Johnny B. Goode

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Deep down in Lou’si-an-a -5 5 -5 5 6
Close to New Or-leans 6 6 6 6 6 6 Way back up in the woods 5 -5 5 -5 5 4
Among the ev-er greens 6 6 5 -5 -5 5
There stood an old cabin -5 5 -5 5 6 Made of earth and wood 6 6 6 6 5 6 Where lived a country boy -5 5 -5 5 4 4
Named ~~~~ Johnny B Goode 6 6 5 -5 5 -5 Who’d never ever learned 5 -5 5 -5 5 6
To read or write so well 4 5 -5 6 6 6 6 But he could play a guitar 5 -5 5 -5 5 4 4 Just like a ringin’ a bell

Chorus 6 6 6 -5 5 6 GO GO, GO JOHNNY GO 6 -5 5 6 6 GO JOHNNY GO, GO 6 -5 5 6 GO JOHNNY GO 6 6 -5 5 6 6 GO, GO JOHNNY GO, GO -5 5 4 4 JOHNNY B GOODE

Verse 2 (same Tune)

He used to carry his guitar
In a gunny sack Go sit beneath the tree By the railroad track O’l engineer in the train Sittin’ in the shade Strummin with the rythem That the drivers made The people passin’ by They would stop and say Oh my, but that little
Country boy could play Go GO… Etc (chorus)

Verse 3 (same tune)

His mother told him “Someday you will be a man And you will be the leader Of a big old band Many people comin’ From miles around To hear you play your music ‘Til the sun goes down Maybe someday your name’ll be in lights A sayin’ Johnny B Goode tonght” Go GO… Etc (chorus) to fade