Johnny Horton - Sink the bismarck

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

^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 ^Agonna 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

^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