Tuning:Standard
Intro
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1st Verse
A D E A
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A D
In Eighteen-Fourteen we took a little trip
E A
Along with Colonel Jackson down the mighty Mississip'
A D
We took a little bacon and we took a little beans
E A
And we caught the bloody British in the town of New Orleans.
Chorus 1
A E A
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A A
We fired our guns and the British kept a-comin'
A E A
But, there wasn't nigh as many as there was a while ago
A A
We fired once more and they began to runnin'
A E A
On down the Mississippi to the Gulf Of Mexico
2nd Verse
A D E A
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A D
We looked down the river and we seen the British come
E A
And there must have been a hundred of 'em beatin' on the drum
A D
They stepped so high and they made their bugles ring
E A
We stood beside our cotton bales and didn't say a thing
Chorus 1
A E A
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A A
We fired our guns and the British kept a-comin'
A E A
But, there wasn't nigh as many as there was a while ago
A A
We fired once more and they began to runnin'
A E A
On down the Mississippi to the Gulf Of Mexico
3rd Verse
A D E A
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A D
Ol Hickory said we could take 'em by surprise '
E A
If we didn't fire our muskets 'til we looked 'em in the eyes
A D
We held our fire till we seen their faces well
E A
Then, we opened our squirrel guns and really gave 'em....well we,
Chorus 1
A E A
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A|--0-------0-------0-----------0----|
E|--------------------------0--------|
A A
We fired our guns and the British kept a-comin'
A E A
But, there wasn't nigh as many as there was a while ago
A A
We fired once more and they began to runnin'
A E A
On down the Mississippi to the Gulf Of Mexico
Chorus 2
A E A
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A A
Yeah, they ran through the briars and they ran through the brambles
A E A
And they ran through the bushes where a rabbit couldn't go
A A
They ran so fast that the hounds couldn't catch 'em
A E A
On down the Mississippi to the Gulf Of Mexico
4th Verse
A D E A
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G|-----2-----2-------2--------------------2-----2--|
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E|-------------------------0-----------------------|
A D
We fired our cannon 'til the barrel melted down
E A
So we grabbed an alligator and we fought another round
A D
We filled his head with cannonballs and powdered his behind
E A
And when we set the powder off, the 'gator lost his mind.
Chorus 1
A E A
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G|----2---2---2---2---2---2-------2--|
D|------2-------2-------2-----2------|
A|--0-------0-------0-----------0----|
E|--------------------------0--------|
A A
We fired our guns and the British kept a-comin'
A E A
But, there wasn't nigh as many as there was a while ago
A A
We fired once more and they began to runnin'
A E A
On down the Mississippi to the Gulf Of Mexico
Chorus 2
A E A
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B|-----------------------------------|
G|----2---2---2---2---2---2-------2--|
D|------2-------2-------2-----2------|
A|--0-------0-------0-----------0----|
E|--------------------------0--------|
A A
Yeah, they ran through the briars and they ran through the brambles
A E A
And they ran through the bushes where a rabbit couldn't go
A A
They ran so fast that the hounds couldn't catch 'em
A E A
On down the Mississippi to the Gulf Of Mexico.
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| h hammer-on
| p pull-off
| ~ vibrato
| + harmonic
| x Mute note
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