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Introduction: G#m B F#
G#m
Sailing the raging seas
E
To distant lands unknown
B
Portobelo fell in a day
F#
Now Britannia rules the waves
G#m
Thirty thousand men at arms
E
Red Ensign in the sky
B
To Cartagena we set sail
F#
With blood and plunder we'll prevail
G#m
Twice struck, and twice we've failed
E
But third time works a charm
B
The greatest fleet the world has seen
F#
To fight the War of Jenkins' Ear
G#m
Waters lash across the bow
B
Through Carribean seas
E
The year is 1741
F#
The final battle has begun
G#m C#m G#m
The skies are burning with thunder
C#m G#m E F#
The seas are ablaze with flame
G#m C#m G#m
Set the course for Cartagena
C#m E F# G#m
The sands of time will remember our names
G#m C#m G#m
The skies are burning with thunder
C#m G#m E F#
The seas are ablaze with flame
G#m C#m G#m
Set the course for Cartagena
E F# G#m
History is written today
G#m
Across the sea-lashed deck
E
Our captain gives a cry
B
Cartagena lies ahead
F#
The Spanish foe will soon be dead!
G#m
Portents of coming doom
E
Engulf the battle line
B
High above, the heavens sigh
F# D#m
A red light burning in the sky
D#m C# E
An omen of dread
D#m E F# C#
Which no man can deny
D#m C# E
The legends hold true
D#m E F# Gm G#m
We must turn back or die
D#m C# E
Superstitious fools
D#m E F# C#
Be gone from my sight
D#m C# E
Blast the trumpets of war
D#m E F# Gm G#m
And prepare for the fight
G#m C#m G#m
The skies are burning with thunder
C#m G#m E F#
The seas are ablaze with flame
G#m C#m G#m
Set the course for Cartagena
C#m E F# G#m
The sands of time will remember our names
G#m C#m G#m
The skies are burning with thunder
C#m G#m E F#
The seas are ablaze with flame
G#m C#m G#m
Set the course for Cartagena
E F# G#m
History is written today
Fm
Hard to starboard
Fm
Man the cannons
Fm
And on my command
Fm
Unleash hell!
F
IRE!
F#
Show them your steel!
C#
Bring them to death
A#
On the battlefield
D#m
Ride on the win
F#
And conquer the foe
C#
The legends be damned
A#
To our deaths we will go
G#m C#m G#m
The skies are burning with thunder
C#m G#m E F#
The seas are ablaze with flame
G#m C#m G#m
Set the course for Cartagena
C#m E F# G#m
The sands of time will remember our names
G#m C#m G#m
The skies are burning with thunder
C#m G#m E F#
The seas are ablaze with flame
G#m C#m G#m
Set the course for Cartagena
E F# G#m
History is written today