Hoist The Colours Chords
by Hans Zimmer
Hoist The Colours by Hans Zimmer is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of Em. It uses the chords Em, Am and B7. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
verse:
Em
The king and his men
Am Em
stole the queen from her bed,
B7
and bound her in her bones.
The seas be ours, and by the powers
Em
where we will, we'll roam.
Em (Am) Em
Yo ho, haul together,
B7
hoist the colors high.
Heive ho, thieves and beggars
Em
never shall we die.
verse 2:
Em
Now some have died,
Am Em
and some are alive;
B7
and others sail on the sea.
B7
With the keys to the cage,
and the devil to pay,
Em
we lay to the fiddler's green.
Em (Am) Em
Yo ho, haul together,
B7
hoist the colors high.
B7
Heive ho, thieves and beggars
Em
never say we die.
verse 3:
Em
The bell has been raised
Am Em
from it's watery grave,
B7
Do you hear it's sepulchral tone?
B7
We are a call to all,
pay head the squall
Em
and turn your sail toward home!
Em (Am) Em
Yo ho, haul together,
B7
hoist the colors high.
B7
Heive ho, thieves and beggars
Em
never say we die.