Call Out The Corps chords by
Oscar Brand
Oscar Brand

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Key: F major
Verse 1
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Oh once I was happy,
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I had a fine home.
MacArthur then called me
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and soon I was gone.
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Was off to Korea, it's not very far.
It's just a police action,
it isn't a war.
Don't call out to the Army,
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don't call out to the Navy,
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don't call out to Coast Guard,
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just call out the Corps.
Well I visited the Army,
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some fighting to see
I thought that those heroes
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would show it to me
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Alas, though I listened
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so close for the word
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To the rear march with track shoes
was all that I heard
Don't call out the Army,
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don't call out the Navy
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Don't call out the Coast Guard,
just call out the Corps
Well, I visited the lines
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south of Hageroo -ree
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And thousands of Chinese
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was all I could see
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The marines on the ground
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was all holding their own
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But the dogfaces round them
was running for home
Don't call out the army,
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don't call out the navy
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Don't call out the Coast Guard,
just call out the Corps
Well, we fought that invasion
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in Coria way,
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But the stateside newspapers
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had this much to say,
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The mighty 5th Air Force
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has done it again,
It's back to the doghouse,
Jirene fightin' man.
Don't call out the Army,
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don't call out the Navy,
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Don't call out the Coast Guard,
just call out the Corps.
So all you civilians
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just heed these grim words
They say we hunt headlines,
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but that's for the birds
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When they're in trouble
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and they shake in their jeans
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The first ones they call
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are the U .S. Marines
Don't call out the Army,
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don't call out the Navy
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Don't call out the Coast Guard,
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just call out the Corps you

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