[Intro - Capo 2 - BPM 125 - 'Deh' starts off beat prior to first 1 - remember to play G 3x0003 as B is important to melody] [Chug chords with Vocals - bass drum on all 4] Deh ... deh do ... ded doo BxSB - x B S x - B B S x
(sing C to G for C chords, then B to G twice for G and Em chords, then A to G for D chord) [C][G][Em][D] (x2)
[Verse 1 - Drums B-B- ---- ---- ---- Guitar X-X- X-xx xxX- X---] [C] I was left [G] to my own de [Em] i i i i ces [D] [C] Many days [G] fell away with [Em] nothing to [D] show
[Pre-Chorus - Bass drum on all 4] And the [C] walls kept tumbling [G] down In the city that we [Em] l-o-v-e- [D] (to make more drummy - add bass drums now each 8th note BB(B+S)B) Great [C] clouds roll over the [G] hills Bringing darkness from [Em] a-b-o-v- [D] e [Vamp on D to stop]
[Chorus - Deh deh in background - Full drums - bass drum on all beats] But if you close your [C] eyes, Does it [G] almost feel like [Em] Nothing changed at [D] all? And if you close your [C] eyes, Does it [G] almost feel like [Em] You've been here be [D] fore? How .. [C] am I gonna be an [G] optimist a [D] bout this? How .. [C] am I gonna be an [G] optimist a [D] bout this? (stop)
[Verse 2 - No drums - Chugging guitar] [C] We were caught [G] up and lost in [Em] all of our [D] vices (light drums in BxSlap xxSlap) [C] In your pose [G] as the duh uh ust [Em] settles a [D] round us
[Pre-Chorus - Bass drum] And the [C] walls kept tumbling [G] down In the city that we [Em] l-o-v-e- [D] (to make more drummy - add bass drums now each 8th note BB(B+S)B) Great [C] clouds roll over the [G] hills Bringing darkness from [Em] a-b-o-v- [D] e [Vamp on D to stop]
[Chorus - Full drums - bass drum on all 4] But if you close your [C] eyes, Does it [G] almost feel like [Em] Nothing changed at [D] all? And if you close your [C] eyes, Does it [G] almost feel like [Em] You've been here be [D] fore? How .. [C] am I gonna be an [G] optimist a [D] bout this? How .. [C] am I gonna be an [G] optimist a [D] bout this?
[Deh etc section - Full drums] Deh ... deh do ... ded doo [C][G][Em][D] (stop)
[Bridge - No drums - Quiet] [C] Oh where do we beg [G] in? The [Em] rubble or our [D] sins? (big harmonies come in) [C] Oh where do we beg [G] in? The [Em] rubble or our [D] sins?
[Pre-Chorus - Just bass drum and funky strumming] And the [C] walls kept tumbling [G] down In the city that we [Em] l-o-v-e- [D] Great [C] clouds roll over the [G] hills Bringing darkness from [Em] a-b-o-v- [D] e [Vamp on D / drum fill to stop]
[Chorus - Full drums - bass drum on all 4] But if you close your [C] eyes, Does it [G] almost feel like [Em] Nothing changed at [D] all? And if you close your [C] eyes, Does it [G] almost feel like [Em] You've been here be [D] fore? How .. [C] am I gonna be an [G] optimist a [D] bout this? How .. [C] am I gonna be an [G] optimist a [D] bout this? If you close your [C] eyes, Does it [G] almost feel like [Em] Nothing changed at [D] all? (stop drums)
[Outro - No drums - Deh ... deh do ... ded doo] [C][G][Em][D] (x2) [Tempo check - 19/11/23 - 120 - actual 125 - OK - prefer slower everytime]
[Verse 1] (drums stop) [E] There she was, just-a [A] walkin' down the [E] street (drums in) Singin' ( [E] do wah diddy, diddy [A] dum, diddy [E] do) Snappin' her fingers and [A] shufflin' her [E] feet Singin' ( [E] do wah diddy, diddy [A] dum, diddy [E] do)
(drums stop) She [A]looked [E]good (she (snare)looked (snare)good) (drums stop) She [A]looked [E]fine (she (snare)looked (snare)fine) (drums stop) She [A]looked [E]good, she (snare)[A]looked (snare)[E]fine (drums carry on)  [A]And I  [E]nearly [A]lost my [E]mind
[Verse 2] Be [E]fore I knew it she was [A]walkin' next to [E]me Singin' [E]do wah diddy, diddy [A]dum, diddy [E]do [E]Holdin' my hand just as [A]natural as can [E]be Singin' [E]do wah diddy, diddy [A] dum, diddy [E] do)
We [A]walked [E]on (walked on) To [A]my [E]door (to my door) We [A]walked [E]on to [A]my [E]door [A]Then we [E]kissed a [A]little [E]more
[Interlude] [E] Whoa-oa, I [C#m] knew we was fallin' in love [A] Yes I did, and so I [B7] told her all the things I'd been [B] dreamin' [B7] of
[Verse 3] Now [E]we're together nearly [A]every single [E]day Singin' [E] do wah diddy, diddy [A] dum, diddy [E] do [E] We're so happy and that's [A] how we're gonna [E] stay Singin' [E] do wah diddy, diddy [A] dum, diddy [E] do
[Interlude 2 bars each chord] [E] Whoa-oa, I [C#m] knew we was fallin' in love [A]       Yes I did, and so I [B7] told her all the things I'd been [B] dreamin' [B7] of
[Verse 4] Now [E] we're together nearly [A] every single [E] day  Singin' [E] do wah diddy, diddy [A] dum, diddy [E] do [E]We're so happy and that's [A] how we're gonna [E] stay Singin' [E]do wah diddy, diddy [A] dum, diddy [E] do
[E] Do wah diddy, diddy [A]dum diddy [E]do Well, sing it to me [E] Do wah diddy, diddy [A]dum diddy [E]do Oh, oh yeah [E] Do wah diddy, diddy [A]dum diddy [E]do