Chords
[Intro]
F#5 B5 F#5
[Verse 1]
B5 A F#5mighty fleet came across the strait
But B5Erik was prepared
Five F#5hundred Germans had come to his aid
On B5horseback with their spears
[Chorus]
F#5 The fleet was carrying two D5thousand men
B5 Eager to draw blood
C#5 E5 F#5 But as they were aD5bout to land
B5 Erik released his heards C#5 E5
[Bridge]
B5 E5 F#5 G5 E5 F#5 D5 B5
B5 E5 F#5 G5 E5 F#5 D5
[Verse 2]
B5 One F#5thousand men and five hundred horsemen
Came B5charging down the beach
F#5When the seaking saw this force
He gave the B5order to retreat
F#5All obeyed except one ship
It B5held the king's own son
F#5He despised the thought of flight
And atB5tacked on his own
[Chorus]
F#5 The Danish fleet had to D5turn around
B5 They charged King Erik's men
C#5 E5 F#5 But it was too late to D5save his son
B5 His life was already C#5spent
E5 F#5 The fighting continued D5bloody and fierce
B5 And the bloodshed was immense
C#5 E5 F#5 Two thousand warriors D5died that day
B5 Most of them were C#5Danes E5
[Bridge]
B5 E5 F#5 G5 E5 F#5 D5 B5
B5 E5 F#5 G5 E5 F#5 D5
[Outro]
B5 The F#5Danish king was capB5tured
Most of his guards were dead
F#5 For a ransom he was reB5leased
Then his people took his head
F#5 F#5 B5 F#5
F#5 B5 B5 C#5 A5 F#5
