Diddle-Dee-Dum:The Belmonts.
#53 on BB Hot 100 in 1962.
INTRO:
G
I wanna talk awhile, so gather round.
Em
I went to pick up my girl..this is what I found..
C
she wasn't there and everyone said..
D
she's gone with someone else instead.
CHORUS:
G Em
Diddle dee dum dum dum dum..diddle dee dum dum dum dum..
C D
diddle dee dum dum dum dum..diddle dee dum dum dum dum..
(Gee-wah-wah..gee-wah-wah..)
G
diddle dee dum dum dum dum..
#1.
G Em
She's telling everyone we're through..now, I don't know
what I'll do.
C D
I cried so much, my eyes are sore..I never felt like this
before.
BRIDGE:
C G
What happens when your love has gone..what happens when
dreams have ended?
A D
When all the time, you thought her love was true, what do
you do?
CHORUS:
G Em
Diddle dee dum dum dum dum..diddle dee dum dum dum dum..
C D
diddle dee dum dum dum dum..diddle dee dum dum dum dum..
(Gee-wah-wah..gee-wah-wah..)
G
diddle dee dum dum dum dum..
#2.
G Em
I tried to call her on the phone..her mother said she wasn't
home.
C D
I wonder where she can be..why did she do this to me?
BRIDGE:
C G
What happens when your love has gone..what happens when
dreams have ended?
A D
When all the time, you thought her love was true, what do
you do?
#3.
C Em
You're all mixed up and your head's in a whirl..do you go
out and try to find another girl?
C D
Can you find one that will be true..I just don't know, since
we are through.
#4.
G Em
Now, you heard what I had to say..so, I guess I'll be on
my way.
C D
I really have no place to go..I must be boring you, I know.
BRIDGE:
C G
But, that's what happens when your love has gone..that's what
happens when your dreams have ended.
A D
When all the time, you thought her love was true, what do
you do?
CHORUS:
G Em
Diddle dee dum dum dum dum..diddle dee dum dum dum dum..
C D
diddle dee dum dum dum dum..diddle dee dum dum dum dum..
(Gee-wah-wah..gee-wah-wah..)
G
diddle dee dum dum dum dum..
OUTRO:
G Em
Diddle dee dum dum dum dum..diddle dee dum dum dum dum..
C D
diddle dee dum dum dum dum..diddle dee dum dum dum dum..(Fade.)
A sixties smash from Kraziekhat.
