Intro
A#m C# G# (x6)
[Verse]
A#m
Sailing the raging seas
F#
To distant lands unknown
C#
Portobelo fell in a day
G#
Now Britannia rules the waves
A#m
Thirty thousand men at arms
F#
Red Ensign in the sky
C#
To Cartagena we set sail
G#
With blood and plunder we'll prevail
[Instrumental]
A#m C# G# (x2)
[Verse]
A#m
Twice struck, and twice we've failed
F#
But third time works a charm
C#
The greatest fleet the world has seen
G#
To fight the War of Jenkins' Ear
A#m
Waters lash across the bow
C#
Through Carribean seas
F#
The year is 1741
G#
The final battle has begun
[Insrtumental]
C# D# Fm F#
G# Am A#m B
F
[Chorus]
A#m D#m A#m
The skies are burning with thunder
D#m A#m F# G#
The seas are ablaze with flame
A#m D#m A#m
Set the course for Cartagena
D#m F# G# A#m
The sands of time will remember our names
A#m D#m A#m
The skies are burning with thunder
D#m A#m F# G#
The seas are ablaze with flame
A#m D#m A#m
Set the course for Cartagena
F# G# A#m
History is written today
[Verse]
A#m
Across the sea-lashed deck
F#
Our captain gives a cry
C#
Cartagena lies ahead
G#
The Spanish foe will soon be dead!
A#m
Portents of coming doom
F#
Engulf the battle line
C#
High above, the heavens sigh
G# Fm
B red light burning in the sky
[Instrumental]
Fm F# (x4)
[Interlude]
Fm D# F#
An omen of dread
Fm F# G# D#
Which no man can deny
Fm D# F#
The legends hold true
Fm F# G# Am A#m
We must turn back or die
[Instrumental]
A#m C# G# (x4)
[Interlude]
Fm D# F#
Superstitious fools
Fm F# G# D#
Be gone from my sight
Fm D# F#
Blast the trumpets of war
Fm F# G# Am A#m
And prepare for the fight
[Instrumental]
A#m C# G# (x8)
A#m
[Guitar solo]
A#m D#m A#m
D#m A#m F# G#
A#m D#m A#m
D#m F# G# A#m
A#m D#m A#m
D#m A#m F# G#
A#m D#m A#m
F# G# A#m
[Chorus]
A#m D#m A#m
The skies are burning with thunder
D#m A#m F# G#
The seas are ablaze with flame
A#m D#m A#m
Set the course for Cartagena
D#m F# G# A#m
The sands of time will remember our names
A#m D#m A#m
The skies are burning with thunder
D#m A#m F# G#
The seas are ablaze with flame
A#m D#m A#m
Set the course for Cartagena
F# G# A#m
History is written today
[Instrumental]
A#m A#m A#m A#m
F# F# D#m F# G# (x2)
Gm A#m (x4)
[Interlude]
Gm
Hard to starboard
Gm
Man the cannons
Gm
And on my command
Gm
Unleash hell!
[Instrumental]
F F F F# (x2)
[Bridge]
Fm
G
IRE!
G#
Show them your steel!
D#
Bring them to death
C
On the battlefield
Fm
Ride on the win
G#
And conquer the foe
D#
The legends be damned
C
To our deaths we will go
[Instrumental]
A#m D#m A#m
D#m A#m F# G#
A#m D#m A#m
D#m F# G# A#m
[Chorus]
A#m D#m A#m
The skies are burning with thunder
D#m A#m F# G#
The seas are ablaze with flame
A#m D#m A#m
Set the course for Cartagena
D#m F# G# A#m
The sands of time will remember our names
A#m D#m A#m
The skies are burning with thunder
D#m A#m F# G#
The seas are ablaze with flame
A#m D#m A#m
Set the course for Cartagena
F# G# A#m
History is written today
[Outro]
A#m B C# D# G#m