Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[C][G][C][G]
[C]
[Am][C][Am]
[C]

[Verse 1]
He was a [C]famous
trumpet man from [Am]out Chicago w[C]ay
He had a boogie style that
no one else could play
He [F]was the top man at his craft
But then his number [C]came up and
he was gone with [Am]the draft
He's in the [G]army now,
a blowin' [F]re veille
He's the [C]boogie woogie bugle
[Am]boy of C[C]ompany B[Am][C]

[Verse 2]
They [C]made him blow a bugle
[Am]for his Uncle Sam
[C]It really brought him down
because he [Am]couldn't jam
The [F]captain seemed to understand
Because the [C]next day the cap' went
out and drafted [Am]a band
And now the [G]company jumps
when he plays [F]reveille
He's the [C]boogie woogie
bugle [Am]boy of Company B

[Verse 3]
A [C]toot, a toot, a [Am]toot diddelyada toot
He blows it [C]eight to the bar,
[Am]in boogi[F]e rhyt[G]hm[F]
He can't blow a note unless the bass
and guitar is playin' [C]with 'I'm
He [Am]makes [C]the[G] company
jump when he plays [F]reveille
He's the [C]boogie woogie bugle
[Am]boy of C[C]ompany B[Am][C]
He was [G]our boogie

[Verse 4]
woogie bugle
boy of [Em]Company [C]B[G][F]
And when he plays boogie woogie
[G]bugle he [C]was buzy as a bzzz bee
And when he [G]plays he makes the
company jump eight to the bar
[Am]He's [F]the boo[C]gie woogie
bugle boy of Company B
[G]Toot

[Verse 5]
[C]toot toot, toot diddelyada,
[Am]toot diddelyada
[C]Toot, toot,
he [Am]blows it [C]eight to the [Am]bar[C]
[Am]He c[F]an't blow a note if the bass
and gui[G]tar isn't [C]with [Am]'I'm
A a a an[G]d the company jumps
when he plays [F]reveille
He's the [C]boogie woogie bugle [Am]boy of
Company [C]B

[Interlude 1]
[C][Am][C][Am]
[F][C][G]
[F][C]

[Verse 6]
He [C]puts the boys asleep with
[G]boogie [C]every night
And wakes 'em up the same
way in the early bright
They [F]clap their hands and stamp their feet
[G]Because they kno[C]w how he plays
when someone gives him a [G]beat
He really breaks it up when he plays reveille
[F]He's the boo[C]gie woogie
bugle boy of Company B
Da doo [Am]da da

[Verse 7]
doo da da da
[C]Da doo da da doo da da da
Da doo da da [F]doo da da da
Da doo da da doo da da
[C]A a[Am] a an d t[G]he company
jumps when he plays [F]reveille
He's the boogie woogie
bugle [G]boy of Company B
[C]