The Andrew Sisters – Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy

Guitar chords and lyrics of Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy by Andrew Sisters
Published 1941
Original key D

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D
He was a famous trumpet man from out Chicago way
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
G               D          Bm       D       Bm      D     Bm   D
He’s the boogie woogie bugle boy of Company B

D
They made him blow a bugle for his Uncle Sam
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
G               D          Bm       D       Bm      D     Bm   D
He’s the boogie woogie bugle boy of Company B

 

D
A-toot, A-toot, A-toot-diddelyada-toot
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                                                     A
He makes the company jump when he plays reveille
G               D          Bm       D       Bm      D     Bm   D
He’s the boogie woogie bugle boy of Company B
He was our boogie woogie bugle boy of Company B

G                                                                                      D
And when he plays boogie woogie bugle he was busy as a ‘bzzz’ bee
.                         A
And when he plays he makes the company jump eight-to-the-bar
.               D          Bm       D       Bm      D     Bm   D
He’s the boogie woogie bugle boy of Company B

Toot-toot-toot, toot-diddelyada, toot-diddelyada
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
A-a-a-and the company jumps when he plays reveille
.               D          Bm       D       Bm      D     Bm   D
He’s the boogie woogie bugle boy of Company B

 






D
He puts the boys asleep with boogie every night
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
G               D          Bm       D       Bm      D     Bm   D
He’s the boogie woogie bugle boy of Company B

Da-dah-da-dah-da

Da-dah-da-da-dah-da

Da-dah-da-da-da

.            A
A-a-a-and the company jumps when he plays reveille
.               D          Bm       D       Bm      D     Bm   D
He’s the boogie woogie bugle boy of Company B