Intro
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Verse 1
[D]
He was a famous trumpet man from out Chicago way
[D]
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] [G]
He's in the army now, a-blowin' reveille
[D]
He's the boogie woogie bugle boy of Company B
Verse 2
[D]
They made him blow a bugle for his Uncle Sam
[D]
It really brought him down because he couldn't jam
[G]
The captain seemed to understand
[D]
Because the next day the cap' went out and drafted a band
[A] [G]
And now the company jumps when he plays reveille
[D]
He's the boogie woogie bugle boy of Company B
Interlude 1
[D]
A-toot, A-toot, A-toot-diddelyada-toot
[D]
He blows it eight-to-the-bar, in boogie rhythm
[G] [D]
He can't blow a note unless the bass and guitar is playin' with him
[A] [G]
He makes the company jump when he plays reveille
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He's the boogie woogie bugle boy of Company B
N.C.
He was our boogie woogie bugle boy of Company B
Interlude 2
[G] [D]
And when he plays boogie woogie bugle he was busy as a 'bzzz' bee
[A] [G]
And when he plays he makes the company jump eight-to-the-bar
[D]
He's the boogie woogie bugle boy of Company B
Verse 3
[D]
Toot-toot-toot, toot-diddelyada, toot-diddelyada
[D]
Toot, toot, he blows it eight-to-the-bar
[G] [D]
He can't blow a note if the bass and guitar isn't with 'im
[A] [G]
A-a-a-and the company jumps when he plays reveille
[D]
He's the boogie woogie bugle boy of Company B
[Bugle solo]
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Verse 4
[D]
He puts the boys asleep with boogie every night
[D]
And wakes 'em 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] [G]
He really breaks it up when he plays reveille
[D]
He's the boogie woogie bugle boy of Company B
[D]
Da-dah-da-dah-da
[D]
Da-dah-da-dah-da
[G]
Da-dah-da-dah-da
[D]
Da-dah-da-da
[A] [G]
A-a-a-and the company jumps when he plays reveille
[D]
He's the boogie woogie bugle boy of Company B
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