Battle Of The Falklands chords by Johnny Bull

• Difficulty: Beginner 👶

N.C.
Rule Britannia, Britannia rules the waves,

Britons never never never shall be slaves!

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Verse 1:
E                              A
Off the coast of Argentina are islands in the deep,
     B                 E
With 1800 people and a half a million sheep.
    E                          A
The day they were invaded everybody learned the name,
  B                        E
A barren little colony had got a bit of fame.

Chorus:
   E
We stocked our ships full of British beer and bullets,
                             B               E
We mobilised the Navy and we called up the Marines.
   E
We sailed two weeks 'til we reached the Falkland Islands,
                                    B           E
So we could teach a lesson to those bloody Argentines.

Verse 2:
       E                            A
Maggie Thatcher was awakened in the middle of the night,
    B                           E
She heard the Argentinians were spoiling for a fight.
    E                           A
She summoned up her cabinet and met with the MPs,
    B                                  E
And sent the pride of Britain to those stormy southern seas.

Chorus:
   E
We stocked our ships full of British beer and bullets,
                             B               E
We mobilised the Navy and we called up the Marines.
   E
We sailed two weeks 'til we reached the Falkland Islands,
                                    B           E
So we could teach a lesson to those bloody Argentines.

Verse 3:
      E                      A
Well, in came the Yanks, who had to have a say,
        B                 E
So they sent Al Haig down Buenos Aires way.
   E                           A
He shuffled to and fro, always managing a smile,
    B                                  E
The Argies still refused to leave that errant British isle.

Chorus:
      E
So we stocked our ships full of British beer and bullets,
                             B               E
We mobilised the Navy and we called up the Marines.
   E
We sailed two weeks 'til we reached the Falkland Islands,
                                    B           E
So we could teach a lesson to those bloody Argentines.

Verse 4:
          E                          A
Well, the whole world watched as the British fleet drew near,
        B                            E
And the battle for the Falklands was finally here.
   E                         A
We sank their ships, brought down their aeroplanes,
    B                                 E
And taught those cheeky Argies not to mess with us again.

Chorus:
   E
We stocked our ships full of British beer and bullets,
                             B               E
We mobilised the Navy and we called up the Marines.
   E
We sailed two weeks 'til we reached the Falkland Islands,
                                    B           E
So we could teach a lesson to those bloody Argentines.

Verse 5:
        E                                    A
All the local girls were waiting when Prince Andy disembarked,
   B                       E
He had a reputation and he liked to have a lark.
     E                             A
They covered him with kisses, they walked him in the grass,
   B                          N.C.
He said he never saw a better piece of British  land!

Chorus:
      E
So we stocked our ships full of British beer and bullets,
                             B               E
We mobilised the Navy and we called up the Marines.
   E
We sailed two weeks 'til we reached the Falkland Islands,
                                    B           E
So we could teach a lesson to those bloody Argentines.

   E
We stocked our ships full of British beer and bullets,
                             B               E
We mobilised the Navy and we called up the Marines.
   E
We sailed two weeks 'til we reached the South Atlantic,
                                    B           E
So we could teach a lesson to those bloody Argentines.

Outro:
N.C.
Go on, clear out of it! Go on back to the Pampas!

Go on, clear out! No, you can't play bloody football, either!