{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":2134201,"song":"The Battle Of New Orleans","artist":"Johnny Cash","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/2134201-the-battle-of-new-orleans-chords-by-johnny-cash/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2134201?type=chord","rating":5,"votes":16,"content":"[Verse 1]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]\r\nIn 1814 we took a little trip[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]E[/ch]                              [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAlong with Col. Jackson down the mighty Mississippi'[/tab]\r\n[tab]                              [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWe took a little bacon and we took a little beans[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]E[/ch]                              [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd we caught the bloody British in a town in New Orleans[/tab]\r\n \r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch] \r\nWe fired our guns and the British kept a comin'[/tab]\r\n[tab]                              [ch]E[/ch]          [ch]A[/ch]\r\nThere wasn't as many as there was a while ago[/tab]\r\n \r\nWe fired once more and they began to runnin'\r\n[tab]                            [ch]E[/ch]       [ch]A[/ch]\r\nDown the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico[/tab]\r\n \r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]\r\nWell We looked down the river and we see'd the British come[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                             [ch]E[/ch]      [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd there must been a hundred of 'em beatin' on the drum [/tab]\r\n[tab]                              [ch]D[/ch]\r\nStepped so high and they made their bugles ring[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                            [ch]E[/ch]     [ch]A[/ch]\r\nWe stood beside our cotton bales and didn't say a thing [/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch] \r\nWe fired our guns and the British kept a comin'[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                [ch]E[/ch]          [ch]A[/ch]\r\nThere were not as many as there was a while ago[/tab]\r\n \r\nWe fired once more and they began to runnin'\r\n[tab]                            [ch]E[/ch]       [ch]A[/ch]\r\nDown the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico[/tab]\r\n \r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]\r\nYeah! They ran through the briers and they ran through the brambles[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                        [ch]E[/ch]               [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd they ran through the bushes where a rabbit couldn't go[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                 [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThey ran so fast that the hounds couldn't catch 'em[/tab]\r\n[tab]                               [ch]E[/ch]         [ch]A[/ch]\r\nOn down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]\r\nWe fired our cannon till the barrel melted down [/tab]\r\n[tab]                                         [ch]E[/ch]       [ch]A[/ch]\r\nSo we grabbed an alligator and we fought another round[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWe filled his head with cannonballs and powdered his behind [/tab]\r\n[tab]                                               [ch]E[/ch]        [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd when we touched the powder off, the 'gator lost his mind[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch] \r\nWe fired our guns and the British kept a comin'[/tab]\r\n[tab]                              [ch]E[/ch]           [ch]A[/ch]\r\nThere wasn't as many as there was a while ago[/tab]\r\n \r\nWe fired once more and they began to runnin'\r\n[tab]                               [ch]E[/ch]         [ch]A[/ch]\r\nOn down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 4]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]\r\nYeah! They ran through the briers and they ran through the brambles[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                        [ch]E[/ch]               [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd they ran through the bushes where a rabbit couldn't go[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                 [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThey ran so fast that the hounds couldn't catch 'em[/tab]\r\n[tab]                               [ch]E[/ch]         [ch]A[/ch]\r\nOn down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico [/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch] \r\nWe fired our guns and the British kept a comin'[/tab]\r\n[tab]                              [ch]E[/ch]           [ch]A[/ch]\r\nThere wasn't as many as there was a while ago[/tab]\r\n \r\nWe fired once more and they began to runnin'\r\n[tab]                               [ch]E[/ch]         [ch]A[/ch]\r\nOn down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Outro]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]\r\nYeah! They ran through the briers and they ran through the brambles[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                        [ch]E[/ch]               [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd they ran through the bushes where a rabbit couldn't go[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                 [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThey ran so fast that the hounds couldn't catch 'em[/tab]\r\n[tab]                               [ch]E[/ch]         [ch]A[/ch]\r\nOn down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico[/tab]","plain_text":"[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n \n[Chorus]\n\n\n \nWe fired once more and they began to runnin'\n\n \n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n \nWe fired once more and they began to runnin'\n\n \n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n \nWe fired once more and they began to runnin'\n\n\n[Verse 4]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n \nWe fired once more and they began to runnin'\n\n\n[Outro]","chords":["A","D","E"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"E":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,1,0,0]}}}