[Verse 1]
He was a [C] famous trumpet man from out Chicago way
He [C] had a boogie style that no one else could play
He was the [F] top man at his craft
But then his [C] number came up and he was gone with the draft
He's in the [G] army now, a-blowin' [F] reveille
He's the [C] boogie woogie bugle boy of Company B
[Verse 2]
They [C] made him blow a bugle for his Uncle Sam
It [C] really brought him down because he couldn't jam
The captain [F] seemed to understand
Because the [C] next day the cap' went out and drafted a band
And now the [G] company jumps when he plays [F] reveille
He's the [C] boogie woogie bugle boy of Company B
[Interlude 1]
A-[C]-toot, A-toot, A-toot-diddelyada-toot
He blows it [C] eight-to-the-bar, in boogie rhythm
He [F] can't blow a note unless the bass and guitar
is playin' [C] with him
He makes the [G] company jump when he plays [F] reveille
He's the [C] boogie woogie bugle boy of Company B [C] [C] [C]
N.C. He was the boogie woogie bugle boy of Company B
[Interlude 2]
[F] And when he plays boogie woogie bugle
he was [C] busy as a 'bzzz' bee
And when he [G] plays he makes the company jump
[F] eight-to-the-bar
He's the [C] boogie woogie bugle boy of Company B
[Verse 3]
Toot-toot-[C]-toot, toot-diddelyada, toot-diddelyada
[C] Toot, toot, he blows it eight-to-the-bar
He [F] can't blow a note if the bass and guitar isn't [C] with 'im
A-a-a-[G]-and the company jumps when he plays [F] reveille
He's the [C] boogie woogie bugle boy of Company B
[Verse 4]
He [C] puts the boys asleep with boogie every night
And [C] wakes 'em up the same way in the early bright
They clap their [F] hands and stamp their feet
Because they [C] know how he plays when someone gives him a beat
He really [G] breaks it up when he plays [F] reveille
He's the [C] boogie woogie bugle boy of Company B
[C] Da-dah-da-dah-da
[C] Da-dah-da-dah-da
[F] Da-dah-da-dah-da
[C] Da-dah-da-da
A-a-a-[G]-and the company jumps when he plays [F] reveille
He's the [C] boogie woogie bugle boy of Company B
[F] [G] [C]
