Key: C# minor
Verse 1
Am
G
Let's drink a toast to the Admiral
Am
C
and here's to the Captain Bold
Em
Am
And glory more for the Commodore
C
G
when the deeds of might are told
C
G
to lay their orders down
and three times three
F
C
For the men below who fight the foe,
Am
G
the men behind the guns,
Am
F
when they swing the port once more
C
Em
With nev er enough
C
G
they start for the Levis shore
Am
C
had better clothes to wear
Em
Am
For the uniforms of of ficers
C
G
could hardly be compared
F
C
Out shined the common sailor boys,
Am
C
G
the lads who served the guns
Am
G
Am
Oh, the men behind the guns
Am
C
that tells the fight is on
Em
Am
And the angry sound of another round
C
G
says they must be gone
Over the deep and the deadly sweep
Em
Am
Where the very air is a mad despair
C
G
that throws up a living hell
F
C
Oh, you find the boys who make the noise,
Am
C
blow loose from the cannon steel
Em
Am
And they know the hull of the enemy ship
C
G
will quiver with the feel
Am
G
C
and shake with a great recoil
C
G
and swallows up her spoil
C
F
C
But not until the final ship
F
C
Can we give the rest to the very best,
Am
G
the lads who serve the guns?
Am
G
Am
Oh, the men behind the guns
Am
C
and here's to the Captain bold
Em
Am
And glory more for the Commodore
C
G
when the deeds of might are told
Am
C
when the great shells roar and pound
when the foe is near
C
G
to lay their orders down
and three times three
F
C
For the men below who fight the foe,
Am
G
Am
Oh, the men behind the gun s
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