ELVIS, YOU'RE A G.I. NOW
(Jimmy Drake)


Nervous Norvus - 1958



'Tention!  Left Face!
Right Face!  Forward Harch!

Oh, Elvis, you're a G.I. now
Oh, Elvis, you're a G.I. now
No more ducktail hairdo
And them sideburns are a-goin' too
Hey, Elvis, you'e a G.I. now

Oh, Elvis, you're a dogface now
Oh, Elvis, you're a dogface now
Your old guitar is long gone
You'll twang on a shovel from now on
Oh, Elvis, you're a dogface now

I'm nothin' but a dogface
And I got a lot o' dimes
I'm nothin' but a dogface
And I got a lot o' dimes, yeah man
And I've cornered all the money
And you ain't no friends o' mine

Oh, Elvis, you're a yardbird now
Elvis, you're a yardbird now
Pick up those butts and don't you fret
You might be a ninety day wonder yet
Hey, Elvis, you're a yardbird now

Oh, Elvis, you're a buck private now
Oh, Elvis, you're a buck private now
Just kiss them Cadillacs adieu
'Cause you'll be a-ridin' in army shoes
Hey, Elvis, you're a buck private now

Love my fenders, love my feet
Love me Sergeant, too

Oh, Elvis, you are in the Army now
Hey, Elvis, you're in the Army now
But don't you holler, boy, don't you cry
You'll be like me by and by, a red hot civilian
Oh, Elvis, you are in the Army now
Oh, I don't mean maybe

It's Squad Right, Squad Left
You heard me, Private, you ain't deaf
Elvis, hear me now, you're in the Army now

So long, Cat!



(Transcribed by Mel Priddle - September 2018)