Strike Up the Band chords by Matt Monro, Nelson Riddle
Verse 1
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Ladies and gentlemen,
as I said to you earlier,
this is the first time
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I've had the opportunity
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of working with Nelson Riddle.
It's long been an ambition
of mine
and tonight this ambition
has been realized.
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But he's been playing his music
and I've been singing my songs
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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
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Strike up the band!
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Let the drums roll out
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Let the trumpets call
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While the people shout
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Strike up the band
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Hear the cymbals ring
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Zing, zing, zing, calling one and all
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to that happy swing.
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Strike up the band
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an d we'll all give
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a cheer as we stand
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to the man with the
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stick in his hand.
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He's the man whose
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command of the band
makes the band
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and you can't go wrong
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with a happy song.
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Hey leader, strike up the band.
Interlude 1
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Verse 2
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Hey, ladies, strike up,
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let the drums roll out
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Let the trumpets call,
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while the people shout,
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Strike up the band!
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Hear the cymbals ring,
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calling one and all,
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So that happy swing,
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strike up the band!
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And we'll all give a cheer as we stand,
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To the man with the stick in his hand,
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And he's the man that's
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come out of the band,
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makes the band
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And you can't go wrong
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with a happy song
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Hey Lena Stanka
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Hey Nelson, strike up that band
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Could we possibly do that
just once more?
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Once more.
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Hey, leaders, strike up,
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let the drums roll out,
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let the trumpet call,
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while the people shout.
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Strike out that band
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Hit a
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cymbals ring
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How they want it all
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To that hoppy swing
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Strike out the band
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And we're
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all gonna cheer
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As we
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stand to the man
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With a stick in his hand
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He's the man who'll
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come out of the band
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He makes the band
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And he can't go wrong
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With a happy song
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David O. Steinkamp
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Hey now, sir
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Steinkamp's the man
Outro 1
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Strike Up the Band
Matt Monro, Nelson Riddle
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