Tonart: D minor
Verse 1
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We were 29 strong,
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platoon 382
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We learned 26 words
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be fore our first night was through
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each one received true
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We all got through boot camp in
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June 42
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Shipped out in September
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through Battle Japan
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The U .S. Marine Corps,
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armed with a secret plan
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Our patriotism is
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strong as our morale
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The mission holds position at
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Guadalcanal
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After six months of battle,
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the enemy gone
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We captured the island while
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they had withdrawn
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Our airstrips secured to
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all that we showed
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The victory won with
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our Navajo code
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Code Talkers, Soldiers of America
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Code Talkers,
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fighting for America
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We spoke a secret language of our own
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All for our America home
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June 44 Iwo Jima, we land
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The first group of marines
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Crawled up in black volcanic sand
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While Navy destroyers fired
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over their heads
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They hung on for help
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On our way, the coach said
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Our platoon hit the shore,
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in the number two wave
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We set up our radios,
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and blew up the caves
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At Mount Suribachi,
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our flag waved in the breeze
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The island was taken,
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our code was the key
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Code Talkers, Soldiers of America
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Code Talkers,
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fighting for America
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We spoke a secret language of our own,
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All for our America at home.
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Not so easy, not so easy,
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Not like what I see, shush what I see,
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A language only spoken,
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a code that's never broken,
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Not like what I see, shush what I say
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Ok, now what's next?
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It took three months to fall
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The Emperor said,
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no surrender at all
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Then early in August,
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the Twin Eggs unleashed
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Two cities leveled,
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apocalypse ceased
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Code Talkers, Soldiers of America,
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Code Talkers fighting
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for America
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We spoke the secret lan
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guage of our own,
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All for our America Home
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Then 20 years later,
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our secret is told
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A pub lic reunion,
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another bestowed
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Of 400 now, dear 200 remain
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All proud to have fought
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those courageous campaigns
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Continue to honour
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the first 29
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Phil Johnston's idea,
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a code for it's time
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Our freedom today,
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it rests on their wings
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The people who served,
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democracy sings
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Code talkers, soldiers of America
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Code talkers, fighting for America
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We spoke the secret
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language of our own
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All for our America, home
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We spoke the secret language of our own
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All for our America,
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our home
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