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