Johnny Cash - The Battle Of New Orleans: chords

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In 1814 we took a little trip
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Along with Col. Jackson down the mighty Mississippi'
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We took a little bacon and we took a little beans
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And we caught the bloody British in a town in New Orleans

Chorus:
B
We fired our guns and the British kept a comin'
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There wasn't as many as there was a while ago
We fired once more and they began to runnin'
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Down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico

We looked down the river and we see'd the British come
And there must have been a hundred of'em beating on the drum
They stepped so high and they made the bugles ring
We stood by our cotton bales and didn't say a thing

Chorus

Yeah, they ran through the briars and they ran through the brambles
And they ran through the bushes where a rabbit couldn't go
They ran so fast that the hounds couldn't catch them
Down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico

We fired our cannon until the barrel melted down
So we grabbed an alligator and we fought another round
We filled his head with cannon balls, and powdered his behind
And when we touched the powder off, the gator lost his mind

Chorus

Yeah, they ran through the briars and they ran through the brambles
And they ran through the bushes where a rabbit couldn't go
They ran so fast that the hounds couldn't catch them
Down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico