Sink The Bismarck chords by Johnny Cash, Johnny Horton

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Verse 1
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 (D major)  (A major)  (D major) In May of 1941,
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the  (A major) war had just be (D major) gun.
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The  (G major) Germans had the biggest ship
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that  (D major) had the biggest guns.
The Bismarck
was the fastest ship
that ever sailed the sea.
On her decks were guns
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as big as  (A major) stairs
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and shells as big as  (D major) trees.
Out of the cold and foggy night
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came the  (A major) British ship, the  (D major) Hood
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And  (G major) every British seaman,
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he  (D major) knew and understood
They had to sink the Bismarck,
the terror of the sea
Stop those guns, his biggest steers,
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and those  (A major) shells, his biggest trees
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 (D major) Define that German battleship
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that's  (A major) making such a  (D major) fuss
We gotta sink the Bismarck,
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cause the  (A major) world depends on  (D major) us
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He  (G major) hit the decks a -runnin', boys,
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and  (D major) spin those guns around
But when we find the Bismarck,
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we  (A major) gotta cut her down  (D major)  (A major) 
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 (D major) The Hood found the Bismarck,
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and  (A major) on that fatal day
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 (D major) The  (G major) Bismarck started firing,
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 (D major) fifteen miles away
We gotta sink the Bismarck,
was the battle sound
But when the smoke had cleared away,
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the  (A major) mighty Hood went  (D major) down
For six long days and weary nights,
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they  (A major) tried to find her  (D major) trail
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Churchill  (G major) told the people,
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 (D major) put every ship asail
Cause somewhere on that ocean,
I know she's gotta be
We gotta sink the Bismarck
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to the  (A major) bottom of the  (D major) sea
They find that German battleship
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that's  (A major) making such a  (D major) fuss
We gotta sink the Bismarck
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cause the  (A major) world depends on  (D major) us
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They  (G major) hit the decks of running boys
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and  (D major) spin those guns around
When we find the Bismarck,
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we  (A major) gotta cut her down  (D major)  (A major) 
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 (D major) The fog was gone the seventh day
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and they  (A major) saw the morning sun (D major) 
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Ten  (G major) hours away from homeland,
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the  (D major) Bismarck made its run
The admiral of the British fleet said,
turn those bows around
We found that German battleship
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and  (A major) we're gonna cut her  (D major) down
The British guns were aimed
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and the  (A major) shells were coming fast
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 (D major) The  (G major) first shell hit the Bismarck,
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they  (D major) knew she couldn't last
That mighty German battleship
is just a memory
Sink the Bismarck
was the battle cry
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that  (A major) shook the seven  (D major) seas
We found that German battleship
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was  (A major) making such a  (D major) fuss
We had to sink the Bismarck,
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cause the  (A major) world depends on  (D major) us
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We  (G major) hit the deck of running
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and we  (D major) spun those guns around,
yeah
We found that mighty Bismarck
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and we  (A major) cut the gutter  (D major) down
We found that German battleship
for making such a fuss
We had to sink the Bismarck,
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or else the  (A major) world, it ends  (D major) on us
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We  (G major) hit the deck a -runnin'
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and we  (D major) spun those guns around
We found that mighty Bismarck
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and  (A major) then we cut her  (D major) down  (A major)  (D major)  (A major)  (D major) 