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Sink The Bismarck by Johnny Horton - Guitar Chords

Version 1
            Artist:  Johnny Horton
Writer Credit:  Johnny Horton and Tillman Franks
Released in 1960, #3 on the charts

To match the original record on youtube, transpose to D
and use capo on first fret.

I play and sing it in G, as below.

Correct title (Sink the Bismarck) Old title 'Bismark' is a
common mis-spelling... corrected on later record productions.


[Verse]
   G               D              G
In May of 1941 the war had just begun
    C                                 G
The Germans had the biggest ship that had the biggest guns
    G
The Bismarck was the fastest ship that ever sailed the sea
                                            D                G
On her decks were guns as big as steers and shells as big as trees

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

[Chorus]
                                        D             G
We'll find the German battleship that's making such a fuss
                                     D                G
We gotta sink the Bismarck cause the world depends on us
      C                                G
Yeah, hit the decks a running boys and spin those guns around
                             D             G
When we find the Bismarck we gotta cut her down

[Verse]
                                D              G
The Hood found the Bismarck and on that fatal day
    C                       G
The Bismarck started firing fifteen miles away
   G
We gotta sink the Bismarck was the battle sound
                                        D                G
But when the smoke had cleared away the mighty Hood went down

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

[Chorus]
                                        D             G
We'll find the German battleship that's making such a fuss
                                     D                G
We gotta sink the Bismarck cause the world depends on us
      C                                G
Yeah, hit the decks a running boys and spin those guns around
                             D             G
When we find the Bismarck we gotta cut her down

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

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

[Final Chorus]
   G                                D             G
We found that German battleship was makin' such a fuss
                                       D                G
We had to sink the Bismarck 'cause the world depends on us
   C                             G
We hit the deck a-runnin' and we spun those guns around
                                        D               G
Yeah, we found that mighty Bismarck and then we cut her down

   G                                D             G
We found that German battleship was makin' such a fuss
                                       D                G
We had to sink the Bismarck 'cause the world depends on us
   C                             G
We hit the deck a-runnin' and we spun those guns around
                                  D               G
We found that mighty Bismarck and then we cut her down


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