How to Play Battle of New Orleans on Guitar?

Jimmy Horton - Battle of New Orleans can be played in the key of A using the A, D, E7 chords. For A, To play A, press fret 2 on the D string with finger 2, let low E, A, high E ring open, mute G, B. For D, To play D, press fret 2 on the low E string with finger 2, press fret 2 on the G string with finger 2, press fret 2 on the high E string with finger 2, let A, D ring open, mute B. For E7, To play E7, let low E, D, B, high E ring open, mute A, G. Barre: Use your index finger to press multiple strings on the same fret, keeping your finger flat. You can play Battle of New Orleans with the ↓-↓↑-↑↓↑ strumming pattern.

Jimmy Horton - Battle of New Orleans Chords

Chord reference A, D, E7

Rhythm tips ↓-↓↑-↑↓↑

[A]In 1814 we [D]took a little trip A[E7]long with Col. Jackson down the [A]mighty mississip’ We took a little bacon and we [D]took a little beans And we [E7]Caught the bloody British in a [A]town in New Orleans.

[A]We fired our guns and the British kept a comin’ There wasn’t as many as there [E7]was a while a[A]go We fired once more and [D]they began to runnin’ On down the Mississippi to the [E7]Gulf of Mexi[A]co.

[A]We looked down the river and we see’d the British come And there musta been a hundred of ’em beatin’ [E7]on the [A]drum They stepped so high and they [D]made their bugles ring We stood beside our cotton bales and didn’t [E7]say a [A]thing.

[A]Old Hick’ry said we could take ’em by surprise If we didn’t fire our musket till we [E7]looked ’em in the [A]eyes We held our fire till we [D]see their faces well Then we opened up with squirrel guns and [E7]really gave ’em [A]Well

[A]Yeah! they ran through the briars and they ran through the brambles And they ran through the bushes where a [E7]rabbit couldn’t [A]go They ran so fast that the hounds [D]couldn’t catch ’em On down the Mississippi to the [E7]Gulf of Mexi[A]co.

[A]We fired our cannon till the barrel melted down So we grabbed an alligator and we fought a[E7]nother [A]round We filled his head with cannonballs and [D]powdered his behind And when we touched the powder off, the ‘gator [E7]lost his [A]mind.

Artist Jimmy Horton

Album Single

Genres Country

Year 1959

Key A

Jimmy Horton - Battle of New Orleans can be played in the key of A using the A, D, E7 chords.

For A, To play A, press fret 2 on the D string with finger 2, let low E, A, high E ring open, mute G, B.
For D, To play D, press fret 2 on the low E string with finger 2, press fret 2 on the G string with finger 2, press fret 2 on the high E string with finger 2, let A, D ring open, mute B.
For E7, To play E7, let low E, D, B, high E ring open, mute A, G.

Barre: Use your index finger to press multiple strings on the same fret, keeping your finger flat.

You can play Battle of New Orleans with the ↓-↓↑-↑↓↑ strumming pattern.