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Battle of New Orleans - Jimmy Driftwood

Verse 1:
[A] In 1814 we [D] took a little trip
A[E7] long with Col. Jackson down the [A] mighty mississip'
We took a little bacon and we [D] took a little beans
And we [E7] Caught the bloody British in a [A] town in New Orleans.

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|[A] We fired our guns and the British kept a comin' 
|There wasn't as many as there [E7] was a while a-[A] go 
|We fired once more and [D] they began to runnin'
|On down the Mississippi to the [E7] Gulf of Mexi[A]co.

Verse 2:
[A] We looked down the river and we see'd the British come
And there musta been a hund'erd of 'em beatin' [E7] on the [A] drum 
They stepped so high and they [D] made their bugles ring
We stood beside our cotton bales and didn't [E7] say a [A] thing.

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Verse 3:
[A] Old Hick'ry said we could take 'em by su'prise
If we didn't fire our musket till we [E7] looked 'em in the [A] eyes 
We held our fire till we [D] see'd their faces well
Then we opened up with squirrel guns and [E7] really gave 'em [A] Well -

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|Chorus 2:
|[A] Yeah! they ran through the briars and they ran through the brambles 
|And they ran through the bushes where a [E7] rabbit couldn't [A] go 
|They ran so fast that the hounds [D] couldn't catch 'em
|On down the Mississippi to the [E7] Gulf of Mexi[A]co.

Verse 4:
[A] We fired our cannon till the barrel melted down
So we grabbed an alligator and we fought a[E7]nother [A] round
We filled his head with cannonballs and [D] powdered his behind
And when we touched the powder off, the 'gator [E7] lost his [A] mind.

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