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Johnny B. Goode
Chuck Berry
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/ Eb - - - / - - - - / Bb - - - / - - - - /
/ F - - - / Eb - - - / Bb - - - / - - - - /
Bb (4)
Deep down in Louisiana close to New Orleans,
way back up in the woods among the evergreens
Eb (2)
There stood a log cabin made of earth and wood,
Bb (2)
where lived a country boy named Johnny B. Goode
F (2)
Who never ever learned to read or write so well,
Bb (2)
but he could play a guitar just like a-ringin' a bell
Chorus:
Bb (4)
Go go, go Johnny go go, go Johnny go go
Eb (2) Bb (2)
Go Johnny go go, go Johnny go go
F (2) Bb (2)
Johnny B. Goode
Bb (4)
He used to carry his guitar in a gunny sack,
go sit beneath the tree by the railroad track
Eb (2)
Oh, the engineers would see him sitting in the shade,
Bb (2)
strumming with the rhythm that the drivers made
F (2)
The people passing by, they would stop and say,
Bb (2)
"Oh my, what that little country boy could play"
Chorus
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/ Eb - - - / - - - - / Bb - - - / - - - - /
/ F - - - / - - - - / Bb - - - / - - - - /
/ Bb - - - / Eb - - - / Bb - - - / - - - - /
/ Eb - - - / - - - - / Bb - - - / - - - - /
/ F - - - / - - - - / Bb - - - / - - - - /
Bb (4)
His mother told him, "Someday you will be a man,
and you will be the leader of a big old band
Eb (2)
Many people coming from miles around
Bb (2)
to hear you play your music when the sun go down
F (2)
Maybe someday your name will be in lights,
Bb (2)
saying 'Johnny B. Goode tonight'"
Chorus:
Bb (4)
Go go, go Johnny go go, go Johnny go go
Eb (2) Bb (2)
Go Johnny go go, go Johnny go go
F (2) Bb (2, hold and of 2 in second measure)
Johnny B. Goode
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This file is the author's own work and represents his interpretation of this song. It's intended solely for private study, scholarship or research.
