Capo on first fret. 
 
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In May of nine-teen for-ty one the war had just be-gun 
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The Ger-mans had the big-gest ships that had the big-gest guns 
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The Bis-marck was the fast-est ship that ever sail-ed the seas 
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On her decks were guns as big as steers and shells as big as 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 
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We'll find that Ger-man bat-tle-ship that's mak'in' such a fuss 
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We got-ta sink the Bis-marck 'cause the world de-pends on us 
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Hit the deck a-run-nin' boys and spin those guns a-round 
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When we find the Bis-marck we got-ta cut 'er 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.