Chords for GI Jive - Louis Jordan

Tempo:
114.95 bpm
Chords used:

C

F

Dm

G

Fm

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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GI Jive - Louis Jordan chords
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[C]
[Cm] [G] [C] [F] [C] [F] [G]
[Dm] [A#] PFC [F] to CPL to [C#] SGT to LT, [B] CP to OD to MP [A#m] makes you do [F] cat feet.
[Em] It's [C] the GI GY, man alive.
It starts with a buccal going revelry over your bed [B] when [G] you [F] arrive.
[Dm] Hey Jack, [C] that's the GI [Am] GY.
[B] Rudely toot, jump [F] in your [A] suit, make [C] a salute.
Arri-voot, after you wash and dress, more or less.
You go get your breakfast from a beautiful little cafe they [Dm] call the [Fm] mess.
[G] [Fm] Hey [Dm] Jack, when you [C] convalesce, out of [D] your seat, into the [F] street, make with your [C] feet.
[Am] Or read.
[C] If you're a PVT, your duty is to [F] salute the [C] LIEUT.
But if [Fm] you brush the [G] LIEUT, [C]
[Dm] the MP [D#m] makes you cat pee on [C] the QT.
It's just the [Am] GI GY, man alive.
They give you a private tank that features a little device [Dm] called [F] fluid [F#] drive.
[Fm] Hey [G] Jack, [C] after you revive, chunk [Bm] all your junk, back [F] in your [A] trunk, fall [C] on your bunk, clunk.
[A]
[Dm] [Fm]
[C] [F] [C] [Dm]
It's just [C] the GI GY, man alive.
They give you a private tank that features a little device [F] called fluid drive.
[Cm] [F] Hey [G]
Jack, [C] after you revive, chunk all your [B] junk, back [A] in your trunk, fall [C] on your bunk, clunk.
If you're a [Fm] PFC and you fail to salute the LT, the MP makes you cat pee on the QT.
[F] Then you'll go to sleep before you count to [E] five.
[D] But when you wake up in the morning, [Dm] you'll have to do [G] the [C] GI [E] GY.
[A] [C#]
Key:  
C
3211
F
134211111
Dm
2311
G
2131
Fm
123111111
C
3211
F
134211111
Dm
2311
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To learn Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five - G.I. Jive chords, these are the chords to practise in sequence: Am, C, F, C, Dm and C. Ease into the song by practicing at 57 BPM before reaching the track's full tempo of 115 BPM. Align the capo with your vocal depth and chord choice, bearing in mind the song's original key: C Minor.

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[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Cm] _ _ [G] _ [C] _ [F] _ [C] _ [F] _ [G] _
_ [Dm] [A#] PFC [F] to CPL to [C#] SGT to LT, [B] CP to OD to MP [A#m] makes you do [F] cat feet.
[Em] It's [C] the GI GY, _ man alive.
It starts with a buccal going revelry over your bed [B] when [G] you [F] arrive.
_ _ [Dm] Hey Jack, [C] that's the GI [Am] GY. _ _ _
[B] Rudely toot, jump [F] in your [A] suit, make [C] a salute.
_ Arri-voot, after you wash and dress, _ more or less.
You go get your breakfast from a beautiful little cafe they [Dm] call the [Fm] mess.
_ [G] [Fm] Hey [Dm] Jack, when you [C] _ convalesce, _ _ _ out of [D] your seat, _ into the [F] street, _ make with your [C] feet.
[Am] _ _ Or read.
[C] _ If you're a PVT, your duty is to [F] salute the [C] LIEUT.
_ But if [Fm] you brush the _ [G] LIEUT, _ [C]
[Dm] the MP [D#m] makes you cat pee on [C] the QT.
It's just the [Am] GI GY, _ _ man alive.
They give you a private tank that features a little device [Dm] called [F] fluid [F#] drive.
[Fm] Hey [G] Jack, [C] after you revive, _ _ _ _ chunk [Bm] all your junk, back [F] in your [A] trunk, fall [C] on your bunk, _ clunk. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Dm] _ _ _ _ [Fm] _ _ _ _
_ [C] _ [F] _ _ [C] _ _ [Dm] _
It's just [C] the GI GY, _ man alive.
They give you a private tank that features a little device [F] called fluid drive.
[Cm] _ [F] Hey [G]
Jack, [C] after you revive, _ _ _ chunk all your [B] junk, back [A] in your trunk, fall [C] on your bunk, _ _ clunk. _
If you're a [Fm] PFC and you fail to salute the LT, _ the MP makes you cat pee on the QT. _
[F] Then you'll go to sleep before you count to [E] five.
[D] But when you wake up in the morning, [Dm] you'll have to do [G] the [C] GI [E] GY.
[A] _ _ _ [C#] _

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It's Johnny Mercer who authored this song.

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