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Boogie Woogie Bugle boy (Diatonic)

by Don Raye & Hughie Prince · posted by harmusman

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How to read this tab — notation key
+
Blow note
−
Draw note
b or '
Half-step bend
bb or ''
Two half-step bend
bbb or '''
Three half-step bend
(###)
Chord — relevant hole numbers in parentheses
< or *
Push the button in (chromatic harmonica)

Full reference and posting tips in the tab guide.

Tab
This song was written for the Andrews singers and featured in two motion pictures, Buck Privates, and Swingtime Johnny. This tabbing is from sheet music in the key of C. I have not used any bent notes so it is not completely accurate.

4   4  4  4   6    6   -6   5   4    6  -5
He was a//fa-mous trum-pet man from out Chi-/
5  4   5~~ 4   4  6   6  -6     5    4   6  -5
ca-go way- he/had a "boo-gie" style that no one/
 5     4    4~~~ 4  -4   4  -5  -5  -4  4   -5~~
else could play- He was the/top man of his craft/
~  5   -5  -5   6   4   4   4~~  5  -5 -5
- but then his/num-ber came up- and he was/
 6    4    4    4~~~  4   -4 -4
gone with the draft- He's in the/
6  6   6  6  6   6  -5  -5  -5  6    5
ar-my now a blow-in/re-veil-le he's the/
 5   6  -6   5  5   6  -6   5    5  6  -6 4~  4
boo-gie woo-gie bu-gle boy from/Com-pa-ny B-They/

2nd verse with third verse underneath
    4    6   6  -6  5   4   6  -5   5 4   5  4
//:made him blow a  bu-gle for his/Uncle Sam-it/
puts the boys to sleep with boogie/evry night &/
  4    6    6     -6   -4   4    6   -5
 real--ly brought him down  be-cause he/
wakes them  up    the same way  in  the/
  5    4   4~~~   4   -4    4
could-n't jam--- the  cap--tain/
 ear-ly  bright- they clap their/
  -5   -5  -4    4    -5~~~~   5   -5   -5
seemed to  un---der--stand--/- be-cause the/
hands and stamp their feet--/- be-cause they/
 6    4   4   4~~~  5    -5  -5
next day the cap-- went  out and/
know how he plays- when some-one/
  6   4   4  4~~~   4  -4    4
draft-ed  a band-- and now  the/
gives him a beat-- he  real-ly/
  6  6    6     6   6   6    -5  -5  -5  6    5
comp-ny jumps} when he plays/re-veil-le he's the/
breaks it up }  "   "    "   "   "   "   "    "
 5   6  -6   5  5  6   -6  5   5  6  -6 4~~ 3
boo-gie woo-gie bu-gle boy of/com-pa-ny B-- a/
 4   3  5  3  4    5   4  3  4   5   6   -5   5
toot!atoot!a/toot did-dle ah-da toot he blows it
  4   4   4   4~~~ 6  -5   5   4   5  4
eight to the bar--/in boo-gie rhy-thm he/
 -5    -6 -5  4   4   4   4
can't blow a note un-less a/
 -5  -6  -5   4~~~ 6   -5  5   4    -5~~
bass and gui-tar-- is play-in/with 'im--/
4   -4    4   6    6   6    6   6    6
he makes the/comp-'ny jump when he plays/
-5  -5  -5  6    5
re-veil-le he's the/
 5   6  -6   5  5   6  -6  5   5  6  -6 4~~ 4
boo-gie woo-gie bu-gle boy of/com-pa-ny B- he://

use this for 2nd end.
 5  6  -6 7~~~~
com-pa-ny B---//

You will notice that this is different to Walt's tab as this is always one tab number down from his Chromatic tabs and where he is able to put in the sharps with his slide valve I have left sharps and the flat notes out of course you can rectify this if you wish with your bends and overblows. Yours Harmusman 

Play on a harmonica— watch which holes to blow & draw, with sound

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