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Strike Up the Band chords by 
Matt MonroNelson Riddle 
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Verse 1
D
Ladies and gentlemen,
as I said to you earlier,
this is the first time
E
I've had the opportunity
D
of working with Nelson Riddle.
It's long been an ambition
of mine
and tonight this ambition
has been realized.
E
D
But he's been playing his music
and I've been singing my songs
E
D
and we haven't really got together
on something between us.
And I asked him,
would he please write an arrangement,
something special for me.
And here is Nelson Riddle's
special arrangement of Strike
A
D
G
E
A
Strike up the band!
D
A
D
Bm
Let the drums roll out
D
Bm
B
Bm
B
Let the trumpets call
E
A
While the people shout
D
G
Strike up the band
D
G
Hear the cymbals ring
E
Zing, zing, zing, calling one and all
A
D
to that happy swing.
G
Strike up the band
C
G
A
F#
an d we'll all give
D
a cheer as we stand
G
D
E
to the man with the
F#
stick in his hand.
Bm
He's the man whose
E
command of the band
makes the band
A
D
and you can't go wrong
F#
B
Em
with a happy song.
A
D
Hey leader, strike up the band.
Interlude 1
D
G
D
G
B
F#dim
Cdim
F#dim
D
E
B
A
D
G
D
G
E
Am
D
G
D
Em
C#dim
C#m
F#
Bm
E
Asus4
A
D
Bm
F#dim
B
Em
A
Verse 2
F#m
B
Hey, ladies, strike up,
E
C#m
let the drums roll out
E
C#
Let the trumpets call,
D
B
while the people shout,
Gaug
B
E
Em
A
Strike up the band!
Bm
A
Hear the cymbals ring,
B
A
Gdim
C#dim
Gdim
calling one and all,
F#
E
B
So that happy swing,
E
A#
A
strike up the band!
F#m
E
And we'll all give a cheer as we stand,
A
E
D#m
G#
To the man with the stick in his hand,
G#m
C#m
And he's the man that's
F#
come out of the band,
B
makes the band
E
And you can't go wrong
C#
with a happy song
F#
F#m
F#
B
Bm
B
C#
Hey Lena Stanka
F#m
A
B
E
B
Hey Nelson, strike up that band
Bm
F#
E
B
E
D
F#
B
E
Could we possibly do that
just once more?
Em
D
A
Once more.
F#m
B
Hey, leaders, strike up,
E
let the drums roll out,
C#m
C#
Bm
C#
let the trumpet call,
F#
while the people shout.
B
E
A
Em
Strike out that band
E
Hit a
Verse 3
A
B
A
F#m
cymbals ring
Verse 4
F#
Em
F#
How they want it all
Verse 5
E
To that hoppy swing
Verse 6
A
Strike out the band
B
And we're
Verse 7
E
all gonna cheer
B
As we
Verse 8
A
E
D#m
stand to the man
Verse 9
G#
With a stick in his hand
Verse 10
C#m
He's the man who'll
F#
come out of the band
Verse 11
B
He makes the band
Verse 12
E
E
And he can't go wrong
C#
With a happy song
C#
Verse 13
B
David O. Steinkamp
Bm
D
Verse 14
C#
Hey now, sir
B
Steinkamp's the man
Outro 1
F#
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Chords
D
E
A
G
Bm
B
C
F#
Em
F#dim
Cdim
Am
C#dim
C#m
Asus4
F#m
C#
Gaug
Gdim
A#
D#m
G#
G#m
Capo: 3
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