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Sink The Bismark Chords

Music by: Johnny Horton · 1961
Genre Rock Tone Eb major BPM 116 Views 123
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[Intro 1]
[Drum]
[D][D]

[Verse 1]
In [D]May of nineteen forty-one
the [A]war had just be[D]gun
The [G]Germans had the biggest ship,
they [D]had the biggest guns
The Bismarck was the fastest ship
that ever sailed the sea
On her deck were guns as big as steers
and [A]shells as big as [D]trees

[Verse 2]
[D]Out of the cold and foggy night
came the [A]British ship, the [D]Hood
And [G]every British seaman,
he [D]knew and understood
They had to sink the Bismarck,
the terror of the sea
Stop those guns as big as steers
and those [A]shells as big as [D]trees

[Chorus 1]
We'll [D]find the German battleship
that's [A]makin' such a [D]fuss
We gotta sink the Bismarck
cause the [A]world depends on [D]us
[G]Hit the decks a-runnin' boys
and [D]spin those guns around
When we find the Bismarck
we [A]gotta cut her [D]down
[D][D]

[Verse 3]
The [D]Hood found the Bismarck
[A]on that fatal [D]day
The [G]Bismarck started firin' [D]fifteen miles away
"We gotta sink the Bismarck"
was the battle sound
But when the smoke had cleared away,
the [A]mighty Hood went [D]down

[Verse 4]
For [D]six long days and weary nights
they [A]tried to find her [D]trail
[G]Churchill told the people "put [D]every ship a-sail
'Cause somewhere on that ocean
I know she's gotta be
We gotta sink the Bismarck
to the [A]bottom of the [D]sea"

[Chorus 2]
We'll [D]find the German battleship
that's [A]makin' such a [D]fuss
We gotta sink the Bismarck
cause the [A]world depends on [D]us
[G]Hit the decks a-runnin' boys
and [D]spin those guns around
When we find the Bismarck
we [A]gotta cut her [D]down
[D][D]

[Verse 5]
The [D]fog was gone the seventh day
and they [A]saw the mornin' [D]sun
Ten [G]hours away from homeland
the [D]Bismarck made its run
The admiral of the British fleet said
"turn those bows around
We found that German battleship
and we're [A]gonna cut her [D]down"

[Verse 6]
The [D]British guns were aimed
and the [A]shells were comin' [D]fast
The [G]first shell hit the Bismarck,
they [D]knew she couldn't last
That mighty German battleship
is just a memory
"Sink the Bismarck" was the battle
cry that [A]shook the seven [D]seas

[Chorus 3]
We [D]found the German battleship
been [A]makin' such a [D]fuss
We had to sink the Bismarck
'cause the [A]world depends on [D]us
We [G]hit the decks a-runnin'
and we [D]spun those guns around
Yeah, we found the mighty Bismarck
and pre[A]pared to cut her [D]down

[Outro 1]
We [D]found the German battleship
been [A]makin' such a [D]fuss
We had to sink the Bismarck
'cause the [A]world depends on [D]us
We [G]hit the decks a-runnin'
and we [D]spun those guns around
We found the mighty Bismarck
and [A]then we cut her [D]down
[D][D]
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