G                    C
IN EIGHTEEN FOURTEEN WE TOOK A LITTLE TRIP
D                                                 G
ALONG WITH COLONEL JACKSON DOWN THE MIGHTY MISSISSIP'
                              C
WE TOOK A LITTLE BACON AND WE TOOK A LITTLE BEANS
       D                                               G
AND WE CAUGHT THE BLOODY BRITISH IN THE TOWN OF NEW ORLEANS


         (1st CHORUS)

   G                      C
WE FIRED OUR GUNS AND THE BRITISH KEPT A-COMIN'
       D                                        G
THERE WASN'T NIGH AS MANY AS THERE WAS A WHILE AGO
                       C
WE FIRED ONCE MORE AND THEY BEGAN A-RUNNIN'
   D                                        G
ON DOWN THE MISSISSIPPI TO THE GULF OF MEXICO
         (END CHORUS)

                                C
WE LOOKED DOWN THE RIVER AND WE SEEN THE BRITISH COME
         D                                                 G
AND THER MUST HAVE BEEN A HENDRED OF 'EM BEATIN' ON THE DRUMS
                               C
THEY STEPPED SO HIGH AND THEY MADE THEY'RE BUGLES RING
   D                                                G
WE STOOD BESIDE OUR COTTON BALES AND DIDN'T SAY A THING

       (REPEAT 1st CHORUS)

                          C
OL' HICKORY SAID WE COULD TAKE 'EM BY SURPRISE
      D                                                   G
IF WE DIDN'T FIRE OUR MUSKETS 'TILL WE LOOKED 'EM IN THE EYES
                          C
WE HELD OUR FIRE 'TILL WE SEEN THEY'RE FACES WELL
        D                                              G
THEN WE OPENED UP OUR SQUIRREL GUNS AND REALY GAVE 'EM WE------LL

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         (2nd CHORUS)


YEAH, THEY RAN THROUGH THE BRIARS
         C
AND THEY RAN THROUGH THE BRAMBLES
         D                                               G
AND THEY RAN THROUGH THE BUSHES WHERE A RABBIT COULDN'T GO
                          C
THEY RAN SO FAST THAT THE HOUNDS COULDN'T CATCH 'EM
   D                                        G
ON DOWN THE MISSISSIPPI TO THE GULF OF MEXICO
      (END 2ND CHORUS)

                               C
WE FIRED OUR CANNONS 'TILL THE BARRELS MELTED DOWN
      D                                             G
SO WE GRABBED AN ALLIGATOR AND WE FOUGHT ANOTHER ROUND
                                        C
WE FILLED HIS HEAD WITH CANNONBALLS AND POWDERED HIS BEHIND
    D                                                   G
AND WHEN WE TOUCHED THE POWDER OFF THE GATOR LOST HIS MIND

    (REPEAT 1st CHORUS)
    (REPEAT 2nd CHORUS)
          (END)