Chords for Eric Burdon - Bo Diddley Special | ABKCO

[D] _ _ [F] I will pay for any offense, I will raise the plague [Bb] _
[Fm] _ And I will give my [C] life just [F]
for your
[Fm] name In _ the _
_ _ _ [Eb] _ _ [Db] name of [F] Jesus, _ _ _ _ [C] I [F] _ _
_ _ _ didn't give it _ [G] to _ _ _ _ _
[C] my name!
[G] _ Ashes to ashes _ and dust to [C] dust.
_ If the women don't get [Dbm] you,
[C] Bo [G] diddly must.
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_ [Cm] _ [A] _ [Gm] _ _ _ [C] [G] We were two ships passing in the night.
_ We never did meet eye to eye.
_ I was given this gift without asking. _ _
This is my way of saying goodbye.
_ So I'm riding on that Bo diddly special.
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I'm riding on that Bo diddly light. _ _
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[G] Spent his life with his guitar [C] swung [Gm] real low.
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Taking that long old beat wherever he'd go. _ _
From the streets of Mississippi all the way to Tokyo. _
The most African America I never did know.
[Gm] So [G] I'm riding on that Bo diddly special.
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[G] I'm riding on that Bo diddly light.
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[Gm] _ [C] Goodbye Bo diddly.
[Bb] Goodbye so long.
[Ab] We're all gonna miss you.
[F] But your spirit lives on.
[C] Goodbye Bo diddly.
I [Bb] guess I waited too long.
[Eb] _ [F] Goodbye Bo diddly.
Goodbye. _
_ [G] So I'm riding on that Bo diddly special. _
_ I'm riding on that Bo diddly light.
_ [C] _ [G] Bo _ [F] _ _ [G] _
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[Gm] _ _ [D] _ [Ab] _ _ _ _ [F] _
[Gm] _ [F] _ [G] diddly came rolling through my life.
_ Like a big freight train rolling through the night.
_ _ I never will forget the day he came to my hometown.
_ Huff, puff, blew the house down.
_ _ [C] Goodbye Bo diddly.
[Bb] Goodbye so long.
[Ebm] We're all gonna miss you.
But [F] your spirit lives [Dm] on.
[C] Goodbye Bo diddly.
[Bb] Goodbye Bo diddly.
_ [F] _ [C] Bo diddly so long.
_ [Dm] [G] Yeah, I'm riding on that Bo diddly special.
_ I'm riding on that Bo diddly light.
_ Now let me tell you what was so special about Bo diddly. _
[F] _ [G] He had a hand like a plate of fish and chips. _ _
_ He dressed in the most romantic style. _
With a tartan jacket and pinstripe polyester pants.
All the way down the aisle.
He rode his motor [G] scooter around Redwater, Florida.
With his guitar _ on his back.
_ You know it was square.
And it was red.
_ And the last thing was the first thing he ever said.
He said get on.
I'm riding on that Bo diddly special.
_ _ _ Riding on that Bo diddly light.
As the quarter hours stepped out into the night.
_ _ All the best young dudes were standing away.
_ A city bus came rolling by.
_ _ _ Destination Bo diddly special.
[Gm] Yeah.
Riding on that [G] Bo diddly special.
_ [C] _ [G] _ Riding on that Bo diddly light.
_ [C] _ [G] Riding on that Bo diddly special.
_ _ Riding on that Bo diddly light. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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