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The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
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- Cadillac Ranch
- Colorado Christmas
- Daddy Was A Sailor
- Dance Little Jean
- Dancin To The Beat Of A Broken Heart
- Dancing To The Beat
- Face On The Cutting Room Floor
- Fishin In The Dark
- Fishing In The Dark
- Good To Be Alive
- Hello I Am Your Heart
- High Horse
- Home Again In My Heart
- How Long
- Jamaica Lady
- Little Mountain Church House
- Long Hard Road
- Louisiana Saturday Night
- Lovin On The Side
- Lowlands
- Make A Little Magic
- Modern Day Romance
- Mr Bojangles
- Nine Pound Hammer
- Oh What A Love
- Old Upright Piano
- One Step Over The Line
- Partners Brothers And Friends
- Propinquity
- Riding Alone
- Ripplin Water
- Rocky Top Tennessee
- Roll That Stone Away
- Shot Full Of Love
- Some Of Shellys Blues
- Stand A Little Rain
- Take Me In Your Life Boat
- The Lowlands
- The Lowlands Improved
- There Is A Time
- This Train Keeps Rolling Along
- Tulsa Sounds Like Trouble To Me
- When I Get My Rewards
- When Its Gone
- Will The Be Unbroken
- Will The Circle Be Unbroken
- Working Man Nowhere To Go
- You Aint Goin Nowhere
Four years of hard work!This month of May we celebrated four years on the air. We continue working on the dissemination of this wonderful instrument, thank you for participating in our story!
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]
D2 G
In 1814, we took a little trip
A7 D2
'Long with Col. Jackson down the mighty Mississip
G
Took a little bacon and we took a little beans
A7 D2
And caught the bloody British in the town in New Orleans
[Chorus]
D2
Fired our gun and the British kept a-comin'
A7 D2
And they wasn't nigh as many as they was a while ago
And we fired once more and they began a-runnin'
A7 D2
On down the Mississippa to the Gulfa Mexico
[Verse 2]
D2 G
Look down river, we see'd the British come
A7 D2
Musta been a hund'erd of 'em beatin' on the drum //
G
Steppin' so high like to make the bugles ring
A7 D2
We stood beside our cotton bales and didn't say a thing
[Chorus]
D2
We fired our gun and the British kept a-comin'
A7 D2
Wasn't nigh as many as they was a while ago
Fired once more and they began a-runnin'
A7 D2 | D2 |
On down the Mississippa to the Gulfa Mexico
[Bridge]
D2
And, they ran through the briar and they ran through the brambles
A7 D2
And they ran through the bushes where a rabbit couldn't go
Ran so fast the hounds they couldn't catch 'em all
A7 D2
Down the Mississippa to the Gulfa Mexico
[Break]
| D G | A7 D | D G | A7 D |
[Verse 3]
D2 G
Ol' Hickory said you could take 'em by su'prise
A7 D2
If you didn't fire a musket 'til you looked 'em in the eyes
G
We held our fire 'til we see'd their faces well
A7 D2
Then we opened up with squirrel guns and give 'em a little hell
[Chorus]
D2
We fired our gun and the British kept a-comin'
A7 D2
Wasn't nigh as many as they was a while ago
Fired once more and they began a-runnin'
A7 D2 | D2 |
On down the Mississippa to the Gulfa Mexico
[Verse 4]
D2 G
We fired our cannon 'til the barrel melted down
A7 D2
Grabbed an alligator then we fought another round
G
Filled his head with cannonball an' powdered his behind
A7 D2
And when we touched the powder off the 'gator blew his mind
[Break]
| D G | A7 D | D G | A7 D |
| D2 | D2 A7 D2 | D2 | D2 A7 D2 |
[Bridge]
D2
And, they ran through the briar and they ran through the brambles
A7 D2
And they ran through the bushes where a rabbit couldn't go
Ran so fast the hounds they couldn't catch 'em all
A7 D2
Down the Mississippa to the Gulfa Mexico
| D G | A7 D | D G | A7 D2 D |
[Bagpipes]
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]
D2 G
In 1814, we took a little trip
A7 D2
'Long with Col. Jackson down the mighty Mississip
G
Took a little bacon and we took a little beans
A7 D2
And caught the bloody British in the town in New Orleans
[Chorus]
D2
Fired our gun and the British kept a-comin'
A7 D2
And they wasn't nigh as many as they was a while ago
And we fired once more and they began a-runnin'
A7 D2
On down the Mississippa to the Gulfa Mexico
[Verse 2]
D2 G
Look down river, we see'd the British come
A7 D2
Musta been a hund'erd of 'em beatin' on the drum //
G
Steppin' so high like to make the bugles ring
A7 D2
We stood beside our cotton bales and didn't say a thing
[Chorus]
D2
We fired our gun and the British kept a-comin'
A7 D2
Wasn't nigh as many as they was a while ago
Fired once more and they began a-runnin'
A7 D2 | D2 |
On down the Mississippa to the Gulfa Mexico
[Bridge]
D2
And, they ran through the briar and they ran through the brambles
A7 D2
And they ran through the bushes where a rabbit couldn't go
Ran so fast the hounds they couldn't catch 'em all
A7 D2
Down the Mississippa to the Gulfa Mexico
[Break]
| D G | A7 D | D G | A7 D |
[Verse 3]
D2 G
Ol' Hickory said you could take 'em by su'prise
A7 D2
If you didn't fire a musket 'til you looked 'em in the eyes
G
We held our fire 'til we see'd their faces well
A7 D2
Then we opened up with squirrel guns and give 'em a little hell
[Chorus]
D2
We fired our gun and the British kept a-comin'
A7 D2
Wasn't nigh as many as they was a while ago
Fired once more and they began a-runnin'
A7 D2 | D2 |
On down the Mississippa to the Gulfa Mexico
[Verse 4]
D2 G
We fired our cannon 'til the barrel melted down
A7 D2
Grabbed an alligator then we fought another round
G
Filled his head with cannonball an' powdered his behind
A7 D2
And when we touched the powder off the 'gator blew his mind
[Break]
| D G | A7 D | D G | A7 D |
| D2 | D2 A7 D2 | D2 | D2 A7 D2 |
[Bridge]
D2
And, they ran through the briar and they ran through the brambles
A7 D2
And they ran through the bushes where a rabbit couldn't go
Ran so fast the hounds they couldn't catch 'em all
A7 D2
Down the Mississippa to the Gulfa Mexico
| D G | A7 D | D G | A7 D2 D |
[Bagpipes]
No Rome
No Special...
No Te Va Gustar
No Use For A Nam (...)
No Vacation