A  A  A7 A7
A7 A7 A7 A7

[Verse 1]
A7
I was sittin' in a bar, boozin' and losin'
         E
And some jackoff walks up cruisin' for a bruisin'
D                      E           A        E
Poppin' off and makin' my whole redneck red
   A
He asked my girl if she'd like to dance

       F#m
He had three buddies so I had no chance
  D                            E                A
I looked around the room for a friend and I saw Fred
         B7
A quick evaluation of the situation
               E
And we entered into a conversation

   B7                                             E
It seemed to last the better part of the next two songs
             B7
Now I didn't say and they didn't ask
         E
But Fred did two tours over in Iraq
     D                       E
And, son, it was over before it was even on


[Chorus]
         D
Call a Marine
           A
Instead of 911
                 B7                       E
They're built to improvise, adapt and overcome
            C#7
When you're in knee deep and you're up shit's creek

    F#m               B
And you've tried everything
                  A
Tell you what you do
E           A      A D E A
   Call a Marine!


[Verse 2]
A
Now my sister's husband didn't love her no more
    E                                  D
And he runned off with a skinny little whore
                                      E                 A
And left her sittin' around the house with a couple of kids
E             A
     She just lays around in that muumuu gown

    F#m
Old girl put on about 35 pounds
    D                      E                       A
One day I went over to her house and I said, "Hey, sis"
       B
If you wanna fix what troubles you
     E
Just ease down to the VFW

                B                                      E
And you'll walk through the door and turns those boys' heads
    B
For most of those boys it's been awhile
     E
Just show a little leg and that Marlboro smile
    D                                             E
And if that don't work out for you, girl, ask for Fred


[Chorus]
         D
Call a Marine
            A
Instead of 911
                 B7                       E
They're built to improvise, adapt and overcome
            C#7
When you're in knee deep and you're up shit's creek

    F#m               B
And you've tried everything
                  A
Tell you what you do
E           A      A
   Call a Marine!


[Bridge]
     F#m                         E
Some douche bag rises up and overthrows his government
  F#m                           E
Diplomacy ain't workin' and the ammos all been spent
    F#m                          E
The world is in a crisis and the media's a curse
     D
I'll tell you what to do
        E
When it goes from bad to worse


[Chorus]
         D
Call a Marine
            A
Instead of 911
                 B7                       E
They're built to improvise, adapt and overcome
            C#7
When you're in knee deep and you're up shit's creek

    F#m               B
And you've tried everything
                  A
Tell you what you do
E           A     F#
   Call a Marine!

                 B7
Tell you what to do, baby
        E
You can call
         A     D       A7   A
Call a Marine!    Yeah yeah