Key: G minor
Verse 1
C#
C#m
E
C#m
F#
C#m
old Diddley must
A
C#m
B
C#m
We were two ships passin' in the night
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C#m
C#
C#m
We never didn't meet eye to eye
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C#m
I was givin' this gift without askin'
C#
C#m
This is my way of sayin' good -bye
C#
So I'm ridin' on that old Diddley Special
C#m
C#
I'm ridin' on that old
C#m
C#
C#m
C#
Diddley line
strung real low
Checkin' out the long old beach
wherever he'd go
From the streets of Mississippi
C#
C#m
all the way to Tokyo
The most African American I ever did know
oh, diddly special
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C#m
Bo Neely line
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E
Goodbye Bo Neely, goodbye so long
C#m
Oh, I'm ridin' on that old Diddley special
C#
C#m
C#
I'm ridin' on that old Diddley line
B
C#
B
C#
C#m
C#
B
C#m
Diddley down
F#
C#m
F#
C#m
C#
C#m
F#
E
D
B
C#m
Oh, Diddley came a -rollin' to my life
C#
C#m
C#
Like a big freight train a -rollin' through
C#m
C#
C#m
I nev er will forget the day he
and he blew the house down
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C#m
Bo Diddley special
C#
C#m
I'm ridin' on that Bo Diddley life
C#
F#
C#m
Now let me tell you what was so
B
C#m
He had a hand like a plate
A
C#
of fish and chips
C#m
C#
He dressed in the most romantic style
He rode his motor scooter
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C#m
around Clearwater, Florida
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C#m
With his guitar on his back
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C#m
You know it was square, and it was red
And the last thing was the first
thing he ever said
it'll be special
C#m
C#
C#m
Ride on that boat, it'll be light
C#
As the quartage stepped out into the night
C#m
C#
C#m
A city bus came rollin' by
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C#m
C#
C#m
Destin ation, Bo Diddley Special, yeah
C#
C#m
I'm ridin' on that old diddly special
C#m
C#
C#m
Ridin' on that old diddly line
C#m
C#m
C#
Ridin' on that old diddly line you
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