Artist: Roger Miller
Song: Do Wacka Do
Tabbed By: JohnnyV
Tabbed this myself by ear after cracking up at the episode of Raising Hope that I heard
it on. Hilariously fun tune to sing and play. The "Root, doot, doot, doot, doot, do-doo,
doo" part might not be 100% accurate, but this is the best I've got. Enjoy.
Legend:
p = Pull-off
/ = Slide up
b = Bend
Chords
E A B7
e|--0---0---2---|
B|--0---2---0---|
G|--1---2---2---|
D|--2---2---1---|
A|--2---0---2---|
E|--0---x---0---|
Intro: E
e|------------------------------0---|
B|------3----3------3----3------0---|
G|--2/4---4----4-3-----2---2p0--1---|
D|------------------------------2---|
A|------------------------------2---|
E|------------------------------0---|
First Verse:
E A B7 E
I hear tell you're doin' well good things have come to you
E A B7
I wish I had your happiness and you had a do wacka
E A E B7 E
Do wacka, do wacka, do wacka, do wacka do
E A B7 E
They tell me you're runnin' free, your days are never blue
E A B7
wish I had your good-luck charm, and you had a do wacka
E A E B7 E
Do wacka, do wacka, do wacka, do wacka do
Chorus:
A E
I see you goin' down the street in your big Cadillac
B7 E
You got girls in the front you got girls in the back
A E
Yeah way in back you got money in a sack
[No chord]
Both hands on the wheel and your shoulders reared back
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/r/roger_miller/do_wacka_do_tab.html ]
Root, doot, doot, doot, doot, do-doo, doo
e|---------------------------------------------|
B|---3----2------------------------------------|
G|--------------5-----4------------------------|
D|--------------------------3----2-------------|
A|----------------------------------2----------|
E|---------------------------------------2b----|
Second Verse:
E A B7 E
I hear tell you're doin' well good things have come to you
E A B7
I wish I had your happiness and you had a do-wacka
E A E B7 E
Do wacka, do wacka, do wacka, do wacka do
//Chords remain the same as the verse over the scat section...
Chorus:
A E
I see you goin' down the street in your big Cadillac
B7 E
You got girls in the front you got girls in the back
A E
Yeah way in back you got money in a sack
[No chord]
Both hands on the wheel and your shoulders reared back
Root, doot, doot, doot, doot, do-doo, doo
e|---------------------------------------------|
B|---3----2------------------------------------|
G|--------------5-----4------------------------|
D|--------------------------3----2-------------|
A|----------------------------------2----------|
E|---------------------------------------2b----|
Outro Verse:
E A B7 E
I hear tell you're doin' well good things have come to you
E A B7
wish I had your good-luck charm, and you had a do wacka
E A E B7 E
Do wacka, do wacka, do wacka, do wacka do
//And the last bit of scat...
[No chord...] E
Da-dout da doot bo-um
