SINK THE BISMARCK
Johnny Horton
(Johnny Horton and Tilman Franks)
Peaked at # 3 in 1960
Capo on first fret.
In [D] May of nine-teen for-ty one the [A] war had just be-[D] gun
The [G] Ger-mans had the big-gest ships that [D] had the big-gest guns
(D)
The Bis-marck was the fast-est ship that ever sail-ed the seas
On her decks were guns as big as steers and [A] shells as big as [D] trees.
Out of the cold and fog-gy night came the Brit-ish ship The Hood
And ever' British sea-man he knew and un-der-stood
They had to sink the Bis-marck the ter-ror of the seas
Stop those guns as big as steers and those shells as big as trees.
CHORUS #1
[D] We'll find that Ger-man bat-tle-ship that's [A] mak'in' such a [D] fuss
We got-ta sink the Bis-marck 'cause the [A] world de-pends on [D] us
[G]Hit the deck a-run-nin' boys and [D] spin those guns a-round
When we find the Bis-marck we [A] got-ta cut 'er [D] down.
The Hood found the Bis-marck and on that fa-tal day
The Bis-marck start-ed fir-in' fif-teen miles a-way
We got-ta sink the Bis-marck was the bat-tle sound
But when the smoke had clear-ed a-way the might-y Hood went down.
For six long days and wear-y nights they tried to find her trail
Church-hill told peo-ple put ever' ship a-sail
'Cause some-where on that o-cean I know she's got-ta be
We got-ta sink the Bis-marck to the bot-tom of the sea.
CHORUS #1
The fog was gone the sev-enth day an' they saw the mornin' sun
Ten hours a-way from home-land the Bis-marck made it's run
The Ad-miral of the Brit-ish fleet said turn those bows a-round
We found that Ger-man Bat-tle-ship and we gon-na cut 'er down.
The Brit-ish guns were aimed and the shells were com-in' fast
The first shell hit the Bis-marck they knew she could-n't last
That might-y Ger-man bat-tle-ship is just a mem-o-ry
Sink the Bis-marck was the bat-tle cry that shook the sev-en seas.
CHORUS #2
We found that Ger-man bat-tle-ship for mak'in' such a fuss
We had to sink the Bis-marck 'cause the world de-pends on us
We hit the deck a-run-nin' and we spun those guns a-round
Yea! we found that might-y Bis-marck and we had to cut 'er down.
CHORUS #2 (Last line)
Yea! we found that might-y Bis-marck and then we cut 'er down.
source: Gene Graham
cowpie
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NOTE:
Prior to transcribing this, I had been under the impression that the
Bismarck had been sinking Allied shipping left and right for at least
several months. After all, Horton *does* say "makin' such a fuss."
Then I saw a TV documentary of how the same folks who had located the
Titanic had now found the Bismarck. Contemporary footage was
interspersed with archival photos and I got a clue which I then researched
further on the Internet. The TRUTH is that the Bismarck was sunk on her maiden voyage!! She finished her sea trials and put out on her first mission on May 19, 1941. The British, thanks to a lucky strike on her rudder by a torpedo from a bi-winged Swordfish aircraft, stopped her before she could reach the Luftwaffe air cover flying out from occupied France. After an hour and a half of relentless pounding by several British ships, she sank-although some say she was scuttled (a la the Graf Spee later in the war.) The date was May 27, 1941 and Bismarck had been operational for only EIGHT DAYS!
source: Robin Hood
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