Doo Wah Diddy Chords
by Manfred Mann
Doo Wah Diddy by Manfred Mann is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of G with a capo on the 9st fret. It uses the chords G, C, G7, Em, Em7, D and D7. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Doo Wah Diddy:Manfred Mann.
#1 in UK and #1 in USA in 1964.
(Orig. key is E. for orig.)
#1.
G C G
There she was just a-walkin' down the street,
C G
singin' doo-wah diddy-diddy dum diddy-doo.
G C G
Snappin' her fingers and shufflin' her feet,
G C G
singin' doo-wah diddy-diddy dum diddy-doo.
G
She looked good...looked good.
G
she looked fine,...looked fine.
G
she looked good, she looked fine,
G
and I nearly lost my mind.
#2.
G C G
Before I knew it she was walkin' next to me,
G C G
singin' doo-wah diddy-diddy dum diddy-doo.
G C G
Holdin' my hand just as natural as can be,
G C G
singin' doo-wah diddy-diddy dum diddy-doo.
G
We walked on..walked on.
G
To my door..my door.
G
We walked on to my door, then we kissed a little more.
Chorus:
G G7 Em Em7
Whoa, whoa..I knew we were falling in lo..ve..
C D
yes I did, and so I told her all the things
D7
I'd been dreamin' of.
#3.
D7 G C G
Now we're together her nearly every single day,
G C G
singin' doo-wah diddy-diddy dum diddy-doo.
G C G
Oh, we're so happy and that how we're gonna stay,
G C G
singin' doo-wah diddy-diddy dum diddy-doo.
G
I'm hers..I'm hers.
G
She's mine..she's mine.
G
I'm hers, she's mine, wedding bells are gonna chime.
Chorus:
REPEAT#3.
ADD:
D G C G
Whoa, yeah! Singin' doo-wah diddy-diddy dum diddy-doo,
G C G
doo-wah diddy-diddy dum diddy-doo,
G C G
doo-wah diddy-diddy dum diddy-doo.. (fade)
A sixties smash from Kraziekhat.