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
He's in the army now
        G
He's blowin' reveille
      D        G       D
He's the boogie-woogie bugle boy of Company B

D
They made him blow a bugle

For his Uncle Sam
D
It really brought him down

Because he could not jam
      G
The Captain seemed to understand
      D
Because the next day the Cap'

Went out and drafted a band
      A
And now the company jumps
       G
When he plays reveille
      D        G       D
He's the boogie-woogie bugle boy of Company B

D
A|-toot| a-toot
D

A|-toot| diddle-ee-ada-toot
D
He blows it eight to the bar
D
In boogie rhythm
 G
He can't blow a note

Unless the bass and guitar
        D
Is playin' with 'im

      A
He makes the company jumps
       G
When he plays reveille
      D        G       D
He's the boogie-woogie bugle boy of Company B

D
He was a boogie-woogie bugle boy of Company B
G
And when he plays boogie-woogie bugle
           D
He's was busy as a bzzy bee
      A
And when he plays he makes the company jump
G
Eight to the bar
      D        G       D
He's the boogie-woogie bugle boy of Company B

D
Toot-toot-toot-toot a-diddle-ee-ada-toot-diddle-ee-ada
D
Toot toot he blows it eight to the bar

 G
He can't blow a note

If the bass and guitar
     D
Isn't with 'im

A
A-and the company jumps
       G
When he plays reveille
      D        G       D
He's the boogie-woogie bugle boy of Company B

[Solo] D  G  D
       A  G  D

D
He puts the boys to sleep

With boogie every night
D
And wakes them 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
He really breaks it up
       G
When he plays reveille
      D        G       D
He's the boogie-woogie bugle boy of Company B

D
Dadada-adarada-dada, dadada-adarada-dada
G           D
Dadada-adarada-dada, dadada-adarada-dada

A
A-and the company jumps
       G
When he plays reveille
      D        G       D
He's the boogie-woogie bugle boy of Company B