Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy

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He was a famous trumpet man 

From out Chicago way 
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He had a boogie style 

That no one else could play 
     G 
He was the top man at his craft 
        D 
But then his number came up 

And he was gone with the draft 
        A 
He's in the army now 
        G 
He's blowin' reveille 
      D        G       D 
He's the boogie-woogie bugle boy of Company B 

D 
They made him blow a bugle 

For his Uncle Sam 
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It really brought him down 

Because he could not jam 
      G 
The Captain seemed to understand 
      D 
Because the next day the Cap' 

Went out and drafted a band 
      A 
And now the company jumps 
       G 
When he plays reveille 
      D        G       D 
He's the boogie-woogie bugle boy of Company B 

D 
A|-toot| a-toot 
D 

A|-toot| diddle-ee-ada-toot 
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He blows it eight to the bar 
D 
In boogie rhythm 
 G 
He can't blow a note 

Unless the bass and guitar 
        D 
Is playin' with 'im 

      A 
He makes the company jumps 
       G 
When he plays reveille 
      D        G       D 
He's the boogie-woogie bugle boy of Company B 

D 
He was a boogie-woogie bugle boy of Company B 
G 
And when he plays boogie-woogie bugle 
           D 
He's was busy as a bzzy bee 
      A 
And when he plays he makes the company jump 
G 
Eight to the bar 
      D        G       D 
He's the boogie-woogie bugle boy of Company B 

D 
Toot-toot-toot-toot a-diddle-ee-ada-toot-diddle-ee-ada 
D 
Toot toot he blows it eight to the bar 

 G 
He can't blow a note 

If the bass and guitar 
     D 
Isn't with 'im 

A 
A-and the company jumps 
       G 
When he plays reveille 
      D        G       D 
He's the boogie-woogie bugle boy of Company B 

Solo D  G  D 
       A  G  D 

D 
He puts the boys to sleep 

With boogie every night 
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And wakes them up the same way 

In the early bright 
         G 
They clap their hands and stamp their feet 
      D 
Because they know how he plays 

When someone gives him a beat 
      A 
He really breaks it up 
       G 
When he plays reveille 
      D        G       D 
He's the boogie-woogie bugle boy of Company B 

D 
Dadada-adarada-dada, dadada-adarada-dada 
G           D 
Dadada-adarada-dada, dadada-adarada-dada 

A 
A-and the company jumps 
       G 
When he plays reveille 
      D        G       D 
He's the boogie-woogie bugle boy of Company