Sink The Bismarck chords by
Johnny Cash
Johnny Horton

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Key: Eb major•

Verse 1
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In  May of 1941,
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the war had just begun.
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The Germans had the biggest ship
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that 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 stairs
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and shells as big as trees.
Out of the cold and foggy night
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came the British ship, the Hood
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And every British seaman,
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he 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 shells, his biggest trees
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Define that German battleship
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that's making such a fuss
We gotta sink the Bismarck,
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cause the world depends on us
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He hit the decks a -runnin', boys,
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and spin those guns around
But when we find the Bismarck,
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we gotta cut her down
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The Hood found the Bismarck,
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and on that fatal day
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The Bismarck started firing,
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fifteen miles away
We gotta sink the Bismarck,
was the battle sound
But when the smoke had cleared away,
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the mighty Hood went down
For six long days and weary nights,
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they tried to find her trail
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Churchill told the people,
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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 bottom of the sea
They find that German battleship
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that's making such a fuss
We gotta sink the Bismarck
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cause the world depends on us
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They hit the decks of running boys
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and spin those guns around
When we find the Bismarck,
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we gotta cut her down
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The fog was gone the seventh day
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and they saw the morning sun
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Ten hours away from homeland,
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the 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 we're gonna cut her down
The British guns were aimed
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and the shells were coming fast
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The first shell hit the Bismarck,
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they 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 shook the seven sea s
We found that German battleship
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was making such a fuss
We had to sink the Bismarck,
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cause the world depends on us
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We hit the deck of running
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and we spun those guns around,
yeah
We found that mighty Bismarck
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and we cut the gutter down
We found that German battleship
for making such a fuss
We had to sink the Bismarck,
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or else the world, it ends on us
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We hit the deck a -runnin'
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and we spun those guns around
We found that mighty Bismarck
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and then we cut her down

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