Doin' The Jive chords by Glenn Miller

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Intro 1
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Verse 1
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You clap your hands
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And you swing out wide
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Do the Susie Q
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Mix in a step or two
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Put 'em all together
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And you're doin the jive
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Oh you

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Verse 2

stomp your feet

You swing out wide

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Mess around awhile

Shake it boogie woogie style

Everybody's swinging

when you doin the jive

Verse 3
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If you can't play Rummy,
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or at Bridge you're the dummy
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Don't let it bother you
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'Cause you'll be  the King
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When the band  begins to swing
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You'll be a smarty   and the
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life of     the party
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If you do  bump
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And you swing out wide
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Drop a little bit
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Beat it out
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Make a fit
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Everybody's happy when you're doin the jive
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Interlude 1

Verse 4
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It may be  somethin' but it's not the jive
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It may be somethin' but it's not the jive
Well what is the jive?
What is the jive, why man alive
The jive's the jive
Why I cut you the riff and (?) did too
Just what else are we supposed to do?
Take it cool now boss,
give me a chance
You're all mixed up
'Cause the jive's the dance
Well tell me some more, I'm a (?)
Well, down there some horn
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will have dancin' tools

Verse 5
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You clap your hands
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And you swing out wide
Do the Susie Q
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Em 
Mix in a step or two
Put it all all together
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And you're doin' the jive

Verse 6
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Oh you stomp your feet
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Em 
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B 
And you swing out wide
D#dim 
Mess around awhile
B 
Shake it boogie woogie style
Everybody's swinging
Em 
when you doin' the jive

Verse 7
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If you can't play Rummy,
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or  at Bridge you're the dummy
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Don't let it bother you
'Cause you'll be the King
When the band begins to swing
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You'll be a smarty and the life of the party
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Em 
If you do  a bump
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And you swing out wide
Drop a little bit
Beat it out and make a fit
Everybody's happy when you're
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Em 
doin the jive