Manfred Mann - Do wah diddy diddy
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DO WAH DIDDY DIDDY (Bassline)
As recorded by Manfred Mann
(From the 1964 Album THE MANFRED MANN ALBUM)
Words and Music by Jeff Barry & Ellie Greenwich
Transcribed by Slowhand
Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Tom McGuinness - Bass'
Intro
Q=128
4/4
Gtr I
Q. E +Q Q Q Q e E Q
|----------------|--------------||
|----------------|--------------||
|-7----7-(7)--7--|-------7------||
|----------------|-5--5---------||
1st & 4th Verses
$
W W Q. E +Q Q Q Q E E Q
|----------|----------|----------------|---------------|
|----------|----------|----------------|---------------|
|----------|----------|-7----7-(7)--7--|-------7---7---|
|----------|----------|----------------|-5--5----7-----|
Q. E +Q Q Q Q E E Q Q. E +Q Q Q Q e E Q
|----------------|--------------|----------------|---------------||
|----------------|--------------|----------------|---------------||
|-7----7-(7)--7--|-------7---7--|-7----7-(7)--7--|-------7-------||
|----------------|-5--5----7----|----------------|-5--5----------||
Pre-Chorus
To Coda
W W E E Q Q E E E E E E Q Q
|----------|----------|---------------|----------------||
|----------|----------|---------------|----------------||
|----------|----------|-----7-----7-7-|-----7-7--------||
|----------|----------|-7-7----7------|-7-7-----7------||
2nd & 3rd Verses
Q. E +Q Q Q Q E E Q Q. E +Q Q Q Q E E Q
||-----------------|--------------|----------------|--------------|
||o----------------|--------------|----------------|--------------|
||o-7----7-(7)--7--|-------7---7--|-7----7-(7)--7--|-------7---7--|
||-----------------|-5--5----7----|----------------|-5--5----7----|
Q. E +Q Q Q Q E E Q Q. E +Q Q Q Q e E Q
|----------------|--------------|----------------|---------------||
|----------------|--------------|----------------|---------------||
|-7----7-(7)--7--|-------7---7--|-7----7-(7)--7--|-------7-------||
|----------------|-5--5----7----|----------------|-5--5----------||
Pre-Chorus
W W E E Q Q E E E E E E E E E E
|----------|----------|---------------|------------------||
|----------|----------|-----2-----2-2-|-----2-2-------1--||
|----------|----------|-2-2----2------|-2-2-----2-2-4----||
|----------|----------|---------------|------------------||
Chorus
E Q E Q. E E Q E E Q E Q. E Q. E E Q E E Q E
|---------------|---------------|---------------|----------------|
|-2-2----2------|-2-2----2-2--1-|---------------|----------------|
|------2--------|------2--------|-4------4------|-4-4----4-4--2--|
|---------------|---------------|---------------|------4---------|
E Q E Q. E E Q E E Q E Q Q Q Q
|---------------|---------------|-------------|
|---------------|---------------|----9--9--9--|
|---------------|---------------|-------------|
|-5-5--0-5------|-5-5--0-5-5--6-|-7-----------|
1. 2.
D.S. al Coda
Q Q E E e E Q Q E E e E
|----------------||----------------||
|-9--9--9-9-9---o||-9--9--9-9-9----||
|---------------o||----------------||
|----------------||----------------||
Outro
&
Q E E E E E E E E E E E E e E Q. E +Q Q Q Q E E Q
|----------------|-----------------|----------------|---------------|
|-9--9-9-9-9-9-9-|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9---|----------------|---------------|
|----------------|-----------------|-7----7-(7)--7--|-------7---7---|
|----------------|-----------------|----------------|-5--5----7-----|
Q. E +Q Q Q Q E E Q Q. E +Q Q Q Q e E Q
|----------------|--------------|----------------|---------------*|
|----------------|--------------|----------------|---------------*|
|-7----7-(7)--7--|-------7---7--|-7----7-(7)--7--|-------7-------*|
|----------------|-5--5----7----|----------------|-5--5----------*|
Duration Legend
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W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)
Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
duration for. Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests. Multi-
bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for. Low
melody durations appear below the staff
Tablature Legend
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h - hammer-on
p - pull-off
b - bend
pb - pre-bend
r - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
/\ - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
s - legato slide
S - shift slide
- natural harmonic
[n] - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
~ - vibrato
tr - trill
T - tap
TP - trem. picking
PM - palm muting
\n/ - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
\n - tremolo bar down
n/ - tremolo bar up
/n\ - tremolo bar inverted dip
= - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
<> - volume swell (louder/softer)
x - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
o - on rhythm slash represents single note slash
Misc Legend
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| - bar
|| - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*| - double bar (ending)
: - bar (freetime)
$ - Segno
& - Coda
Tempo markers - = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths