Wake Island Chords

Lyrics & chords

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

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