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The Battle of New Orleans - Johnny Horton Tabbed by:Xaxu Tuning:Standard I found this a long time ago but when i tried to look for again it was gone. I take no credit for this tab. I am simply bringing it here for everyone else. You can either play the chords above the staff or fingerpick the song. I put the lyrics underneath the staff so to show how slow to play it. Intro e|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------| B|--5-------------------5--5--5--------5--------------------------------------------| G|----6---------4--6--7---------6--4/6---6--4--------2------------------------------| D|------7--7--7-------------------------------7--2/4---4--2--------2----------------| A|----------------------------------------------------------5--2/4---4--2--0--2--0--| E|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------| 1st Verse A D E A e|-------------------------------------------------| B|----------------3-----3--------------------------| G|-----2-----2-------2--------------------2-----2--| D|--------2-----0-------------2-----2--------2-----| A|--0----------------------------2-----0-----------| E|-------------------------0-----------------------|
In AEighteen-Fourteen we Dtook a little trip AElong with Colonel Jackson down the Amighty Mississip' We Atook a little bacon and we Dtook a little beans And we Ecaught the bloody British in the Atown of New Orleans.
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We Afired our guns and the ABritish kept a-comin' But, there waAsn't nigh as many as there waEs a while Aago We Afired once more and tAhey began to runnin' On Adown the Mississippi to the EGulf Of MexiAco
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We Alooked down the river and we Dseen the British come And there Emust have been a hundred of 'em Abeatin' on the drum They Astepped so high and they Dmade their bugles ring We Estood beside our cotton bales and Adidn't say a thing
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We Afired our guns and the ABritish kept a-comin' But, there waAsn't nigh as many as there waEs a while Aago We Afired once more and tAhey began to runnin' On Adown the Mississippi to the EGulf Of MexiAco
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Ol AHickory said we could Dtake 'em by surprise ' If we Edidn't fire our muskets 'til we Alooked 'em in the eyes We Aheld our fire till we Dseen their faces well Then, we Eopened our squirrel guns and Areally gave 'em....well we,
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We Afired our guns and the ABritish kept a-comin' But, there waAsn't nigh as many as there waEs a while Aago We Afired once more and tAhey began to runnin' On Adown the Mississippi to the EGulf Of MexiAco
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Yeah, they Aran through the briars and Athey ran through the brambles And they Aran through the bushes where a Erabbit couldn't Ago They Aran so fast that the Ahounds couldn't catch 'em On Adown the Mississippi to the EGulf Of AMexico
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We Afired our cannon 'til the Dbarrel melted down So we Egrabbed an alligator and we Afought another round We Afilled his head with cannonballs and Dpowdered his behind And Ewhen we set the powder off, the 'Agator lost his mind.
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We Afired our guns and the ABritish kept a-comin' But, there waAsn't nigh as many as there waEs a while Aago We Afired once more and tAhey began to runnin' On Adown the Mississippi to the EGulf Of MexiAco
Chorus 2 A E A e|-----------------------------------| B|-----------------------------------| G|----2---2---2---2---2---2-------2--| D|------2-------2-------2-----2------| A|--0-------0-------0-----------0----| E|--------------------------0--------|
Yeah, they Aran through the briars and Athey ran through the brambles And they Aran through the bushes where a Erabbit couldn't Ago They Aran so fast that the Ahounds couldn't catch 'em On Adown the Mississippi to the EGulf Of AMexico.
| / slide up | \ slide down | h hammer-on | p pull-off | ~ vibrato | + harmonic | x Mute note ===============================================================================