Tom Lehrer

Send The Marines Chords

Military March

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When someone makes a move, of which we don't approve.
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Who is it that always inter-venes?      U.N. and O.A.S., they have their place I guess.
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But first, Send the Ma-rines!

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We'll send them all we've got, John Wayne and Randolph Scott.
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Re-member those ex-citing fighting scenes?        To the shores of Tripoli, but not to Missis-sipoli.
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What do we do?  We Send The Ma-rines!
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For might makes right, And till they've seen the light,
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They've got to be pro-tected, all their rights re-spected,
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Till somebody we like can be elect-ed.

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Members of the corps, all hate the thought of war.
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They'd rather kill them off by peaceful means.
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Stop calling it aggression, we hate that expression. 
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We only want the world to know that we support the status quo.
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They love us every-where we go So when it doubt. Send The Ma-rines.