Chords for Strike Up The Band - Caroline O'Connor

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_ [Bb] _ We [Fm] must have music in the [Ebm] land.
_ _ [Bb] _ For [Abm] everybody loves a [Ebm] band.
[Gb] _ _ A good [Db] old rousing [Gb] melody is a [F] joy and [Bb] inspiration.
A [C] hundred million [Gm] folks agree [Bb] that a tune can stir a nation.
So [Abm] music master [Ebm] take command.
_ _ [A] _ _ [Bbm] Our hearts will beat to [Ebm] greet the [Ab] band.
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[Bbm] _ _ [B] _ _ [Bb] _ _ [Eb] Don't throw [Ebm] love [Bbm] on what's cold.
[Bb] While the people shout, strike [Eb] up the band.
Hear [Ab] the cymbals ring, [Eb] rolling on [Bb] and on.
[Eb] To that happy swing, [Ab] strike up the _ [F] band.
[Eb] Yankee doo doo doo doo doo doo doo, [Dm] we'll come through.
Yankee doo doo doo doo, [Cm] for that red white and blue.
Let the hand _ _ [Eb] of the world, pick and [C] place the way.
[Fm] _ _ [Eb] Painting the stride of the _ way.
_ [Em] _ _ [D] Let the drums roll _ _ out, _
[A] from the cradle.
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_ [A] While the people shout, _ _ _ _
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[G] _ _ _ strike up the band. _
[Ab] Rolling on and _ _ _ _ [D] on, to that marching _ swing.
_ Strike [G] up the band.
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We'll all [Bm] give a cheer [Gbm] as we stand.
[E] To the [Gb] man with the stick [Dbm] in his hand.
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He's the [Bm] man, who's the man of _ [Bm] the band.
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_ [Eb] The wall [Gm] of his [D]
home, [F] shake it up.
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_ _ [Db] _ _ _ [Db] For a [Bbm] bright future, _ _ _ [Fm] we can face [Bb] the [F] world.
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_ Painting [Eb] the [Ab] stride of the way.
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