Chords for Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five. G.I. Jive (Decca 8659, 1944)

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