Strike Up the Band Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
[D]Ladies and gentlemen,
as I said to you earlier,
this is the first time
I've had [E]the opportunity
of working with [D]Nelson Riddle.
It's long been an ambition
of mine
and tonight this ambition
has been realized.
[E]But he's been [D]playing his music
and I've been singing my songs
[E]and we haven't [D]really got together
on something between us.
And I asked him,
would he please write an arrangement,
something special for me.
And here is Nelson Riddle's
special arrangement of Strike
Strike up the [A]band![D][G][E][A]
[D]
Let the [A]drums [D]roll [Bm]out
[D]Let the trumpets cal[Bm]l[B][Bm][B]
While the [E]people [A]shout
Strike up the [D]band[G]
[D]Hear [G]the cymbals ring
Zing, zing, zing, calling one and [E]all
to that [A]happy [D]swing.
Strike up the [G]band
[C]an [G]d w[A]e'll all [F#]give
a [D]cheer as we stand
[G]to [D]the [E]man with the
stick in his [F#]hand.
He's the [Bm]man whose
command of the [E]band
makes the band
[A]and you [D]can't go wrong
with a happy [F#]song.[B][Em]
Hey leader, [A]strike up the [D]band.

[Interlude 1]
[D][G][D][G][B][F#dim][Cdim][F#dim][D][E][B][A][D][G]
[D]
[G][E][Am][D][G]
[D][Em][C#dim][C#m][F#][Bm][E][Asus4]
[A][D][Bm][F#dim][B][Em][A]

[Verse 2]
[F#m]Hey, ladies, s[B]trike up,
let the drums [E]roll [C#m]out
Let [E]the trumpet[C#]s call,
while the [D]people [B]shout,
[Gaug]Strike u[B]p the band![E][Em][A]
[Bm]Hear the [A]cymbals ring,
call[B]ing [A]one and [Gdim]all,[C#dim][Gdim]
[F#]So that ha[E]ppy sw[B]ing,
[E]str[A#]ike up [A]the band!
[F#m]And we'll all gi[E]ve a cheer as we stand,
[A]To [E]the man[D#m] with the stick in his hand,[G#]
And he's [G#m]the ma[C#m]n that's
come out of the [F#]band,
makes the [B]band
And you [E]can't go wrong
with a happy [C#]song
[F#]Hey [F#m]Lena S[F#]tanka[B][Bm][B][C#]
[F#m]Hey Ne[A]lson, st[B]rike up th[E]at ba[B]nd
[Bm][F#][E][B][E][D][F#][B][E]
Could we possibly do that
just once more?
Once [Em]more.[D][A]
[F#m]Hey, leaders, s[B]trike up,
let the drums [E]roll out,
[C#m]let the trumpet ca[C#]ll,[Bm][C#]
while the [F#]people shout.
[B]Strike out that ban[E]d[A][Em]
[E]Hit a

[Verse 3]
[A]cymbals [B]ring[A][F#m]

[Verse 4]
[F#]How they w[Em]ant it a[F#]ll

[Verse 5]
To that [E]hoppy swing

[Verse 6]
Strike out the [A]band
And [B]we're

[Verse 7]
[E]all gonna cheer
[B]As we

[Verse 8]
stand [A]to [E]the [D#m]man

[Verse 9]
With a stick in his [G#]hand

[Verse 10]
He's the [C#m]man who'll
come out of [F#]the band

[Verse 11]
He makes the [B]band

[Verse 12]
And he can[E]'t go [E]wrong
With a [C#]happy song
[C#]

[Verse 13]
David O. [B]Steinkamp
[Bm][D]

[Verse 14]
[C#]
Hey now, sir
[B]Steinkamp's the man

[Outro 1]
[F#]
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