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Capo: 2 Tuning: D A D G B E
Written by Jimmy Driftwood. Made famous by Johnny Horton. Released on the album "Symphonion Dream" by Nitty Gritty Dirt Band in 1975 Tuning: Drop D (DADGBE), or tune one step down (DGCFAD)and use a cutaway capo on fret 2 [Intro] [Thunder, then percussion] | D2 G | A7 D2 | D2 G | A7 D2 | [Verse 1]
In D21814, we Gtook a little trip 'A7Long with Col. Jackson down the mighty D2Mississip Took a little bacon and we Gtook a little beans And A7caught the bloody British in the D2town in New Orleans
[Chorus]
D2Fired our gun and the British kept a-comin' And they wasn't nigh as many as they was a wA7hile agD2o
And we fired once more and they began a-runnin'
On down the Mississippa to the Gulfa A7MexiD2co [Verse 2] D2Look down river, we Gsee'd the British come A7Musta been a hund'erd of 'em D2beatin' on the drum // Steppin' so high like to Gmake the bugles ring We A7stood beside our cotton bales and D2didn't say a thing
[Chorus]
We D2fired our gun and the British kept a-comin' Wasn't nigh as many as they was a A7while aD2go
Fired once more and they began a-runnin' A7 D2 | D2 | On down the Mississippa to the Gulfa Mexico [Bridge]
And, they D2ran through the briar and they ran through the brambles And they ran through the bushes where a rabbit A7couldn't D2go
Ran so fast the hounds they couldn't catch 'em all
Down the Mississippa to the Gulfa A7MexiD2co [Break] | D G | A7 D | D G | A7 D |
[Verse 3]
Ol' D2Hickory said you could Gtake 'em by su'prise If you A7didn't fire a musket 'til you D2looked 'em in the eyes We held our fire 'til we Gsee'd their faces well Then we A7opened up with squirrel guns and D2give 'em a little hell
[Chorus]
We D2fired our gun and the British kept a-comin' Wasn't nigh as many as they was a A7while aD2go
Fired once more and they began a-runnin' A7 D2 | D2 | On down the Mississippa to the Gulfa Mexico [Verse 4]
We D2fired our cannon 'til the Gbarrel melted down A7Grabbed an alligator then we D2fought another round Filled his head with cannonball an' Gpowdered his behind And A7when we touched the powder off the 'D2gator blew his mind
[Break] | D G | A7 D | D G | A7 D | | D2 | D2 A7 D2 | D2 | D2 A7 D2 | [Bridge]
And, they D2ran through the briar and they ran through the brambles And they ran through the bushes where a rabbit A7couldn't D2go
Ran so fast the hounds they couldn't catch 'em all
Down the Mississippa to the Gulfa A7MexiD2co | D G | A7 D | D G | A7 D2 D |
[Bagpipes]