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Late 18th century song adopted as the anthem of the British Royal Navy. There are a few versions on the internet but these chords I've worked out seem to fit more with how I remember it from school? Intro = D G C G C G D G Verse 1 G C G Come cheer up my lads 'tis to glory we steer

To ^Cadd something ^Gmore to this ^Cwonderful ^Gyear To ^Ghonour we ^Dcall you as ^Gfreemen not ^Dslaves For ^Gwho are so ^Dfree as the ^Asons of the ^Dwaves

Chorus

^DHeart of oak are our ships jolly ^Gtars are our men We ^Emalways are ^Cready ^Gsteady ^Dboys ^Gsteady We'll ^Emfight and we'll ^Gconquer a^Dgain and a^Ggain

Verse 2

^GWe ne'er see our foes but we ^Cwish them to ^Gstay They ^Cnever see ^Gus but they ^Cwish us a^Gway If they ^Grun why we ^Dfollow and ^Grun them as^Dhore For if ^Gthey won't ^Dfight us we ^Acannot do ^Dmore

Chorus

^DHeart of oak are our ships jolly ^Gtars are our men We ^Emalways are ^Cready ^Gsteady ^Dboys ^Gsteady We'll ^Emfight and we'll ^Gconquer a^Dgain and a^Ggain

Verse 3

^GThey swear they'll invade us these ^Cterrible ^Gfoes They ^Cfrighten ^Gwomen ^Cchildren and ^Gbeaus ^GBut should their flat ^Dbottoms in ^Gdarkness get ^Do'er Still ^GBritons they'll ^Dfind to re^Aceive them on ^Gshore

Chorus

^DHeart of oak are our ships jolly ^Gtars are our men We ^Emalways are ^Cready ^Gsteady ^Dboys ^Gsteady We'll ^Emfight and we'll ^Gconquer a^Dgain and a^Ggain

Verse 4

^GWe'll still make them fear and we'll ^Cstill make them ^Gflee And ^Cdrub 'em on ^Gshore as we've ^Cdrubb'd 'em at ^Gsea ^GThen cheer up my ^Dlads with one ^Gheart let us ^Dsing Our ^Gsoldiers our ^Dsailors our ^Astatesmen our ^DKing

Chorus

^DHeart of oak are our ships jolly ^Gtars are our men We ^Emalways are ^Cready ^Gsteady ^Dboys ^Gsteady We'll ^Emfight and we'll ^Gconquer a^Dgain and a^Ggain

Verse 5

^GWe'll still make 'em run and we'll ^Cstill make 'em ^Gsweat In ^Cspite of the ^GDevil and ^CBrussels Ga^Gzette ^GThen cheer up my ^Dlads with one ^Gheart let us ^Dsing Our ^Gsoldiers our ^Dsailors our ^Astatesmen our ^DKing

Chorus

^DHeart of oak are our ships jolly ^Gtars are our men We ^Emalways are ^Cready ^Gsteady ^Dboys ^Gsteady We'll ^Emfight and we'll ^Gconquer a^Dgain and a^Ggain

Verse 6

^GBritannia triumphant her ships ^Crule the ^Gseas Her ^Cwatch word is '^GJustice' her ^Cpassword is '^GFree' ^GSo come cheer up my ^Dlads with one ^Gheart let us ^Dsing Our ^Gsoldiers our ^Dsailors our ^Astatesmen our ^Dking

Chorus

^DHeart of oak are our ships jolly ^Gtars are our men We ^Emalways are ^Cready ^Gsteady ^Dboys ^Gsteady We'll ^Emfight and we'll ^Gconquer a^Dgain and a^Ggain

Misc Traditional - Heart of oak