Biography:
Louis Jordan (July 8, 1908 - February 4, 1975) was a pioneering African-American jazz and rhythm & blues musician and songwriter who enjoyed his greatest popularity from the late 1930s to the early 1950s. Known as "The King of the Jukebox", Jordan was highly popular with both black and white audiences in the later years of the swing era.
Jordan was one of the first black recording artists whose popularity crossed over into the mainstream white audience and who scored hits on both the "race" charts and the mainstream white pop charts.
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[Verse 1]
Dm C
This is the G. I. Jive,
C
Man alive
C G F
It starts with the bugler blowin' reveille over your bed when you arrive
C
Jack, that's the G. I. Jive
C G
Roodley-toot
F
Jump in your suit
C
Make a salute
Boot
[Verse 2]
C
After you wash and dress
C
More or less
C F
You go get your breakfast in a beautiful little caf? they call "The Mess"
C
Jack, when you convalesce
G
Outta your seat
F
Into the street
C
Make with the feet
Reet
[Chorus]
F
If you're a P-V-T, your duty
F
Is to salute to L-I-E-U-T
F
But if you brush the L-I-E-U-T
G
The M-P makes you K-P on the Q-T
[Verse 3]
C
This is the G. I. Jive
C
Man alive
C F
They give you a private tank that features a little device called "fluid drive"
F
Jack, after you revive
G
Chuck all your junk
F
Back in the trunk
C
Fall on your bunk
Clunk
[Verse 4]
C
This is the G. I. Jive
C
Man alive
C F
They give you a private tank that features a little device called "fluid drive"
C
Jack, if you still survive
G
Chuck all your junk
F
Back in the trunk
C
Fall on your bunk
Clunk
[Verse 5]
C
Soon you're countin' jeeps
E
But before you count to five
F G C
Seems you're right back diggin' that G. I. Jive
Dm C
This is the G. I. Jive,
C
Man alive
C G F
It starts with the bugler blowin' reveille over your bed when you arrive
C
Jack, that's the G. I. Jive
C G
Roodley-toot
F
Jump in your suit
C
Make a salute
Boot
[Verse 2]
C
After you wash and dress
C
More or less
C F
You go get your breakfast in a beautiful little caf? they call "The Mess"
C
Jack, when you convalesce
G
Outta your seat
F
Into the street
C
Make with the feet
Reet
[Chorus]
F
If you're a P-V-T, your duty
F
Is to salute to L-I-E-U-T
F
But if you brush the L-I-E-U-T
G
The M-P makes you K-P on the Q-T
[Verse 3]
C
This is the G. I. Jive
C
Man alive
C F
They give you a private tank that features a little device called "fluid drive"
F
Jack, after you revive
G
Chuck all your junk
F
Back in the trunk
C
Fall on your bunk
Clunk
[Verse 4]
C
This is the G. I. Jive
C
Man alive
C F
They give you a private tank that features a little device called "fluid drive"
C
Jack, if you still survive
G
Chuck all your junk
F
Back in the trunk
C
Fall on your bunk
Clunk
[Verse 5]
C
Soon you're countin' jeeps
E
But before you count to five
F G C
Seems you're right back diggin' that G. I. Jive
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