1741 (The Battle of Cartagena) chords by Alestorm
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Intro 1
(E minor) (G major) (D major) (E minor) (G major) (D major)
(E minor) (G major) (D major) (E minor) (G major) (E minor) (D major)
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Verse 1
(E minor) Sailing the raging seas
To distant (C major) lands unknown
(G major) Porto Bello fell in a day
Now (D major) Britannia rules the waves
(E minor) Thirty thousand men at arms
Red (C major) Ensign in the sky
To (G major) Cartagena we set sail
With (D major) blood and plunder we'll pre (E minor)
vail (G major) (D major) (E minor) (G major) (D major)
(E minor)
Twice struck, and twice we've failed
But (C major) third time works a charm
The greatest (G major) fleet the world has seen
To (D major) fight the War of Jenkins' Ear
(E minor) Waters lash across the bow
Through Caribbean (C major) Seas
The (G major) year is 1741
The fi (D major) nal battle has begun (G major) (A minor) (G major) (A major)
(B minor) (B major) (C major)
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Interlude 1
(D major) (E minor) (F major) (B major) (E minor)
Verse 2
The skies are (A minor) burning with (E minor) thunder (A minor)
The (E minor) seas are (C major) ablaze with (D major) flame
(E minor) Set the course for (A minor) Cartagena (E minor)
(A minor) The sands of (C major) time will re
(D major) member our (E minor) names
The skies are (A minor) burning with (E minor) thunder (A minor)
The seas (E minor) are ablaze (C major) with flame (D major) (E minor)
Set the course for Cartagen (A minor) (E minor) a
(C major) History is (D major) written today (E minor)
Across the sea- lashed deck
Our (C major) captain gives a cry
(G major) "Cartagena lies ahead
The Spanish (D major) foe will soon
be dead!" (E minor)
Portents of coming doom
En (C major) gulf the battle line
Verse 3
(G major) High above, the heavens sigh
A (D major) red light burning (B major) in the sky (B minor) (C major) (C minor) (B flat minor) (B major)
(B minor) (C major) (B flat major) (B major) (B minor) (C major) (C minor) (B flat minor) (B major) (B minor) (C major) (B flat major) (B major)
An omen of dread (A minor) (C major)
(B major) Which no man can deny (C major) (B flat major) (B minor)
(B major) The legends hold true (B minor) (A minor) (C major)
(B major) We must turn back or die (C major)
(E minor) (G major) (D major) (E minor) (G major) (D major)
(B minor) Super (B major) stitious fools (B minor) (A minor) (C major) (B minor)
(B major) Be gone from my sight (C major) (B flat major)
(B major) Blast the trumpets of war (A minor) (C major)
(B minor) An (B major) d prepare for the fight (C major) (D major) (E minor) (G major) (D major) (E minor)
(G major) (D major) (E minor) (G major) (D major) (E minor)
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(E minor) (C major) (D major) (E minor) (A minor) (E minor) (A minor) (C major) (D major) (E minor) (A minor) (E minor) (A minor) (E minor) (C major) (D major) (E minor)
(A minor) (E minor) (C major) (D major) (E minor)
The skies are burn (A minor) ing with (E minor) thunder
(A minor) The seas (E minor) are ablaze (C major) with (D major) flame (E minor)
Set the course for Cart (A minor) agen (E minor) a
(A minor) The sands of (C major) time will
remem (D major) ber our (E minor) names
The skies are burn (A minor) ing with (E minor) thunder
(A minor) The seas (E minor) are ablaze (C major) with (D major) flame (E minor)
Set the course for Cart (A minor) agen (E minor) a
His (C major) tory is (D major) written
Verse 4
(E minor) today (C major) (E minor) (C major) (C sharp minor) (E minor)
(C sharp minor) (E minor) (C sharp minor) (E minor) (C sharp minor) (E minor)
(C sharp minor) Hard to starboard
Man the cannons
And on my command,
unleash hell! (B major) (A minor) (B major) (A minor)
(B major) FIRE! (B minor) Show (D major) them your steel
Bring (A major) them (A minor) to death on (A major) the battlefield (F sharp major)
Ride (B major) on the wind,
(B minor) (B major) and (D major) conquer the foe (A major)
(D major) The le (A major) gends be (A minor) damned, to our (A major) death (F sharp major) s we will ago (E minor) (A minor)
(E minor) (A minor) (E minor) (C major) (D major) (E minor) (A minor) (E minor) (A minor) (C major) (D major) (E minor)
The skies are (A minor) burning with (E minor) thunder (A minor)
The seas (E minor) are (C major) ablaze with (D major) flame (E minor)
Set the course for (A minor) Cart (E minor) agena
(A minor) The sands of time (C major) will re
(D major) member (E minor) our names
The skies are (A minor) burning (E minor) with thunder
(A minor) The sea (E minor) s are ablaze (C major) with (D major) flame
(E minor) Set the course for (A minor) Cart (E minor) agena
(C major) History is writ (D major) ten today (E minor)
(F major) (G major) (A minor) (E minor) (A minor)
1741 (The Battle of Cartagena)
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