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