Sink The Bismarck

Johnny Horton

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Key:
D A7 In May of 1941 the war had just
D begun
G The Germans had the biggest ship
D that had the biggest guns The Bismarck was the fastest ship that ever sailed the sea On her decks were guns as big as
A7 D steers and shells as big as trees Out of the cold and foggy night came
A7 D the British ship the Hood
G D And every British seaman he knew and understood They had to sink the Bismarck, the terror of the sea Stop those guns as big as steers and
A7 D those shells as big as trees [Chorus] We'll find the German battleship
A7 D that's making such a fuss We gotta sink the Bismarck cause the
A7 D world depends on us
G Yeah, hit the decks a running boys
D and spin those guns around
A7 When we find the Bismarck we gotta
D cut her down [Verse 2]
A7 The Hood found the Bismarck and on
D that fatal day
G D The Bismarck started firing fifteen miles away
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We gotta sink the Bismarck was the battle sound But when the smoke had cleared away
A7 D the mighty Hood went down For six long days and weary nights
A7 D they tried to find her trail
G D Churchill told the people put every ship a-sail Cause somewhere on that ocean I know she's gotta be We gotta sink the Bismarck to the
A7 D bottom of the sea [Chorus] We found that German battleship was
A7 D makin' such a fuss We had to sink the Bismarck 'cause
A7 D the world depends on us
G We hit the decks a-runnin' and we
D spun those guns around Yeah, we found that mighty Bismarck
A7 D and then we cut her down [Verse 3] The fog was gone the seventh day and
A7 D they saw the morning sun
G Ten hours away from homeland the
D Bismarck made its run
D The Admiral of the British fleet said turn those bows around We found that German battleship and
A7 D we're gonna cut her down The British guns were aimed and the
A7 D shells were coming fast
G The first shell hit the Bismarck,
D they knew she couldn't last That mighty German battleship is just a memory Sink the Bismark was the battle cry
A7 D that shook the seven seas [Chorus] We found that German battleship was
A7 D makin' such a fuss We had to sink the Bismarck 'cause
A7 D the world depends on us
G We hit the decks a-runnin' and we
D spun those guns around Yeah, we found that mighty Bismarck
A7 D and then we cut her down [Other] We found that German battleship was
A7 D makin' such a fuss We had to sink the Bismarck 'cause
A7 D the world depends on us
G We hit the decks a-runnin' and we
D spun those guns around Yeah, we found that mighty Bismarck
A7 D and then we cut her down Yeah, we found that mighty Bismarck
A7 D and then we cut her down
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Composition: Johnny Horton and Tillman Franks

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