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Wake Island chords by 
Oscar Brand
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Verse 1
D
G
D
A
D
December the 7th,
G
D
we heard about Pearl,
A
we knew we'd be next on the list.
D
G
D
One man of our Corps, 450 no more,
A
D
all swore to the death to resist.
G
Wake Island, Wake Island,
D
Wake Island, Wake Island,
A
it's not even marked on the maps.
D
G
D
Akare's her name to honor and fame,
A
D
And we stopped the advance of the Japs.
G
Cut off from supplies with no hope of aid,
D
A
We sighted the first Japanese.
D
With thousands of troops
G
D
and a task force of ships,
A
They thought they would take
D
us with ease.
G
Wake Island, Wake Island,
D
Wake Island, Wake Island,
It's not even marked on
A
the maps.
D
Macquarie's their name,
G
D
to honor and fame
A
D
We stopped the advance of the Japs
They sent in their subs,
G
their ships and their planes
D
They shelled us by day
A
and by night
D
Surrender, they said,
G
we laughed at their threats
D
A
D
We're only beginning to fight
G
D
Wake Is land, Wake Island, Wake Island
A
It's not even marked on the maps
D
The Corps raised her name
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D
to honor and fame,
We've stopped the ad
A
D
vance of the Japs.
G
D
Our 450 cost 6 ,000 Japs,
A
Our fighters downed 28 planes.
D
We sank two destroyers
G
D
and one submarine,
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D
Six others got shelled for their pains.
G
D
Wake Island, Wake Island, Wake Island,
A
It's not even marked on the maps.
D
G
D
The Corps is her name, to honor and fame,
A
D
We stop the advance of the Japs.
Our plan was to fight
G
D
to the very last man,
A
But Devereaux gave this command,
D
There's a thousand civilians
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D
I can't sacrifice,
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D
We'll have to surrender our band.
G
D
Wake Island, Wake Island,
A
It's not even marked on the maps.
D
A call raised her name to
G
D
honor and fame,
When we stopped the ad
A
D
vance of the Japs.
Yes, we laid on our arms
G
D
on the 23rd day,
The Japs cheered the news of defeat.
A
D
But they could not believe
G
a few crummy marines
D
Had stopped the whole
A
D
Japanese fleet.
G
Wake Is land, Wake Island, Wake Island,
D
A
It's not even marked on the maps.
D
G
D
A chorus her name to honor and fame
A
Would stop the advance
D
of the jazz
Outro 1
D
G
D
A
D
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