more and they began to runnin'
                               C#7          F#
On down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico.
 
           F#
Yeah! they ran through the briars and they ran through the brambles
                                        C#7              F#
And they ran through the bushes where a rabbit couldn't go
 
They ran so fast that the hounds couldn't catch 'em
                               C#7          F#
On down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico. 
 
   F#                         B
We fired our cannon till the barrel melted down 
      C#7                          F#
So we grabbed an alligator and we fought another round
                                        B
We filled his head with cannonballs and powdered his behind 
    C#7                                  F#
And when we touched the powder off, the 'gator lost his mind. 
 
   F#
We fired our guns and the British kept a comin'
                              C#7           F#
There wasn't as many as there was a while ago
 
We fired once more and they began to runnin'
                               C#7          F#
On down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico.
 
           F#
Yeah! they ran through the briars and they ran through the brambles
                                        C#7              F#
And they ran through the bushes where a rabbit couldn't go
 
They ran so fast that the hounds couldn't catch 'em
                               C#7          F#
On down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico.