Tom: G#m 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 [Instrumental] G#m B F# (x2) [Verse] 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 [Insrtumental] B C# D#m E F# Gm G#m A D# [Chorus] 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 [Verse] 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 [Instrumental] D#m E (x4) [Interlude] 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 [Instrumental] G#m B F# (x4) [Interlude] 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 [Instrumental] G#m B F# (x8) G#m [Guitar solo] G#m C#m G#m C#m G#m E F# G#m C#m G#m C#m E F# G#m G#m C#m G#m C#m G#m E F# G#m C#m G#m E F# G#m [Chorus] 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 [Instrumental] G#m G#m G#m G#m E E C#m E F# (x2) Fm G#m (x4) [Interlude] Fm Hard to starboard Fm Man the cannons Fm And on my command Fm Unleash hell! [Instrumental] D# D# D# E (x2) [Bridge] D#m F ID ! 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 [Instrumental] G#m C#m G#m C#m G#m E F# G#m C#m G#m C#m E F# G#m [Chorus] 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