G I Jive Chords
by Louis Jordan
G I Jive by Louis Jordan is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of G. It uses the chords F, G, D and E. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
F G D D
Repeat until the end
Verse
F G D D
This is the G. I. Jive
F G D D
Man alive
F G D D
It starts with the bugler blowin' reveille over your bed when you arrive
F G D D
Jack, that's the G. I. Jive
F G D D
Roodley-toot
F G D D
Jump in your suit
F G D D
Make a salute
F G D D
Boot!!
Verse
F G D D
After you wash and dress
F G D D
More or less
F G D D
You go get your breakfast in a beautiful little caf? They call "The Mess"
F G D D
Jack, when you convalesce
F G D D
Outta your seat
F G D D
Into the street
F G D D
Make with the feet
F G D D
Reet!!
Verse
F G D D
If you're a P-V-T, your duty
F G D D
Is to salute to L-I-E-you-T
F G D D
But if you brush the L-I-E-you-T
F G D D
The M-P makes you K-P on the Q-T
Verse
F G D D
This is the G. I. Jive
F G D D
Man alive
F G D D
They give you a private tank that features a little device called "fluid drive"
F G D D
Jack, after you revive
F G D D
Chuck all your junk
F G D D
Back in the trunk
F G D D
Fall on your bunk
F G D D
Clunk!!
Interlude
F G D D
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Verse
F G D D
This is the G. I. Jive
F G D D
Man alive
F G D D
They give you a private tank that features a little device called "fluid drive"
F G D D
Jack, if you still survive
F G D D
Chuck all your junk
F G D D
Back in the trunk
F G D D
Fall on your bunk
F G D D
Clunk!!
Verse
F G D D
Soon you're countin' jeeps
F G D D
But before you count to five
F G D D
And when you wake up in the morning you'll have to do
F G D D
The G. I. Jive
Outro
F G D D