Biography:
Barry Mann (born Barry Imberman on February 9, 1939 in Brooklyn, New York) is an American songwriter, and part of one of the most prolific songwriting partnerships in the world of rock music.
With his partner and wife, Cynthia Weil, they operate a publishing company called Dyad Music. His first hit as a writer was "She Say (Oom Dooby Doom)," which was a top twenty song for The Diamonds in 1959. Mann had co-written the song with Gerry Goffin. Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil met when they were both staff songwriters, they were married in 1961.
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Footsteps:Barry Mann.
Album - Who Put The Bomp (In The Bomp, Bomp, Bomp)
1961. (Mann wrote the song and Steve Lawrence had a minor hit
with it in 1960.)
INTRO: F (Footsteps) Dm (Footsteps) Bb (Footsteps)C (Footsteps)..
#1.
F Dm
Why did you say goodbye to me?
Bb C
Now I'm as lonely as can be.
F Dm
And as I feel a teardrop fall..
Bb C
I hear your footsteps in the hall..
C F
walkin' away..from me..
CHORUS:
F
Why did you say goodbye?
Dm
Why did you make me cry?
Bb C
Now every day I wonder why,
why, oh why, oh why, oh..
F Dm Bb C
Footsteps..footsteps..footsteps..footsteps..
#2.
F Dm
You're such a haunting memory..
Bb C
I pray that you'll come back to me.
F Dm
But as I say my evening prayers..
Bb C
I hear your footsteps on the stairs..
C F
a-walkin' away from me..
CHORUS:
F
Why did you say goodbye?
Dm
Why did you make me cry?
Bb C
Now every day I wonder why,
why, oh why, oh why, oh..
F Dm Bb C
Footsteps..footsteps..footsteps..footsteps..
OUTRO:
F Dm Bb C
Footsteps..footsteps..footsteps..footsteps..
F Dm Bb C
Footsteps..footsteps..footsteps..footsteps..(Fade.)
A sixties smash from Kraziekhat.
Album - Who Put The Bomp (In The Bomp, Bomp, Bomp)
1961. (Mann wrote the song and Steve Lawrence had a minor hit
with it in 1960.)
INTRO: F (Footsteps) Dm (Footsteps) Bb (Footsteps)C (Footsteps)..
#1.
F Dm
Why did you say goodbye to me?
Bb C
Now I'm as lonely as can be.
F Dm
And as I feel a teardrop fall..
Bb C
I hear your footsteps in the hall..
C F
walkin' away..from me..
CHORUS:
F
Why did you say goodbye?
Dm
Why did you make me cry?
Bb C
Now every day I wonder why,
why, oh why, oh why, oh..
F Dm Bb C
Footsteps..footsteps..footsteps..footsteps..
#2.
F Dm
You're such a haunting memory..
Bb C
I pray that you'll come back to me.
F Dm
But as I say my evening prayers..
Bb C
I hear your footsteps on the stairs..
C F
a-walkin' away from me..
CHORUS:
F
Why did you say goodbye?
Dm
Why did you make me cry?
Bb C
Now every day I wonder why,
why, oh why, oh why, oh..
F Dm Bb C
Footsteps..footsteps..footsteps..footsteps..
OUTRO:
F Dm Bb C
Footsteps..footsteps..footsteps..footsteps..
F Dm Bb C
Footsteps..footsteps..footsteps..footsteps..(Fade.)
A sixties smash from Kraziekhat.
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