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Sink The Bismarck

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John Gale "Johnny" Horton (April 30, 1925 – November 5, 1960) was an American country music and rockabilly singer most famous for his semi-folk, so-called "saga songs" which began the "historical ballad" craze of the late 1950s and early 1960s. With them, he had several major successes, most notably in 1959 with the song "The Battle of New Orleans" (written by Jimmy Driftwood), which was awarded the 1960 Grammy Award for Best Country & Western Recording.

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Sink the Bismarck

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In [D] May of nineteen forty one, the [A] war had just be- [D] gun
The [G] Germans had the biggest ships that [D] had the biggest guns
[D] The Bismarck was the fastest ship that ever sailed the seas
[D] On her decks were guns as big as steers and [A] shells as big as [D] trees

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

Chorus
[D] We'll find that German battleship that's [A] makin' such a [D] fuss
[D] We gotta sink the Bismarck 'cause the [A] world depends on [D] us
[G] Hit the deck a-runnin' boys and [D] spin those guns around
[D] When we find the Bismarck, we [A] gotta cut 'er [D] down

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

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

[D] The fog was gone the seventh day an' they [A] saw the mornin [D] sun
[G] Ten hours away from homeland, the [D] Bismarck made it's run
[D] The Admiral of the British fleet said turns those bows around
[D] We found that German battleship, and we're [A]gonna cut 'er [D] down

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

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